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SoapUI is the world's leading testing tool for API testing. See theSoapUI website to learn more.By downloading our software, you agree to ourlicense andprivacy policy.

• Structure and submodules
• Build and run
  • Prerequisites
  • Get the source code for the first time
  • Build
  • Run
  • Get the latest changes
• Contribute
  • IDE support
    • IntelliJ IDEA
    • Eclipse
• Documentation
• Advanced Functionality
• Additional resources

• soapui - The core module that creates the soapui.jar file.
• soapui-system-test - Integration and system tests for SoapUI.
• soapui-installer - Creates SoapUI distributions, such as installers and archives.
• soapui-maven-plugin – A Maven plugin used to run SoapUI in a Continuous integration environment (such asJenkins).
• soapui-maven-plugin-tester - A test pom.xml file used to test thesoapui-maven-plugin.

• OpenJDK 16
• Maven (version 3.0.5 or later)
• Git (version 1.8 or later)

To get the source code, rungit clone https://github.com/SmartBear/soapui.git in the folder where you want to clone the root folder of the SoapUI project.

• To build a SoapUI project, runmvn clean install in the root folder.
• To build an individual submodule, runmvn clean install in the root folder of the submodule you want to build.

To run SoapUI after it has been built, executemvn exec:java in the root folder of thesoapui submodule.

To get the latest source code changes, clone the project by runninggit pull in the root directory of the SoapUI project or in the root directory of the submodule you want to update.

If you want to take a more active part in improving SoapUI, go toSoapUI Developer's Corner for more information.

As SoapUI is using a standard Maven 3 setup, building and running SoapUI from an IDE is usually very straight forward, as long as the IDE has good Maven support.

Open project

1. Clone the project.
2. In the main menu, selectFile > Open.
3. Enter the path to the root folder of the SoapUI project.
4. Runmvn compile to generate necessary source files automatically.

Run SoapUI

After you have created the IDEA project, navigate to thecom.eviware.soapui.SoapUI class, right-click and selectRun.

Get the latest changes

Right-click on the root folder in theProject panel and selectGit > Repository > Pull.

Tip

To get the code style settings used by the SoapUI team, selectFile > Import Settings and import theintellij-codestyle.jar file located in the root folder of the SoapUI project.

Open project

1. Clone the project
2. In the main menu, selectFile > Import.
3. In theImport dialog, selectMaven > Existing Maven projects and clickNext.
4. In theRoot directory, enter the path to the root folder of the SoapUI project and clickFinish.

Run SoapUI

After you have created the Eclipse project, navigate to thecom.eviware.soapui.SoapUI class, right-click it and selectRun as > Java application.

Get the latest changes

1. Right-click on the root folder in thePackage explorer panel.
2. SelectTeam > Pull.

To generate documentation (JavaDoc), runmvn javadoc:javadoc in the root folder of the submodule you want to create documentation for. The documentation will be located in thetarget/site/javadoc folder after the Maven command is executed successfully.

You can also get the latest information on SoapUI classes and methodshere.

SoapUI Open Source offers basic functionality for API testing. For additional features, such as data-driven testing, coverage testing, groovy script debugging and others, trySoapUI Pro.

• SoapUI community - SmartBear's SoapUI Open Source community for discussing and participating in all things SoapUI.
• SoapUI Groovy examples - This is a collection of SoapUI projects and Groovy scripts used to demonstrate the Groovy scripting capabilities in SoapUI.
• Extending SoapUI
• Custom factories
• Integrating with SoapUI
• Mastering SoapUI - Master the art of testing and automating your SOA using SoapUI