SpringWebMvcTest - Test Requestbody using #Valid and custom validation - spring-mvc

Question

I am trying to test my controller endpoint and my requestbody annotated with #Valid annotation. My Testclass looks like the follow:
#RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
#WebMvcTest(value = BalanceInquiryController.class, secure = false)
public class BalanceInquiryControllerTest {
#Autowired
private MockMvc mockMvc;
#MockBean
private BalanceInquiryController balanceInquiryController;
#Test
public void testGetBalanceInquiry() throws Exception {
RequestBuilder requestBuilder = MockMvcRequestBuilders
.post("/com/balanceInquiry")
.accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
.content("{\"comGiftCard\":{\"cardNumber\":\"1234567890\",\"pinNumber\":\"0123\"},\"comMerchant\":\"MERCHANT1\"}")
.contentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);
MvcResult mvcResult = mockMvc.perform(requestBuilder).andReturn();
MockHttpServletResponse response = mvcResult.getResponse();
assertEquals(HttpStatus.OK.value(), response.getStatus());
}
}
My Controller - #PostMapping looks like that:
#PostMapping(value = "/com/balanceInquiry")
public ResponseEntity<?> getBalanceInquiry(#Valid #RequestBody BalanceInquiryModel balanceInquiry, Errors errors) {
if (errors.hasErrors()) {
return new ResponseEntity<String>("Validation error", HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST);
}
//do any stuff...
return new ResponseEntity<BalanceInquiryResponse>(balanceInquiryResponse, HttpStatus.OK);
}
My BalanceInquiryModel is annotated with #Valid and has some hibernate and custom validations behind. Those validations are all ok and already unit tested.
What I like to test is my endpoint where I send a valid json request body expecting a 200 response and also an invalid json request body expecting a 400 response validated by the set #Valid implementation.
For example an unvalid call is to send no pinNumber or length < 4.
I have read some threads and some uses MockMvcBuilders.standaloneSetup() to mock the full controller. But I wont do a full integration test.
Not quite sure how to go on with this situation and if I should go on.
P.S.: At the moment I get always a 200 response no matter if the validation should give an error or not.
Here a gist for more code and the validation classes/models.

Answer 1

Here's one of my example I work on my project
hope it help you out:
I have a global exception handler to handler my MethodArgumentNotValidException and throw it
#RequestMapping(value = "/add", method = RequestMethod.POST, produces = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
public ResponseEntity<User> createUser(#Valid #RequestBody User user) {
User savedUser = userService.save(user);
return new ResponseEntity<User>(savedUser, HttpStatus.CREATED);
}
public void testAdduser() throws Exception{
final User request = new User();
request.setFirstName("Test");
request.setLastName("some description");
mockMvc.perform(post(END_POINT+"/add")
.contentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
.content(stringify(request))
).andDo(print()).andExpect(status().isUnprocessableEntity())
;
}
private String stringify(Object object) throws JsonProcessingException {
return new ObjectMapper().writeValueAsString(object);
}
Update:
I think your main problem is that you are using #WebMvcTest in stead of #SpringBootTest.
the different between 2 of them is that:
#SpringBootTest annotation will loads complete application and injects all the beans which is can be slow.
#WebMvcTest - for testing the controller layer. it doesn't inject other bean beside the #RestController
so if you are just testing just pure controller to see u can reach the endpont then you can just use #WebMvcTest which will make your test run faster.
but in your case, you want it to run the spring validation, you will need to use #SpringBootTest
for detailed: https://spring.io/guides/gs/testing-web/