POST Request

In this lesson, we will learn how to automate a POST request for different use cases.

In this lesson, we will discuss two variations of the POST Request:

  1. POST with string body
  2. POST request using POJO (Plain Old Java Object) class

HTTP POST request automation

In this lesson, we will discuss two variations of POST Request.

Example 1 – POST with a string body

  • HTTP Method: POST
  • Target URL: http://ezifyautomationlabs.com:6565
  • Resource path: /educative-rest/students
  • Message body: As a String Object
  • Take a look at the code below:
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import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;
import io.restassured.RestAssured;
import io.restassured.response.Response;
public class POSTRequestTest {
private static Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(POSTRequestTest.class);
@Test
public void testPOSTStringBody() {
String url = "http://ezifyautomationlabs.com:6565/educative-rest/students";
LOG.info("Step - 1 : Target resource ( server ) : " + url);
String body = "{\"first_name\": \"Jack\", \"last_name\": \"Preacher\", \"gender\": \"Male\" }";
LOG.info("Step - 2 : Message body: " + body);
LOG.info("Step - 3 : Send a POST Request");
Response response = RestAssured.given()
.header("accept", "application/json")
.header("content-type", "application/json")
.body(body)
.post(url)
.andReturn();
LOG.info("Step - 4 : Print the response message and assert the status response code is 201 - Created");
response.getBody().prettyPrint();
assertTrue(response.getStatusCode() == 201);
}
}

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