Testing and validation of REST services in Java is harder than in dynamic languages such as Ruby and Groovy. REST Assured brings the simplicity of using these languages into the Java domain.

News

• 2019-05-10: REST Assured 4.0.0 is released. This release fixes problems with duplicated classes introduced by the initial OSGi support. It also drops support for 6 in favor of Java 8 as well as support for Apache Johnzon and various other fixes. Please see release notes and change log for more details.
• 2019-03-13: Bas Dijkstra has made a really great introductory screencast to REST Assured. You can check it out here.
• 2019-01-11: REST Assured 3.3.0 is released. This release introduces better support for de-serializing with generics, Java 9 split packages, ResponseValidationListeners as well as bug fixes and various improvements. Please see release notes and change log for more details.

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Examples

Here's an example of how to make a GET request and validate the JSON or XML response:

get("/lotto").then().assertThat().body("lotto.lottoId", equalTo(5));

Get and verify all winner ids:

get("/lotto").then().assertThat().body("lotto.winners.winnerId", hasItems(23, 54));

Using parameters:

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

Using X-Path (XML only):

given().
    params("firstName", "John", "lastName", "Doe").
when().
    post("/greetMe").
then().
    body(hasXPath("/greeting/firstName[text()='John']")).

Need authentication? REST Assured provides several authentication mechanisms:

given().auth().basic(username, password).when().get("/secured").then().statusCode(200);

Getting and parsing a response body:

// Example with JsonPath
String json = get("/lotto").asString()
List<String> winnderIds = from(json).get("lotto.winners.winnerId");
    
// Example with XmlPath
String xml = post("/shopping").andReturn().body().asString()
Node category = from(xml).get("shopping.category[0]");

REST Assured supports any HTTP method but has explicit support for POST, GET, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS, PATCH and HEAD and includes specifying and validating e.g. parameters, headers, cookies and body easily.

Documentation

• Getting started
• Downloads
• Usage Guide (click here for legacy documentation)
• Javadoc
• Rest Assured Javadoc
• Rest AssuredMockMvc Javadoc
• XmlPath Javadoc
• JsonPath Javadoc
• Release Notes
• FAQ

Support and discussion

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Links

• Change log
• REST Assured on openhub
• Mailing list for questions and support