Programmatically create and deploy a virtual asset using the REST API

[Deleted User]

This script will enable you to create and deploy an asset dynamically. This is useful when you want to create an asset on the fly. This uses the SOAVirt API.

#Server Settings
VIRT_USER=admin
VIRT_PASS=admin
VIRT_HOST=localhost
VIRT_PORT=9080

#Workspace Settings
VA_SUBFOLDER=scratchpad
ASSET_NAME=parabankRESTapi
RESPONDER_NAME="Responder1"

#Asset Settings
ASSET_PAYLOAD='{\"account\":{\"balance\":5022.93,\"customerId\":12212,\"id\":13344,\"type\":\"CHECKING\"}}'

MIME="application/json"
REQUEST_TEMPLATE="http://localhost:8080/parabank/services/bank/accounts/13344"

#Correlation Settings
COR_PATH_ON=true
COR_PATH="/services/bank/accounts/13344"
COR_METHOD_ON=true
COR_METHOD="GET"

#Deployment Settings
DEPLOYMENT_PATH="/parabank"

#===================================================================================
#Ignore This
ASSET_ID="/VirtualAssets/$VA_SUBFOLDER/$ASSET_NAME.pva"


#Create the PVA file

curl -v \
  --user $VIRT_USER:$VIRT_PASS \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --header "ParasoftRefresh: true" \
  --request POST \
  --data '{
    "name" : "'$ASSET_NAME'",
    "parent" : {
        "id" : "/VirtualAssets/'$VA_SUBFOLDER'"
    }
}' \
  http://$VIRT_HOST:$VIRT_PORT/soavirt/api/v5/files/pvas
echo
echo "==================================================================="
echo "ASSET PAYLOAD IS ----->" $ASSET_PAYLOAD

#Create a responder

curl -v \
  --user $VIRT_USER:$VIRT_PASS \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --request POST \
  --data '{
    "type" : "messageResponder",
    "name" : "'$RESPONDER_NAME'",
    "parent" : {
        "id" : "'$ASSET_ID'/Responder Suite"
    },
    "response" : {
        "inputMode" : "literal",
        "literal" : {
            "text" : "'$ASSET_PAYLOAD'",
            "type" : "text",
            "mimeType" : "'$MIME'"
        }
    },
    "transportHeader" : {
        "httpTransportHeaders" : {
            "type" : "table",
            "httpHeadersTable" : {
                "rows" : [
                ]
            }
        },
        "type" : "table"
    },
    "options" : {
        "requestTemplate" : {
            "requestUrlTemplate" : "'$REQUEST_TEMPLATE'",
            "requestMessageTemplate" : ""
        },
        "requestHandling" : {
            "convertIncomingRequestToXmlBeforeResponderCorrelations" : true
        }
    },
    "dataSource" : null,
    "assetDisabled" : false,
    "responderCorrelation" : {
        "transport" : {
            "enabled" : false,
            "headers" : [
                {
                    "name" : "SOAPAction",
                    "value" : "SOAPAction"
                }
            ]
        },
        "xmlMessage" : {
            "enabled" : false,
            "xpaths" : [
            ]
        },
        "urlParameters" : {
            "enabled" : false,
            "parameters" : [
            ]
        },
        "urlPath" : {
            "path" : "'$COR_PATH'",
            "enabled" : '$COR_PATH_ON'
        },
        "httpMethods" : {
            "methods" : [
                {
                    "value" : "'$COR_METHOD'"
                }
            ],
            "enabled" : '$COR_METHOD_ON'
        }
    },
    "dataSourceCorrelation" : {
        "enabled" : false,
        "failoverOptions" : {
            "continueSearchingIfCorrelationFails" : true
        },
        "urlParameters" : [
        ],
        "urlPaths" : [
        ],
        "xmlMessage" : [
        ]
    }
}' \
  http://$VIRT_HOST:$VIRT_PORT/soavirt/api/v5/tools/messageResponders

echo
echo "==================================================================="

#Get the Deployment ID
response=$(curl -vs \
  --user $VIRT_USER:$VIRT_PASS \
  -X GET \
  -H  "Accept: application/json" \
    "http://$VIRT_HOST:$VIRT_PORT/soavirt/api/v6/virtualAssets?fields=id&pvaLocation=%2FVirtualAssets%2F$VA_SUBFOLDER%2F$ASSET_NAME.pva")

DEP_ID=${response:25:50}
echo $DEP_ID
echo "==================================================================="

#Set the deployment
curl -v \
  --user $VIRT_USER:$VIRT_PASS \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --request PUT \
  --data '{
  "name": "'$ASSET_NAME'",
  "pvaLocation": {
    "id": "'$ASSET_ID'"
  },
  "enabled": true,
  "description": "",
  "transports": {
    "http": {
      "path": "'$DEPLOYMENT_PATH'"
    }
  }
}' \
  http://$VIRT_HOST:$VIRT_PORT/soavirt/api/v5/virtualAssets/$DEP_ID
echo
echo "==================================================================="

[Deleted User]

If you want to supply a payload without escaping the quotes you can add the following conversion

ASSET_PAYLOAD='{"account":{"balance":5022.93,"customerId":12212,"id":13344,"type":"CHECKING"}}'
echo $ASSET_PAYLOAD
echo
ASSET_PAYLOAD=${ASSET_PAYLOAD//\"/"\\\""}
echo $ASSET_PAYLOAD

Im not sure if this will work all the time but for the simple case it saves time escaping

jefftuckerbofa

I get HTTP 404 on this step: http://localhost:9080/soavirt/api/v6/virtualAssets?fields=id&pvaLocation=/SSR/SSR-AT.pva