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If you’ve made the proper pom.xml entries we went over at the top of this post, you should be able to begin using REST-Assured. In your IDE, create a new java class named  WordPress_API Import the following: import org . junit . Test ; import org . junit . Before ; import static com . jayway . restassured . RestAssured . expect ; import static org . hamcrest . Matchers . equalTo ; Create a public method named simpleExample Add the  junit  @Test  annotation above it. Inside simpleExample, add the following code: expect().body(“title”, equalTo(“Hello world!”)).when().get(“http://localhost:64217/wp-json.php/posts/1”); Your code should look like the following: Run the jUnit test. The test should pass. Now — just to prove that this is really working, let’s force it to fail so that we can be confident that everything’s kosher. Change the  Hello world!  To  Hello JOE! Rerun the test. The test should n...

Next let’s check out a simple GET request that we’ll make to WordPress to retrieve details for post 1. Open up Rest Console in Chrome Add the following to the  Request URI  field under the  Target  area(FYI: your port number might be different than mine): http://localhost:64217/wp-json.php/posts/1 Click on the  GET  button Under the  Response  section, you should now see the JSON response We’re going to use this for our first simple example to send a request using Rest-Assured, then we’ll confirm that the response’s body contains a title with the value of “Hello world!” “title” :  “Hello world!” ,

Once everything is installed, you’ll probably want to do some ad-hoc testing to become familiar with what is returned in the WordPress  JSON  response. An excellent tool for learning your REST API and doing some exploration on which type of test you want to create – as well as which response values you may need to capture when you start coding your API tests — is a Google Chrome App  REST Console . REST Console is an HTTP Request Visualizer and Constructor tool which helps developers build, debug and test RESTful APIs. To install, open up a Chrome browser: Navigate to: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/rest-onsole/cokgbflfommojglbmbpenpphppikmonn?hl=en Click on the  FREE  button (You might get prompted to sign into Google) Click the  Add  button Once installed, navigate to:  chrome://apps You should see the REST Console app.

Next, we need to install a JSON API plugin which we’ll use to interact with WordPress using REST-Assured. Navigate to:  http://localhost:64217/wp-admin/ Click on the  Plugins  menu option Click on  Add New Search for  JSON REST API  and click on  Search Plugins Click on the JSON REST API  Install Now  link Click on  the Plugins>Installed Plugins  menu option and make sure that the JSON REST API is activated

Simply navigate to the following URL, run the wordpress.exe and follow the install wizard: http://www.microsoft.com/web/wordpress It will automatically install all the things that WordPress needs to run locally on your machine. Once installed, you should have an option for Microsoft WebMatrix in your All Programs menu option Clicking on  My Sites  will give you an option to select WordPress. WordPress should now be running. (If it’s not, click on the start button option.) Click on the Site icon to find out what your local WordPress URL is. (Your port number may be different than mine.)

Use Google Rest service, GoogleBooks, for test examples, I decided to use a local install or WordPress with a REST plugin for our examples. Now you can trying this yourself!  J First, we need an application to test in which we can use both UI and REST APIs, so we will install a local copy of WordPress on our machines. This is actually pretty simple when using Microsoft WebMatrix, which makes it easy for anyone to create a local WordPress site.

The first thing you’ll need to do is add the following REST-Assured dependency to your project’s pom.xml file: <dependency> <groupId> com.jayway.restassured </groupId> <artifactId> rest-assured </artifactId> <version> 2.1.0 </version> <scope> test </scope> </dependency> For me, this actually caused a classpath clash with  groovy  and  jersey-spring  due to incompatibility issues. Because of this, I had to add an exclusion and the following groovy-all  dependency in order to get it to work in my environment: <exclusions> <exclusion> <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId> <artifactId>groovy</artifactId> </exclusion> </exclusions> <dependency> <groupId > org.codehaus.groovy </ groupId > < artifactId > groovy -all </ artifactId > <!– Needs to be the same version that REST Assured depends on –> < version > 2...

Rest-Assured is an open-source Java Domain-specific language (DSL) that makes testing REST service simple. It simplifies things by eliminating the need to use boiler-plate code to test and validate complex responses. It also supports XML and JSON Request/Responses. Let’s take a quick look at how to get started using Rest-Assured in  Java with Maven .