Jersey Test Framework 2.5 - test POST method
java, jax-rs, jersey, rest, unit-testing
Solution
After research I did it!
Here's my solution, it works just fine. And it's rather integration test, but we can write unit tests in similar manner.
public class RestTest extends JerseyTest{
@Override
protected Application configure() {
return new Your_Resource_Config(); //Your resource config with registered classes
}
//@Before and/or @After for db preparing etc. - if you want integration tests
@Test
public void addUserTest() {
User user = new User();
user.setEmail("user2@mail.com");
user.setName("Jane Doe");
user.getUserRoles().getRoles().add("supertester");
Entity<User> userEntity = Entity.entity(user, MediaType.APPLICATION_XML_TYPE);
target("users/add").request().post(userEntity); //Here we send POST request
Response response = target("users/find").queryParam("email", "user2@mail.com").request().get(); //Here we send GET request for retrieving results
Assert.assertEquals("user2@mail.com", response.readEntity(User.class).getEmail());
}
Problem
I'm trying to find some manual how to test `POST` methods using `jersey` framework, only got examples for `GET` method. Here's example: ``` @POST @Path("add") @Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML) @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML) public Response addUser(JAXBElement<User> user) { int code = userService.addUser(user.getValue()); if (code == 500) { return Response.status(500).build(); } return Response.status(code).entity(user).build(); } ``` Could you please post some POST method test example? Thank you in advance.