How do i send JsonObject with nested values as Post request in REST assured

Question

I am using rest assured -https://code.google.com/p/rest-assured/wiki/Usage My JsonObject looks like this

{
"id": "12",
"employeeInfo": null,
"employerInfo": null,
"checkDate": 1395093997218,
"netAmount": {
"amount": 70,
"currency": "USD"
},
"moneyDistributionLineItems": [
{
"mAmount": 100,
"employeeBankAccountId": "BankAccount 1"
}
],
}

how can i send this as part of parameters using REST-assured POST? I have tried

given().param("key1", "value1").param("key2", "value2").when().post("/somewhere").then().
        body(containsString("OK"));

but that is not scalable for HUGE objects with nested values. Is there a better approach?

yes there is a better approach, use Karate instead of REST-assured: https://github.com/intuit/karate — Peter Thomas, Dec 24 '17 at 05:09

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 18 '14 at 06:44

9

You just send the JSON document in the body. For example if you have your JSON document in a String called myJson then you can just do like this:

String myJson = ..
given().contentType(JSON).body(myJson).when().post("/somewhere"). ..

You can also use a POJO, input stream and byte[] instead of a String.

answered Mar 18 '14 at 06:44

Johan

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so there is no way to pass nested valued in REST Assured ? I want to do parameterization and if we use JSON static file then it is hard, or other way is to create JSON file in run time for that particular request/API and use it.. :( – Paresh Apr 12 '15 at 00:27
oh I think, even with the above mentioned method we can parameterized the sample!! Thx – Paresh Apr 12 '15 at 01:22
You can parameterize it in other ways, for example using a template engine such as jmte (https://code.google.com/p/jmte/). – Johan Apr 12 '15 at 04:23

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 12 '16 at 20:09

    URL file = Resources.getResource("PublishFlag_False_Req.json");
    String myJson = Resources.toString(file, Charsets.UTF_8);

    Response responsedata = given().header("Authorization", AuthorizationValue)
        .header("X-App-Client-Id", XappClintIDvalue)
        .contentType("application/vnd.api+json")
        .body(myJson)
        .with()
        .when()
        .post(dataPostUrl);

How do i send JsonObject with nested values as Post request in REST assured

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