Compare data of the same response

[shaga85 (Danny Silva)]

Hi guys!

I need help with something that is probably very simple, i just dont know how to do it.

I want to do a test where i compare the date of creation with the updated. For example, if i get a response with:

“createdAt”: “1965-07-12”,
“updatedAt”: “1956-06-25”

i want the test to fail, due to the date of creation being higher than of the date of being updated. Any tips?

Thanks a bunch!

[w4dd325]

Hi @shaga85

Have a look at this, it should give you what you need;

How to verify if ISO date on a endDate endPoint is not expired

Consider the following. (I’m just working with the date, you will have to extend the code if you want the time stamp). You need the date format to be consistent to do the assertion. So first step is to create two variables with the same format for the comparison. Moment also creates a string, so you need to parse it to a number. I’ve set the format to YYYYMMDD as its just a number comparison then. Pretty sure you can do date comparison if you format the variable as a date object correctly…

[shaga85 (Danny Silva)]

Wow, sounds amazing, the only thing is that i still dont have the knowledge to make it work on my side.

My body response is:

{
"application": {
"id": "ad",
"name": "ullamco incididunt est in esse",
"owner": {
"id": "eiusmod sed occaecat irure",
"name": "deserunt",
"email": "exercitation nostrud incididunt dolore",
"msisdn": "velit",
"createdAt": "2003-12-08",
"updatedAt": "1966-07-16"
},
"createdAt": "1965-07-12",
"updatedAt": "1956-06-25"
},
"id": "non labore commodo esse et",
"address": "ut",
"name": "magna ad irure labore",
"symbol": "cupidatat esse Ut ut",
"type": "ERC721",
"ownerAddress": "minim nisi",
"blockchain": {
"id": "velit sunt",
"name": "nostrud sed consequat dolor",
"explorerUri": "dolore quis id",
"code": -50015631.7740315
},
"baseUri": "qui sed proident",
"active": true,
"status": "pending",
"createdAt": "1957-07-04",
"updatedAt": "1945-06-08"
}

So, if i wanted to compare the dates (application.createdAt(1965-07-12)) and (application.updatdAt(1956-06-25)) with the script you sent, what do i have to do?
Thanks for all the help!! I really appreciate it!

[w4dd325]

Using @michaelderekjones approach linked above, it would be something like this;

//Import moment library
let moment = require ('moment');
//Grab the entire response
const response = pm.response.json();

//parseInt() function parses a string argument and returns an integer
//we need a number so we can calculate less/greater than
let createdAt = parseInt(moment(response.application.createdAt).format("YYYYMMDD"));
//log to console 
console.log(createdAt);

let updatedAt = parseInt(moment(response.application.updatedAt).format("YYYYMMDD"));
console.log(updatedAt);

//test function
pm.test("Expect updatedAt to at least be createdAt date", () => {
    //assertion to check if updatedAt is >= createdAt
    pm.expect(updatedAt).to.be.at.least(createdAt);
});

[shaga85 (Danny Silva)]

Thanks man! Life saver