Testing scala Play (2.2.1) controllers with CSRF protection

Question

I\'ve been having some problems testing controllers that use Play\'s CSRF protection. To demonstrate this, I\'ve created a very simple Play application that minimally exhibi

Answer 1

I use the following method in my base integration test class:

def csrfRequest(method: String, uri: String)(implicit app: Application): FakeRequest[AnyContentAsEmpty.type] = {
  val tokenProvider: TokenProvider = app.injector.instanceOf[TokenProvider]
  val csrfTags = Map(Token.NameRequestTag -> "csrfToken", Token.RequestTag -> tokenProvider.generateToken)
  FakeRequest(method, uri, FakeHeaders(), AnyContentAsEmpty, tags = csrfTags)
}

Then you can use it in your tests where you would use FakeRequest.