CODEWITHSUNDEEP
javaspring-mvc
jlars62
jlars62

Reputation: 7353

Setting RequestBody properly of MockHttpServletRequestBuilder

I am simply trying to test a Spring controller method using a MockHttpServletRequestBuilder. The signature of the controller method looks like this:

 @RequestMapping(value = "/assignTeamsToUsers", method = RequestMethod.POST)
 public @ResponseBody String assignUsersToTeams(Model model, @RequestBody MultiValueMap<String, String> ids).

In my test case I have:

MockMvc mockMvc = MockMvcBuilders.webAppContextSetup(applicationContext).build();
MockHttpServletRequestBuilder request = createRequest(uri, method);

//set up request object...Not sure how??
//My current attempt:
     String body = "userIds[]=0&teamIds[]=0";
     request.content(body);
     request.accept(MediaType.ALL);
     request.contentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_FORM_URLENCODED);

ResultActions resultActions = mockMvc.perform(request);

EDIT: Showing createRequest. method = "POST"

private MockHttpServletRequestBuilder createRequest (String uri, String method) {
    MockHttpServletRequestBuilder builder = null;

    if("GET".equalsIgnoreCase(method))
        builder = MockMvcRequestBuilders.get(uri);
    else if("POST".equalsIgnoreCase(method))
        builder = MockMvcRequestBuilders.post(uri);
    else
        Assert.fail("Unsupported method!");

    //We always create requests for user Manager
    builder.header("securityRole", Role.Manager.getDisplayName());

    return builder;

}

I know the uri and method are correct. My problem is I am getting a 415 error code from Spring. Basically, I do not know how to set up the request object to have the appropriate @RequestBody for the MultiValueMap. I have tried alot of variations of setting request.content, setting the request.accept, request.contentType, request.characterEncoding, and still every time I get a 415 error.

If it is any help, I can successfully Post to this endpoint using the web interface, and here is what the request looks like in chrome:

enter image description here

Upvotes: 2

Views: 17036

Answers (1)

jlars62
jlars62

Reputation: 7353

I ended up solving this by doing the following:

MockHttpServletRequestBuilder request = MockMvcRequestBuilders.post("whatever url");
request.contentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_FORM_URLENCODED);

//set key value pairs
//also the keys do not have to be unique, two keys of the same value will both get added 
request.param("key", "value");

MockMvc mockMvc = MockMvcBuilders.webAppContextSetup(applicationContext).build();
ResultActions resultActions = mockMvc.perform(request);
// make sure response is valid

Hope this can lead someone else in the right direction. Thanks

Upvotes: 6

Related Questions