Hoverfly Java - Easy Creation of Stub Http Servers for Testing
A Java native language binding for Hoverfly, a Go proxy which allows you to simulate http services in your unit tests. Another term for this is Service Virtualisation.
Features
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Simulation of http/https services
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Strict or loose http request matching based on URL, method, body and header combinations
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Fluent and expressive DSL for easy generation of simulated services
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Automatic marshalling of objects into JSON during request / response body generation
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Create simulations by capturing live traffic
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Hoverfly is a proxy, so you don’t need to alter the host that you make requests to
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Multiple hosts / services per single instance of Hoverfly
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Https automatically supported, no extra configuration required
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Supports Mutual TLS authentication capture
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Interoperable with standard Hoverfly JSON, making it easy to re-use data between Java and other native language bindings.
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Use externally managed Hoverfly cluster for API simulations
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Request verification
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Response templating
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Stateful capture / simulation
Documentation
Full documentation is available here
Maven Dependency
<dependency>
<groupId>io.specto</groupId>
<artifactId>hoverfly-java</artifactId>
<version>0.14.0</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>Example
Create API simulation using capture mode
// Capture and output HTTP traffic to json file
@ClassRule
public static HoverflyRule hoverflyRule = HoverflyRule.inCaptureMode("simulation.json");
// After the capturing, switch to inSimulationMode to spin up a stub server
@ClassRule
public static HoverflyRule hoverflyRule = HoverflyRule.inSimulationMode(defaultPath("simulation.json"));
// Or you can use both approaches at once. If json file not present in capture mode, if present in simulation mode
@ClassRule
public static HoverflyRule hoverflyRule = HoverflyRule.inCaptureOrSimulationMode("simulation.json");Create API simulation using DSL
@ClassRule
public static HoverflyRule hoverflyRule = HoverflyRule.inSimulationMode(dsl(
service("www.my-test.com")
.get("/api/bookings/1")
.willReturn(created("http://localhost/api/bookings/1"))
));
@Test
public void shouldBeAbleToGetABookingUsingHoverfly() {
// When
final ResponseEntity<String> getBookingResponse = restTemplate.getForEntity("http://www.my-test.com/api/bookings/1", String.class);
// Then
assertEquals(bookFlightResponse.getStatusCode(), CREATED);
assertEquals(bookFlightResponse.getHeaders().getLocation(), "http://localhost/api/bookings/1");
}Some code examples for the DSL are available here.
More code examples for the DSL using request matchers can be found here.
Verify requests
// Verify that at least one request to a specific endpoint with any query params
hoverflyRule.verify(service(matches("*.flight.*")).get("/api/bookings").anyQueryParams(), atLeastOnce());
// Verify that an external service/dependency was not called
hoverflyRule.verifyZeroRequestTo(service(matches("*.flight.*")));
// Verify all the stubbed requests were made at least once
hoverflyRule.verifyAll();Contributions
Contributions are welcome!
To submit a pull request you should fork the Hoverfly-Java repository, and make your change on a feature branch of your fork.
As of v0.10.2, hoverfly binaries are no longer stored in the repository. You should run ./gradlew clean test once to cache the binaries for development with your IDE.
If you have forked this project prior to v0.10.2, please re-fork to get a slimmer version of the repository.
Issues
Feel free to raise an issues on Github.
License
Apache License version 2.0.
(c) SpectoLabs 2020.

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