Getting httpServletRequest attribute with MockMvc

Question

I have a really simple controller defined in this way:

@RequestMapping(value = "/api/test", method = RequestMethod.GET, produces = "application/json")
public @ResponseBody Object getObject(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res) {
    Object userId = req.getAttribute("userId");
    if (userId == null){
        res.setStatus(HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST.value());
    }
    [....]
}

I tried to call using MockMvc in many different way but, I'm not able to provide the attribute "userId".

For instance, with this it doesn't work:

MockHttpSession mockHttpSession = new MockHttpSession(); 
mockHttpSession.setAttribute("userId", "TESTUSER");             
mockMvc.perform(get("/api/test").session(mockHttpSession)).andExpect(status().is(200)).andReturn();

I also tried this, but without success:

MvcResult result = mockMvc.perform(get("/api/test").with(new RequestPostProcessor() {
     public MockHttpServletRequest postProcessRequest(MockHttpServletRequest request) {
           request.setParameter("userId", "testUserId");
           request.setRemoteUser("TESTUSER");
           return request;
     }
})).andExpect(status().is(200)).andReturn();

In this case, I can set the RemoteUser but never the Attributes map on HttpServletRequest.

Any clue?

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parameter != attribute. – M. Deinum Feb 05 '16 at 11:05

score 25 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 05 '16 at 11:37

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You add a request attribute by calling requestAttr ^^

mockMvc.perform(get("/api/test").requestAttr("userId", "testUserId")...

answered Feb 05 '16 at 11:37

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this saved my day. i was wasting my time since morning. Thank you – Arvind Kumar Jun 19 '20 at 10:08

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 14 '20 at 22:35

You could use

mvc.perform(post("/api/v1/...")
    .with(request -> {
      request.addHeader(HEADER_USERNAME_KEY, approver);
      request.setAttribute("attrName", "attrValue");
      return request;
    })
    .contentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)...

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 20 '19 at 07:21

@ResponseStatus(HttpStatus.OK)
@GetMapping(Routes.VALIDATE_EMAIL_TOKEN + "/validate")
public String validateEmailToken(@RequestParam(value = "token") String token,
                                 HttpServletRequest httpServletRequest) throws RestServiceException {
    return credentionChangeService.getUserByToken(token, httpServletRequest);
}

//test method

@Mock
private HttpServletRequest httpServletRequest
@Mock
private MerchantCredentialsChangeService mockCredentionChangeService;

@Test
public void testValidateEmailToken() throws Exception {
    final String token = "akfkldakkadjfiafkakflkd";
    final String expectedUsername = "9841414141";

    Mockito.when(mockCredentionChangeService.getUserByToken(Matchers.eq(token), Matchers.any(HttpServletRequest.class)))
            .thenReturn(expectedUsername);

    mockMvc.perform(get(Routes.VALIDATE_EMAIL_TOKEN + "/validate")
            .param("token", token))
            .andExpect(status().isOk())
            .andExpect(MockMvcResultMatchers.content().string(expectedUsername));
}

Getting httpServletRequest attribute with MockMvc

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