Wonder how to create integer variable or other kinds of variables instead of string type via GlobalWorld about cukes

[AlexeyBuzdin]

Had a prototype with Object in GlobalWorld, but then you end up with all kind of Double/Float comparison problems.

Do you experience problem with?

Scenario: add highseas demo
Given let variable "intVal" equal to 123
Given request body "{"age":{(age)}}"

{(age)} will be inflated as Java String type, but in the JSON it will end up as number. Since you don't have any quotes for age in the JSON

[aovercome1234]

@AlexeyBuzdin
yes, I agree with you very much. But when using this with DataTable, the table will transfer all the values into string type, take an example as below:

Scenario: prac intVal with dataTable 
    Given let variable "intVal" equal to "123"
    Given request body as below 
     |val|
     |{(intVal)}|

print the request body:
actual is: {"val":"123"}
but I want it as {"val":123}

Have you considered such a scenario with lots of params as below?

Given request body as below 
     |val1         |val2         |val3        |val4         |val5         |val6         |val7         |val8        |
     | {(intVal)} | {(intVal)} |{(intVal)} | {(intVal)} | {(intVal)} | {(intVal)} | {(intVal)} | {(intVal)} |

I try to change source code according by my own requirement with adding some flags as "(int)", but I failed, please give me some good ideas or suggestions, thanks so much.

Given request body as below 
     |val1               |val2                |val3              |val4               |val5               |val6               |
     | {(intVal)}(int) | {(intVal)}(int) |{(intVal)}(int) | {(intVal)}(int) | {(intVal)}(int) | {(intVal)}(int) | 

[AlexeyBuzdin]

Hi, thanks, that's a valid point, will look into this.

Also maybe Given request body from file /myfile.json will be a good substitution for you?
You could then put the same {(intVal)} in the .json file.

Meanwhile feel free to join our Gitter chat for support: https://gitter.im/ctco/cukes-rest?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge

[AlexeyBuzdin]

Hi @aovercome1234. Investigated the DataTable approach you've proposed and identified a big issue with nested properties there.

If you want to construct a simple json ie { "name": "john"} then DataTable will work fine. On the other hand if you want to create a nested object `{"name": {"firstname": "john", "lastname": "doe"}} then you'll be limited by Gherkin language. (here's a link to cucumber issue closed by the developers cucumber/cucumber-jvm#442)

So supporting DataTables is a very low priority for cukes-rest since only a small portion of requests can be effectively written in such a way. I will close the issue but will reopen it once/if we decide to support DataTables at all.

But big thanks for bringing this up! If you have any other question on cukes-rest, please don't hesitate to write, would be glad to help.