Testing a secure REST endpoint with Spring MVC Test Framework

Question

I am trying to test a secure REST method, using Spring MVC Test Framework.

  val result = this.mockMvc!!
     .perform(get("/ping").with(SecurityMockMvcRequestPostProcessors.user("user")))
                .andDo(MockMvcResultHandlers.print())
                .andReturn()

  assertThat(result.response.contentAsString).contains("pong")

The problem is that on this request, the mocked server is responding a 302 code, to redirect to a secure channel. The result is never 2xx code, is always a 302 code. I would like to follow this redirect, or perform the request on secure channel at the first time.

How can I perform this test to do directly on a mocked secure channel?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 30 '18 at 11:05

Finally, I found the solution. I need to call a secure(true) on the mocked get("/"). It surprised me that this is not on documentation, just on javadocs:

  val result = this.mockMvc!!
     .perform(get("/ping").secure(true).with(SecurityMockMvcRequestPostProcessors.user("user")))
                .andDo(MockMvcResultHandlers.print())
                .andReturn()

  assertThat(result.response.contentAsString).contains("pong")

Testing a secure REST endpoint with Spring MVC Test Framework

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