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Use Response Extraction Calls in Service Suite

Use Response Extraction Calls in Service Suite

ThereUse response extraction calls when a Service Suite test needs to capture a value from one response and reuse it in a later request or validation. This is one callcommonly used tofor extracttokens, piecesidentifiers, oflinks, contentmessages, fromor anyvalues returned by an API under test.

  1. Identify the stable response data.field

    extract(String:type,that HttpResponse:response,contains String:target)

    the

    Extractsvalue.

  2. Extract dataonly fromthe value needed by the later step.
  3. Store the extracted value with a structuredclear response,name.
  4. Use typethe andstored target.value in
    the
    next request, assertion, or Scenario Editor flow where applicable.

    Good practices

    • Validate that extraction fails clearly when the response shape changes.
    • Avoid extracting broad response fragments when a single field is enough.
    • Do not log sensitive tokens or secrets in shared output.

    Last updated: JuneSeptember 26,8, 20232026

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