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Rest Assured Post User Example

REST Assured example: POST request to create a resource with request body and response validation.

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Rest Assured Post User Example is an example object payload from REST Assured, with 7 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

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Example Payload

rest-assured-post-user-example.json Raw ↑
{
  "description": "REST Assured example: POST request to create a resource with request body and response validation.",
  "language": "java",
  "library": "io.rest-assured:rest-assured:6.0.0",
  "pattern": "given-when-then",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "baseUri": "https://api.example.com",
    "path": "/v1/users",
    "headers": {
      "Content-Type": "application/json",
      "Accept": "application/json",
      "Authorization": "Bearer {{ACCESS_TOKEN}}"
    },
    "body": {
      "name": "John Smith",
      "email": "john.smith@example.com",
      "role": "developer"
    }
  },
  "response": {
    "statusCode": 201,
    "contentType": "application/json",
    "bodyAssertions": {
      "$.name": "John Smith",
      "$.email": "john.smith@example.com",
      "$.id": "present"
    }
  },
  "javaCode": "import static io.restassured.RestAssured.*;\nimport static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;\nimport io.restassured.http.ContentType;\n\nString requestBody = \"{\\\"name\\\": \\\"John Smith\\\", \\\"email\\\": \\\"john.smith@example.com\\\", \\\"role\\\": \\\"developer\\\"}\";\n\ngiven()\n    .baseUri(\"https://api.example.com\")\n    .contentType(ContentType.JSON)\n    .header(\"Authorization\", \"Bearer \" + accessToken)\n    .body(requestBody)\n.when()\n    .post(\"/v1/users\")\n.then()\n    .statusCode(201)\n    .body(\"name\", equalTo(\"John Smith\"))\n    .body(\"email\", equalTo(\"john.smith@example.com\"))\n    .body(\"id\", notNullValue());"
}

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