Test producing a false pass when response body has a json value equal to something

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I’m new to Postman so still learning the ropes.

I have a response body which contains the following:
{

"acccIndex": 13640,

"acccAcIndex": 1496270,

"acccDateCreated": "2012-01-13T16:11:35.277",

"acccDateUpdated": "2012-03-22T11:31:14.357",

"acccNotes": ""

}

In the test section I’m trying to write a test to check that acccAcIndex is present, I’m not bothered about a value just that that acccAcIndex is present.

Every test I’ve created seems to pass but then when I purposefully make it fail it still passes (add in an extra x after: acccAcIndexx.

I’ve tried the following:
Note these all purposefully should fail but they pass.
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Any help / guidance appreciated.

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Hello @farahziya

I’ve never used hasOwnProperty :sweat_smile:, but you can use the following example to check if the property is returning :point_down:

pm.test("Account field exists #test2", function() {

    pm.expect(responseJson).to.have.property('acccIndexx');

});

Hope this helps :grin:

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Hey @farahziya, Welcome to the community :partying_face: !

I think this solution is similar to what you are looking for. Just tune it according to your requirements.

Hope it helps,
Good luck!

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That works, thanks :slight_smile:

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Hey, thanks :slight_smile:
That works, although it doesn’t quite flow naturally for me so for now I’ll stick to the first one (cmnazario). I will keep yours though as it may prove useful later

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