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      • Simulating a persistent backend
      • Transitioning state between requests
      • Combining and nesting templating functions
      • Useful helper functions
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Validation operations

You can use the following helper methods to validate various types, compare value, and perform regular expression matching on strings.

Description

Example

Result

Is the value numeric

{{isNumeric '12.3'}}

true

Is the value alphanumeric

{{isAlphanumeric 'abc!@123'}}

false

Is the value a boolean

{{isBool (Request.Body 'jsonpath' '$.paidInFull')}}

Where the payload is {“paidInFull”:”false”}

true

Is one value greater than another

{{isGreaterThan (Request.Body 'jsonpath' '$.age') 25}}

Where the payload is {“age”:”19”}

false

Is one value less than another

{{isLessThan (Request.Body 'jsonpath' '$.age') 25}}

Where the payload is {“age”:”19”}

true

Is a value between two values

{{isBetween (Request.Body 'jsonpath' '$.age') 25 35}}

Where the payload is {“age”:”19”}

false

Does a string match a regular expression

{{matchesRegex '2022-09-27' '^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$'}}

true

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