/rest-assured

Java DSL for easy testing of REST services

Primary LanguageJavaApache License 2.0Apache-2.0

REST Assured

Build Status Maven Central

Testing and validation of REST services in Java is harder than in dynamic languages such as Ruby and Groovy. REST Assured brings the simplicity of using these languages into the Java domain.

News

  • 2022-03-25: REST Assured 5.0.0 is released which adds support for Groovy 4. See release notes and change log for more details.
  • 2022-02-11: REST Assured 4.5.1 is released. It fixes a bug that accidentally required both Jakarta EE and JAXB to be in the classpath at the same time under certain conditions. See change log for more details.
  • 2022-01-21: REST Assured 4.5.0 is released. It adds support for Jakarta EE for XML object mapping. It also makes JAXB optional. See release notes and change log for more details.

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Examples

Here's an example of how to make a GET request and validate the JSON or XML response:

get("/lotto").then().assertThat().body("lotto.lottoId", equalTo(5));

Get and verify all winner ids:

get("/lotto").then().assertThat().body("lotto.winners.winnerId", hasItems(23, 54));

Using parameters:

given().
    param("key1", "value1").
    param("key2", "value2").
when().
    post("/somewhere").
then().
    body(containsString("OK"));

Using X-Path (XML only):

given().
    params("firstName", "John", "lastName", "Doe").
when().
    post("/greetMe").
then().
    body(hasXPath("/greeting/firstName[text()='John']")).

Need authentication? REST Assured provides several authentication mechanisms:

given().auth().basic(username, password).when().get("/secured").then().statusCode(200);

Getting and parsing a response body:

// Example with JsonPath
String json = get("/lotto").asString();
List<String> winnerIds = from(json).get("lotto.winners.winnerId");
    
// Example with XmlPath
String xml = post("/shopping").andReturn().body().asString();
Node category = from(xml).get("shopping.category[0]");

REST Assured supports any HTTP method but has explicit support for POST, GET, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS, PATCH and HEAD and includes specifying and validating e.g. parameters, headers, cookies and body easily.

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