To test services that use OData protocol, you can send requests in a batch. The request
contains HTTP operations such as GET, POST, and PUT to manage data in the service.
Before you begin
You must have sent individual requests through Generic Service Client (GSC).
About this task
When you send requests in a batch, you can group a set of operations into one HTTP request. You
can start a batch request from GSC or from a service test. To initiate a batch request from a
service test in the Test editor, select multiple requests to include in a batch, right-click and
select $batch odata requests.
To initiate a batch request from GSC, complete the following steps:
Procedure
- Click the Open the Generic Service Client toolbar button and select the Requests page.
- Click the Add icon and click a type of request that you want to send or in Request Library, right-click
EndPoints and select Send a Batch Request.
- In the ODATA batch information page, select the OData version that your
application supports.
- To set HTTP headers, ensure that the Set ODATA batch request http
headers radio button is selected.
If needed, you can change the headers on the next page of the wizard.
- To group appropriate requests into change sets, select the ODATA batch with
changesets radio button.
- In Selection of calls to batch, select the requests to include in the
batch. If you initiated the batch request from the service test, the requests are already
selected.
- Click Next.
- In the Configure Protocol window, select HTTP and
specify the HTTP transport configuration. If necessary, click New to create an HTTP transport configuration for
the call.
To send the HTTP/2 requests, in the Create HTTP Protocol
configuration window, click the Activate check box. Before
capturing the HTTP/2 traffic, configure the computer. See topic for
instructions.
- Click Finish. The request is added to the Endpoints section of the
Request Library.
- In the Request Library, select the request element. The generic service client shows three steps: Edit Request,
Invoke, and View Response. The details for the request
are displayed under the Edit Request step.
- On the Transport page, if necessary, change the transport configuration to
be used by the request. To create and edit transport and security configurations, use the
Transport tab.
- When you are ready, click Invoke to send the service request. The generic service client sends the request and displays the message return under the
View Response step.