Hi I am trying to use the response templating to play with d

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Hi I am trying to use the response templating to play with dates <https wiremock org docs response templating date and time helpers> If put this as in the template ``` body now ``` it gives the the desired result However if I try to use the same in bodyFile and put the now in the content of the file it does not seem to have any effect Is the syntax to be used different when we put the template in a file using bodyFile VS when we inline the template using body

Rahul Agrawal · Answer

The following works fine on both inline as well as bodyFile ``` now offset= 1 years ``` while now does not work I am surely missing something

Tom · Answer

That s strange Let me see if I can replicate

Tom · Answer

Are you on the latest WireMock version

Rahul Agrawal · Answer

Thanks for the help I am on 3 2 0 standalone jar

Tom · Answer

Did you include ` transformers response template ` on your stub

Tom · Answer

Works for me with this

Rahul Agrawal · Answer

Great to hear that it works Yes I did have the transformers ``` response status 200 bodyFileName 1 xml transformers response template headers Content Type application xml ``` my template file is ``` lt RealTimePrice gt lt period gt 125 lt period gt lt reportType gt REP lt reportType gt lt tradingDate gt 02 Aug 2023 lt tradingDate gt lt A gt now offset= 1 years lt A gt lt B gt now lt B gt lt demand gt 6835 977 lt demand gt lt tcl gt 0 000 lt tcl gt lt USEP gt 84 99 lt USEP gt lt lcp gt 0 00 lt lcp gt lt regulation gt 01 lt regulation gt lt primaryReserve gt 01 lt primaryReserve gt lt secondaryReserve gt lt contingencyReserve gt 1 lt contingencyReserve gt lt eheur gt 0 50 lt eheur gt lt solar gt 282 53 lt solar gt lt RealTimePrice gt ```

Rahul Agrawal · Answer

output is ``` lt RealTimePrice gt lt period gt 125 lt period gt lt reportType gt REP lt reportType gt lt tradingDate gt 02 Aug 2023 lt tradingDate gt lt A gt 2024 10 05T16 17 52Z lt A gt lt B gt lt B gt lt demand gt 6835 977 lt demand gt lt tcl gt 0 000 lt tcl gt lt USEP gt 84 99 lt USEP gt lt lcp gt 0 00 lt lcp gt lt regulation gt 01 lt regulation gt lt primaryReserve gt 01 lt primaryReserve gt lt secondaryReserve gt lt contingencyReserve gt 1 lt contingencyReserve gt lt eheur gt 0 50 lt eheur gt lt solar gt 282 53 lt solar gt lt RealTimePrice gt ```

Lee Turner · Answer

Very strange Just tried myself with your payloads and it seems to work for me The response I get is ``` lt RealTimePrice gt lt period gt 125 lt period gt lt reportType gt REP lt reportType gt lt tradingDate gt 02 Aug 2023 lt tradingDate gt lt A gt 2024 10 05T16 28 26Z lt A gt lt B gt 2023 10 05T16 28 26Z lt B gt lt demand gt 6835 977 lt demand gt lt tcl gt 0 000 lt tcl gt lt USEP gt 84 99 lt USEP gt lt lcp gt 0 00 lt lcp gt lt regulation gt 01 lt regulation gt lt primaryReserve gt 01 lt primaryReserve gt lt secondaryReserve gt lt contingencyReserve gt 1 lt contingencyReserve gt lt eheur gt 0 50 lt eheur gt lt solar gt 282 53 lt solar gt lt RealTimePrice gt ```

Rahul Agrawal · Answer

hmmm let me think harder what am i doing wrong any wild guess

Rahul Agrawal · Answer

I think I have some clue let me share that

Rahul Agrawal · Answer

Inside a loop is this the right way to do it It works when I don t have the looping but with loop it does not ``` each range 1 3 as |index| lt RealTimePrice gt lt period gt 125 lt period gt lt reportType gt REP lt reportType gt lt tradingDate gt 02 Aug 2023 lt tradingDate gt lt A gt now offset= 1 years lt A gt lt B gt now lt B gt lt demand gt 6835 977 lt demand gt lt tcl gt 0 000 lt tcl gt lt USEP gt 84 99 lt USEP gt lt lcp gt 0 00 lt lcp gt lt regulation gt 01 lt regulation gt lt primaryReserve gt 01 lt primaryReserve gt lt secondaryReserve gt lt contingencyReserve gt 1 lt contingencyReserve gt lt eheur gt 0 50 lt eheur gt lt solar gt 282 53 lt solar gt lt RealTimePrice gt each ```

Tom · Answer

I have a theory as to why this is happening and I think it s just a quirk of Handlebars

Tom · Answer

When you re inside a nested scope like the one that s created inside ` each ` it s trying to look up `now` as if it s a piece of data

Lee Turner · Answer

I guess you could use this as a workaround ` lt B gt now offset= 0 years lt B gt `

Rahul Agrawal · Answer

Yeahh

Tom · Answer

I just tried that workaround and it seems to work

Rahul Agrawal · Answer

Sure Again thanks a lot

Rahul Agrawal · Answer

May I ask if it is ok to have complex looping etc or that is too much going outside the limits also is it possible to increment dates etc using math functions What is the suggested way to debug when things are stuck shd we look at handle bars documentation

Tom · Answer

Complex looping should be fine although as with programming generally there are limits

Rahul Agrawal · Answer

Got it templates seem to be very powerful <https wiremock org docs response templating > if there is a table of content for sub heading for this page it would be very helpful

Tom · Answer

You should be able to use the `math` helper with dates given a bit os wrangling

Rahul Agrawal · Answer

ok

Tom · Answer

We re about to restructure the docs

Tom · Answer

The Cloud docs have mostly the same info and are a bit better structured at the moment <https docs wiremock io response templating basics >

Rahul Agrawal · Answer

Got it thanks for guiding on that