Dynamic content in flow definition

[lukasz-gawron]

Hi,
I found your tool useful, but what is missing from my point of view is lack of possiblity to define dynamic content for req/resp.

E.g.
in our case per every connection established content and sequence should be the same with exception of value for id of content e.g. value of articleId field, value of contentId field etc

What I want to achieve is to test scenario with two connections running in parallel and talking in the same steps but with different values inside data.

Would it be possibe to add such feature?
Or maybe you could advice how such funcionality may be added?

Thanks,
Lukasz

[rabelenda]

Hello, we are glad that you found the tool useful, thank you for your feedback!

About dynamic content, yes, we have thought that we should include something like that at some point, something that allows using some wildcard or regex (which would require proper serialization and deserialization to apply the regex over) and then use captured data into a response. We haven't defined yet the design (either if we want to support regexes, or something more simplistic and restrictive) for such solution, and need to invest a little more to define the best way to do it, but we are open for discussion on alternatives and potential pull requests.

Regarding the use case of running parallel connections but with different values inside data, another feature that may fit into your requirement and we have thought on implementing, is to allow configuring more than one flow. Wiresham would choose the proper response depending on configured flows and status of each connection instead of current simplistic approach of lineal pre defined steps (use a little more complex state machine/decision tree).

I hope to hear back from you with ideas if you have any, and would be glad to help you if you intend to contribute with any of the aforementioned features.

Regards.