Asserting array of arrays with JSONPath and spring mvc
Solution 1
How about adding several andExpect methods? Something similar to:
mockMvc.perform(get("/")).andDo(print()).andExpect(status().isOk())
.andExpect(jsonPath("$.links[0].rel[0]", is("self")))
.andExpect(jsonPath("$.links[0].href[0]", is("/"));
Solution 2
I guess you could do it like this if you don't want to hardcode array index value
MockMvc.perform(get("/"))
.andDo(print()).andExpect(status().isOk())
.andExpect(jsonPath("$.links[*].rel").value(Matchers.containsInAnyOrder(Matchers.containsInAnyOrder(Matchers.is("self")))));
Solution 3
The Accepted answer looks alright to me. But I am not familiar with junit4. Therefore I will add here how I would test a typical scenario using Junit5.
mockMvc.perform(get("/"))
.andDo(print())
.andExpect(status().isOk())
.andExpect(jsonPath("$.links", hasSize(2)))
.andExpect(jsonPath("$.links[0].rel[0]")
.value("self"))
.andExpect(jsonPath("$.links[0].href[0]")
.value("/"))
I will here add static imports(in case of a beginner) because when first I was working of I had to figure which imports within several imports.
import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.MockMvc;
import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasSize;
import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.jsonPath;
import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.status;
Hope this is helpful for someone. especially someone new to unit testing :)
Magnus Lassi
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Updated on July 03, 2021Comments
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Magnus Lassi almost 3 years
I'm having difficulty figuring out how to assert with jsonPath in a JSON document response in spring mvc. Perhaps there's a better way of accomplishing this than using jsonPath for this particular scenario. I would like to validate that the links array has a rel item of "self" and that "href" attribute of the object of "self" also has an "href" attribute which is equal to "/". The JSON response looks like this:
{ "links":[ { "rel":[ "self" ], "href":"/" }, { "rel":[ "next" ], "href":"/1" } ] }
I tried this where I can see that it has rel [0] has self but I would prefer to not rely on where in the links array and rel array the self is and actually test what that href is at links[rel][self] is "/". Any ideas?
@Before public void setup() { MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this); mockMvc = MockMvcBuilders.standaloneSetup(welcomeController).build(); } @Test public void givenRootUrl_thenReturnLinkToSelf() throws Exception { mockMvc.perform(get("/")).andDo(print()).andExpect(status().isOk()) .andExpect(jsonPath("$.links[0].rel[0].", is("self"))); }