How to check String in response body with mockMvc

Question

I have simple integration test

@Test
public void shouldReturnErrorMessageToAdminWhenCreatingUserWithUsedUserName()          


        

Answer 1

One possible approach is to simply include gson dependency:

    com.google.code.gson
    gson

and parse the value to make your verifications:

@RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
@WebMvcTest(HelloController.class)
public class HelloControllerTest {

    @Autowired
    private MockMvc mockMvc;

    @MockBean
    private HelloService helloService;

    @Before
    public void before() {
        Mockito.when(helloService.message()).thenReturn("hello world!");
    }

    @Test
    public void testMessage() throws Exception {
        MvcResult mvcResult = mockMvc.perform(MockMvcRequestBuilders.get("/"))
                .andExpect(status().isOk())
                .andExpect(content().contentTypeCompatibleWith(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE))
                .andReturn();

        String responseBody = mvcResult.getResponse().getContentAsString();
        ResponseDto responseDto
                = new Gson().fromJson(responseBody, ResponseDto.class);
        Assertions.assertThat(responseDto.message).isEqualTo("hello world!");
    }
}