The document provides a comprehensive guide on testing RESTful web services using the Rest-Assured framework. It covers prerequisites, setup, making GET requests, verifying JSON and XML responses, handling authentication, and more advanced features like file uploads and custom parsers. Additionally, the document includes various test examples and links to further resources for readers to explore.

1. Testing RESTful Webservices using the REST-assured Framework

2. Table of Contents Prerequisites

3. REST-assured and Maven

4. Verify JSON via GET

5. JsonPath

6. Groovy Closures – The JSON

7. Groovy Closures – The Test

8. Verifying XML, Xpath, Schema

9. Request Parameters

10. Status Codes, Headers Handling Basic Authentication

11. Setting HTTP Headers

12. Verifying HTTP Header

13. Setting Cookies

14. Verifying Cookies

15. File Uploads

16. Registering Custom Parsers

17. Specification Reuse

18. Tutorial Sources

19. Prerequisites We’re going to need a JDK and Maven .. nothing more …

20. Java Development Kit >= 6

21. Maven 3

22. The full tutorial and the RESTful Webservice to test can be found at my blog www.hascode.com

23. REST-assured and Maven Only one dependency needed:

24. <dependency>

25. <groupId>com.jayway.restassured</groupId>

26. <artifactId>rest-assured</artifactId>

27. <version>1.4</version>