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HTTP Testing

You can test HTTP services with HTTP DSL.

### get my internet ip
# @name myip
GET https://httpbin.org/ip

### inspection http post
# @name post
POST https://httpbin.org/post
Content-Type: application/json

[
  1
]

JavaScript Code test

JetBrains HTTP Client uses JavaScript ECMAScript 5.1 as response handler for test. httpx uses Node.js as JS engine, and you should install Node.js first.

### hello ip
GET https://httpbin.org/ip

> {%
    client.test("Request executed successfully", function() {
        client.log(response.status);
        client.log(response.contentType);
        client.log(response.body);
    });
%}

Attentions:

  • You should know the difference between ECMAScript 5.1 and Node.js
  • JavaScript code test is available for HTTP, gRPC, RSocket, Dubbo and other protocols with httpx

REST METHOD

httpx adds new REST method to make language injection easy for JSON data.

For example: if you want to save schema to registry server, you should use following request:

### registering a new schema to Spring Cloud schema registry server
POST http://localhost:8990/
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "subject": "subject1",
  "format": "avro",
  "definition": "{\"type\":\"record\",\"name\":\"subject1_avro\",\"fields\":[{\"name\":\"timestamp\",\"type\":\"long\",\"logicalType\":\"timestamp-millis\"}]}"
}

But it's hard to edit definition field: content escape, no code high light and completion.

With REST method, we split JSON object to different parts: definition in http body and other fields in HTTP headers.

### registering a new schema to Spring Cloud Schema Registry Server
REST http://localhost:8990/
X-Args-subject: subject1
X-Args-format: avro
X-Body-Name: definition
Content-Type: text/avsc

{
  "type": "record",
  "namespace": "com.example.messages.avro",
  "name": "Subject1",
  "fields": [
    {
      "name": "name",
      "type": "string"
    }
  ]
}

X-Args-XXX indicates the field name and value, and X-Body-Name indicates the field name for HTTP body content.

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