Variables allow you to extract data from request, subtest, and Ghost Inspector steps for use in subsequent steps in the test. Similar to Assertions, each variable is defined by a name, source, and property.

Defining VariablesSample POST Body (JSON) to set {{myUserId}} to the value of JSON element 'user_id'

"variables": [
    {
        "source": "response_json", 
        "property": "user_id", 
        "name": "myUserId"
    }
]

Sources

• response_status

  Create a variable from the value of the HTTP status code from the Response

• response_headers

  Create a variable from the value of a Response Header. You must include a property with the name of the header to extract the value from

• response_json

  Parse the response body as JSON. You must include a property with the JSON path to extract

• response_xml

  Parse the response body as XML. You must include a property with the XPath to extract

• response_text

  Parse the response body as plain text. This source does not specify a property

• response_time

  Create a variable from the execution time of the response in milliseconds

• response_size

  Create a variable from the size of the Response body in bytes