This section describes data source settings for each data source type present in ReadyAPI.
| Note: | Some of the datasources can be used in functional tests and in virtual services; some others are available in functional tests only. |
| Data Source | Description |
|---|---|
| Data Connection | Gets data from a database by using a JDBC connection. It is similar to the JDBC data source, but uses predefined JDBC database connections. |
| Data Generator | Generates data by using the built-in data generator engine. |
| Excel | Gets data from the Excel tables. |
| File | Obtains content of the specified file line-by-line. |
| JDBC | Gets data from a database by using a JDBC connection. Unlike the Data Connection data source, it uses a connection specified in the data source. |
| Grid | Obtains data specified in a grid. |
| Groovy | Generates data by using a Groovy script. |
| JSON | Parses the desired data from the JSON content with JSONPath expressions. |
| XML | Parses the desired data from the XML content with XPath expressions. |
| Directory | Iterates through the specified directory and gets file content. |
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