Spring REST web service Test

We can test the Spring REST web service by following :

1. By java Junit class.
2. By SoapUI.
3. By Firefox browser plugin REST CLIENT.
4. By Chrome browser plugin POST MAN.


1. By java Junit class :
We can write the java junit class to test REST service. its simple test class in ur maven web application.

	import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
	import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;
	import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
	import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ExceptionHandler;
	import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
	import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass;
	import org.testng.annotations.Test;
	@Test(enabled = false)
	public class UserControllerTest {
	private static final String REST_SERVICE_URL = "http://localhost:8080/*****/service/users";
	@Autowired
	private RestTemplate restTemplate;
	@BeforeClass
	protected void beforeClass() {
	restTemplate = new RestTemplate();
	}
	public void create() {
	createAndAssertUser();
	}
	private User createAndAssertUser() {
	User user = new User();
	user.setId(10L);
	user.setName("utteshkumar");
	user.setCompany("$$$$$$$");
	user.setEmail("TTTTT@gmail.com");
	user.setDesignation("Senior Software Engineer");
	return createAndAssertUser(user);
	}
	private User createAndAssertUser(User user) {
	User createdUser = null;
	try{
	createdUser = restTemplate.postForObject(REST_SERVICE_URL, user, User.class);
	}catch (UniquenessViolationException e) {
	duplicateRecord(e.getDescription(),user);
	}
	assertUserNoId(createdUser, user);
	return createdUser;
	}
	@ExceptionHandler
	private void duplicateRecord(String msg,User user){
	System.out.println("\n user already exist with email : "+user.getEmail());
	assertEquals(true,true);
	}
	private void assertUserNoId(User actual, User expected) {
	assertTrue(actual.getId() > 0);
	assertEquals(actual.getName(), expected.getName());
	}
	private void assertUser(User actual, User expected) {
	assertTrue(actual.getId() > 0);
	assertEquals(actual.getName(), expected.getName());
	}
	}

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2. By SoapUI : We can test by using Open Source SoapUI tool, it very simple configure and test the web services.
http://www.soapui.org/REST-Testing/getting-started.html

3. By Firefox browser plugin REST CLIENT : we can use REST CLIENT plugin
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/restclient/

4. By Chrome browser plugin POST MAN: we can use POST MAN plugin
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/fdmmgilgnpjigdojojpjoooidkmcomcm