Spring Boot MockMvc not working test with @PathVariable

Question

With Spring Boot, I want to test my @RestController, everything is good except when I try to test a request mapping with @PathParam.

This involve the interface (in this case TestController) holding the annotation for request mapping ! If I remove the interface all is good ... Seemes to be an issue ...

My Controller :

public interface TestController {

    @RequestMapping(value = "/bar/{foo}/baz", method = RequestMethod.GET)
    String test(@PathVariable("foo") String foo);


    @RestController
    class TestControllerImpl implements TestController {

        @Override
        public String test(String foo) {
            return foo;
        }
    }

}

My Tests :

@Test
public void notworkingtest() throws Exception {

    //THIS TEST SHOULD WORK, BUT DON'T ...

    final MockMvc mockMvc = ...

    mockMvc.perform(get("/bar/{foo}/baz", "foovalue") // Or get("/bar/foovalue/baz")
            .contentType("text/plain"))
            .andExpect(status().is2xxSuccessful())
            .andExpect(content().string("foovalue"));

}

@Test
public void strangeworkingtest() throws Exception {

    //THIS TEST WORKS, BUT WHY ?!?

    final MockMvc mockMvc = ...

    mockMvc.perform(get("/bar/{foo}/baz", "WhatEverValue")
            .param("foo", "foovalue") // This param should be useless ...
            .contentType("text/plain"))
            .andExpect(status().is2xxSuccessful())
            .andExpect(content().string("foovalue"));

}

The second test is working when I had .param("foo","foovalue) and keep the get("/bar/{foo}/baz", "WhatEverValue") ...

If I remove the interface of the Controller it works ...

Can someone explain to me ?

Thx

You could replace get("/test/{foo})" with get("/test/foovalue") without the param. — sergiu, Sep 01 '17 at 08:30
@Sam : Yes but why I do need it, it shoudl be set by the uri ? — Oziris, Sep 01 '17 at 08:35
actually that param is not useless as it overrides the first one — sergiu, Sep 01 '17 at 08:40
@Sam, strange I use spring boot 1.5.6 ... and have some security and filter ... , could be a security matter ? does the strangeworkingtest() works too ? — Oziris, Sep 01 '17 at 08:43
@Sam, without security and filter ... the test doesn't pass at home ...(i have spring test 4.3.10.RELEASE) — Oziris, Sep 01 '17 at 08:50
@sergiu, yes not useless, but should be .., I had it to make the test working ... but why I need it ? — Oziris, Sep 01 '17 at 09:07
of course if you have security setup you need to authenticate during your get request — Thomas.L, Sep 01 '17 at 09:10
I remove all specific configuration, I rewrote my real pb ... In fact it involves interface for request mapping, see my update — Oziris, Sep 01 '17 at 09:29
You need the `@PathVariable` in your actual implementation and not the interface. imho defining an interface for a controller when using annotations to define the controller is pretty much useless. — M. Deinum, Sep 01 '17 at 09:31

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 21 '22 at 10:01

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Here is two ways:

Change the URL for your endpoint:

@RequestMapping(value = "/test", method = RequestMethod.GET)

mockMvc.perform(get("/test")
            .param("foo", "Value"))
            .andExpect(status().is2xxSuccessful())
            .andExpect(content().string("foovalue"));

Use proper URL to call your endpoint:

mockMvc.perform(get("/user/1568/delete"))
    .andExpect(status().is2xxSuccessful())
    .andExpect(content().string("foovalue"));

edited Dec 21 '22 at 10:01

Vladislav Kysliy

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answered Sep 01 '17 at 08:44

Speise

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nope .. get a 404 – Oziris Sep 01 '17 at 08:48
@Oziriz, Update your annotation with next :@RequestMapping(value = "/test", method = RequestMethod.GET) – Speise Sep 01 '17 at 08:52
not what I want ... my uri is more complexe this is just an example. like : /user/1568/delete, where 1568 is an id – Oziris Sep 01 '17 at 08:56
@Oziris, So just use a proper URL for your request: mockMvc.perform(get(" /user/1568/delete")) .andExpect(status().is2xxSuccessful()) .andExpect(content().string("foovalue")); You can make some URL builder which will do it for you. – Speise Sep 01 '17 at 08:57
already try ... just the same behavior ... – Oziris Sep 01 '17 at 09:01
get("/test/{foo}", "foovalue") and get("/test/foovalue") does the same ... – Oziris Sep 01 '17 at 09:05
@Oziris, 404 for all cases? – Speise Sep 01 '17 at 09:07
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/153441/discussion-between-oziris-and-speise). – Oziris Sep 01 '17 at 09:08

Hu.Yikang · Answer 2 · 2017-09-01T08:48:47.927

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You could try this:

mockMvc.perform(get("/test/{foo}?foo=" + "foovalue")
        .contentType("text/plain"))
        .andExpect(status().is2xxSuccessful())
        .andExpect(content().string("foovalue"));

edited Sep 01 '17 at 08:48

answered Sep 01 '17 at 08:43

Hu.Yikang

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 01 '17 at 09:25

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PathVariable differs from requestParam as pathVariable is part of URL. that's why .param("foo", "foovalue") is not overriding your pathVariable as the latter one is setting a requestParam.

see @RequestParam vs @PathVariable

answered Sep 01 '17 at 09:25

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Spring Boot MockMvc not working test with @PathVariable

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