MockMvc for HTTP assertions in Spring Boot - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to perform a GET request using MockMvc.

Spring Boot

mockMvc.perform([1]("/api/data"))

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Adelete

Bpost

Cput

Dget

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Common Mistakes

Using post instead of get for fetching data.

Confusing HTTP methods.

The get method is used to perform a GET request in MockMvc.

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medium

Complete the code to expect a 200 OK status in the response.

Spring Boot

mockMvc.perform(get("/api/data")).andExpect([1].status().isOk())

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AMockMvcResultMatchers

BResultActions

CMockMvcBuilders

DMvcResult

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using ResultActions instead of MockMvcResultMatchers.

Trying to assert status without the correct matcher.

MockMvcResultMatchers provides methods to assert the response status and content.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to check the response content contains 'success'.

Spring Boot

mockMvc.perform(get("/api/data")).andExpect(MockMvcResultMatchers.content().string([1]("success")))

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Acontains

BcontainsString

ChasString

DstringContains

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using incorrect method names like 'contains' or 'hasString'.

Confusing with other matcher libraries.

The method containsString is used to check if the response content includes a specific substring.

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hard

Fill both blanks to perform a POST request with JSON content and expect a 201 status.

Spring Boot

mockMvc.perform([1]("/api/create").contentType([2]).content(jsonData)).andExpect(MockMvcResultMatchers.status().isCreated())

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Apost

BMediaType.APPLICATION_JSON

CMediaType.TEXT_PLAIN

Dget

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using GET instead of POST for creating data.

Wrong content type like TEXT_PLAIN.

Use post to send data and MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON to specify JSON content type.

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hard

Fill both blanks to check JSON response field 'name' equals 'John'.

Spring Boot

mockMvc.perform(get("/api/user/1")).andExpect(MockMvcResultMatchers.jsonPath([1]).value([2]))

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A"$.name"

B"John"

C"$.id"

D"1"

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Common Mistakes

Using wrong JSON path like '$.id' for the name field.

Not quoting string values properly.

The JSON path "$.name" targets the 'name' field, and "John" is the expected value.