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Running a Test as a User in Spring MVC Test
It is often desirable to run tests as a specific user. There are two simple ways to populate the user:
Running as a User in Spring MVC Test with RequestPostProcessor
You have a number of options to associate a user to the current HttpServletRequest
.
The following example runs as a user (which does not need to exist) whose username is user
, whose password is password
, and whose role is ROLE_USER
:
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Java
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Kotlin
mvc
.perform(get("/").with(user("user")))
mvc.get("/") {
with(user("user"))
}
The support works by associating the user to the
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You can easily make customizations. For example, the following will run as a user (which does not need to exist) with the username "admin", the password "pass", and the roles "ROLE_USER" and "ROLE_ADMIN".
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Java
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Kotlin
mvc
.perform(get("/admin").with(user("admin").password("pass").roles("USER","ADMIN")))
mvc.get("/admin") {
with(user("admin").password("pass").roles("USER","ADMIN"))
}
If you have a custom UserDetails
that you would like to use, you can easily specify that as well.
For example, the following will use the specified UserDetails
(which does not need to exist) to run with a UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken
that has a principal of the specified UserDetails
:
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Java
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Kotlin
mvc
.perform(get("/").with(user(userDetails)))
mvc.get("/") {
with(user(userDetails))
}
You can run as anonymous user using the following:
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Java
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Kotlin
mvc
.perform(get("/").with(anonymous()))
mvc.get("/") {
with(anonymous())
}
This is especially useful if you are running with a default user and wish to process a few requests as an anonymous user.
If you want a custom Authentication
(which does not need to exist) you can do so using the following:
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Java
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Kotlin
mvc
.perform(get("/").with(authentication(authentication)))
mvc.get("/") {
with(authentication(authentication))
}
You can even customize the SecurityContext
using the following:
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Java
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Kotlin
mvc
.perform(get("/").with(securityContext(securityContext)))
mvc.get("/") {
with(securityContext(securityContext))
}
We can also ensure to run as a specific user for every request by using MockMvcBuilders
's default request.
For example, the following will run as a user (which does not need to exist) with the username "admin", the password "password", and the role "ROLE_ADMIN":
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Java
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Kotlin
mvc = MockMvcBuilders
.webAppContextSetup(context)
.defaultRequest(get("/").with(user("user").roles("ADMIN")))
.apply(springSecurity())
.build();
mvc = MockMvcBuilders
.webAppContextSetup(context)
.defaultRequest<DefaultMockMvcBuilder>(get("/").with(user("user").roles("ADMIN")))
.apply<DefaultMockMvcBuilder>(springSecurity())
.build()
If you find you are using the same user in many of your tests, it is recommended to move the user to a method.
For example, you can specify the following in your own class named CustomSecurityMockMvcRequestPostProcessors
:
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Java
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Kotlin
public static RequestPostProcessor rob() {
return user("rob").roles("ADMIN");
}
fun rob(): RequestPostProcessor {
return user("rob").roles("ADMIN")
}
Now you can perform a static import on CustomSecurityMockMvcRequestPostProcessors
and use that within your tests:
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Java
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Kotlin
import static sample.CustomSecurityMockMvcRequestPostProcessors.*;
...
mvc
.perform(get("/").with(rob()))
import sample.CustomSecurityMockMvcRequestPostProcessors.*
//...
mvc.get("/") {
with(rob())
}
Running as a User in Spring MVC Test with Annotations
As an alternative to using a RequestPostProcessor
to create your user, you can use annotations described in Testing Method Security.
For example, the following will run the test with the user with username "user", password "password", and role "ROLE_USER":
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Java
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Kotlin
@Test
@WithMockUser
public void requestProtectedUrlWithUser() throws Exception {
mvc
.perform(get("/"))
...
}
@Test
@WithMockUser
fun requestProtectedUrlWithUser() {
mvc
.get("/")
// ...
}
Alternatively, the following will run the test with the user with username "user", password "password", and role "ROLE_ADMIN":
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Java
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Kotlin
@Test
@WithMockUser(roles="ADMIN")
public void requestProtectedUrlWithUser() throws Exception {
mvc
.perform(get("/"))
...
}
@Test
@WithMockUser(roles = ["ADMIN"])
fun requestProtectedUrlWithUser() {
mvc
.get("/")
// ...
}