Spring Data Rest cannot do Integration test? - spring-boot

Question

I have tried to use both MockMVC and TestRestTemplate. In both cases, the response back is 404 but the API endpoints work outside of integration test (when I run the spring app on its own).
Does anyone have a working sample app that has a working integration test for a generated controller using Spring Data Rest?
I was also able to write regular integration tests against my own controllers (Non SDR types)
Test code:
#ExtendWith(SpringExtension.class)
#SpringBootTest(webEnvironment = SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment.RANDOM_PORT)
public class MyTest {
#Autowired
private TestRestTemplate testRestTemplate;
#Test
public void testApi() {
String settings = testRestTemplate
.getForObject("/api/v1/orders", String.class);
System.out.println(settings);
}
}
Repo:
#RepositoryRestResource(excerptProjection = OrderSummaryProjection.class)
public interface OrderRepository extends JpaRepository<Order, Long> {}
Ok I found out the issue but I dont know what the answer should be:
I set spring.data.rest.basePath in application.properties.
But I don't think that file is read when you run the integration tests. How do I fix that?

Answer 1

I currently don't test Spring Data Rest endpoints, but if I were to do it, I would test interfaces using classical Integration test approach:
#RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
#SpringBootTest
public class DummyIT {
#Autowired
private SettingsRepository settingsRepository;
#Test
public void testApi() {
List<Settings> settings = settingsRepository.findAll();
assertNotNull(settings);
}
}
I also tested end-to-end test and it also works, it just returns ugly {"_embedded" : {"settings" : [ { ... } ] }, ... } so it's doable, but it's not pretty:
#RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
#SpringBootTest(webEnvironment = SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment.RANDOM_PORT)
public class DummyTest {
#Autowired
private TestRestTemplate testRestTemplate;
#Test
public void testApi() {
String settings = testRestTemplate
.getForObject("/api/settings", String.class);
System.out.println(settings);
}
}