SOAP UI is a tool used to generate mock web services from a WSDL file for testing client applications before the actual web service is available. It allows you to obtain a WSDL, create a SOAP UI project, generate mock services, test queries, and configure mock service responses. You can start by getting the WSDL for a sample weather web service, generate a mock service, start the mock service to test requests, and configure responses by populating values or adding logic.

1. SOAP UI Introduction
Ikuru Kyogoku

2. What is SOAP UI?
• Primary use case: Generate xml based Mock
Web Services from wsdl.
• Mock services are needed for testing the
client application before the web service is
ready & running.
• Will not cover definition of xml, web services,
and wsdl (Google will better explain).
• OSS version and Proprietary version.

3. Mock service lifecycle
• Obtain wsdl -> all web services must publish
this.
• Create SOAP UI project using wsdl
• Generate mock services
• Perform testing of queries, export and deploy
on a server etc…

4. Starting Project
• Using this web service for all samples
http://wsf.cdyne.com/WeatherWS/Weather.asm
x?WSDL

5. Starting Project cnt’d

6. Starting Project cnt’d
Simply click ok after filling in name and wsdl ptr

7. Services described in the wsdl show up.

8. Looking at generated request.
• If the service is a real service, it can be directly
tested from the generated request.

9. Submit request to existing web service

10. Generating mock service
• Right click on green
thingee, and click
“Generate SOAP
Mock Service”
method.

11. Dialogue pops up.
• Fill in as you wish (Default works)
• Click ok for the next dialogue

12. Mock service created

13. Start mock service and “hit” it with a
request.
• Hit play button on mock service, open a
request, modify URL to the configured mock
service url, and send a request.

14. Configuring the response
• Can clone a response file
• Can populate values in the response skeleton.
(Notice that default values are “?”, which are to
be replaced with actual values.)
• Can configure logic for response. (Send different
response xml based on different values in the
input xml.)
• Can deploy mock service on a separate machine ,
and access the service from another
application(JBoss supports simply dropping a war
file.)