Testing with spring-test-mvc jsonpath returns null

Question

I am using Spring\'s \"spring-test-mvc\" library to test web controllers. I have a very simple controller that returns a JSON array. Then in my test I have:

Answer 1

What does your json response body look like? You can see it by doing an .andDo(print())

You might want to try jsonPath("$.fName").

This is assuming that your json response is: {"fName":"first name"}

If your response is an array then you need jsonPath("$[0].fName") for a response like: [{"fName":"first name"},{"fName":"first name #2"}]

You can see more examples at: http://goessner.net/articles/JsonPath/