Testing and validating 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

• 2015-07-22: REST Assured has moved to GitHub. From now on the old Google Code page should not be used anymore. All issues are reported here on GitHub and the documentation is migrated.
• 2015-04-12: REST Assured 2.4.1 is released with bug fixes and improvements. See change log for details.
• 2015-01-27: Jakub Czeczotka has written a nice blog post on how to use REST Assured MockMvc, you can read it here.

Older News

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().
    parameters("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> winnderIds = 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 the POST, GET, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS, PATCH and HEAD http methods and includes specifying and validating e.g. parameters, headers, cookies and body easily.

Documentation

• Getting started
• Downloads
• Usage Guide (click here for legacy documentation)
• Javadoc
• Rest Assured Javadoc
• Rest Assured Mock Mvc Javadoc
• XmlPath Javadoc
• JsonPath Javadoc
• Release Notes
• FAQ

Support and discussion

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Links

• Change log
• Awaitility on Ohloh
• Mailing list for questions and support

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