I have a controller that takes in a file as part of the parameter. I'm wondering how can I test this?
my controller action:
def save () {
def colorInstance = new Color(params.color)
CommonsMultipartFile file = request.getFile('color.filename')
fileUploadService.upload(colorInstance, file, "foldername")
if (requestInstance.save(flush: true)) {
withFormat {
html {redirect(action: "list") }
js {render "test"}
}
}
}
I've started with something like this:...
import org.junit.Before
import grails.test.mixin.Mock
import grails.test.mixin.TestFor
@TestFor(ColorController)
@Mock(Color)
class ColorControllerTests {
@Before
void setUp() {
controller.fileUploadService = new FileUploadService
}
}
Question
- I can't figure out how to test the
CommonsMultipartFile
for file upload.
- Also, this test case will sit in
unit
test folder. How can I execute it?
Since the request will be multipart
during file upload, the actual request servlet would be MultipartHttpServletRequest
. For unit test case, mock
the same and use it as the request
in controller
. On successful mocking you should be able to addFile
in tests and getFile
in action
.
import org.junit.Before
import grails.test.mixin.Mock
import grails.test.mixin.TestFor
@TestFor(ColorController)
@Mock(Color)
class ColorControllerTests {
@Before
void setUp() {
controller.fileUploadService = new FileUploadService
//Mock MultipartHttpServletRequest somethign like below
controller.metaClass.request = mockFor(MultipartHttpServletRequest).createMock()
}
void testFileUpload(){
//Add a mock multipart file to request
controller.request.addFile(new MockMultipartFile('myFile', 'IronMan3.jpg', 'image/jpeg', "1234567" as byte[]))
//call the controller action
//assert response
}
}
I am using Grails 2.4, and you can simply use GrailsMockMultipartFile
and request.addFile
method in your unit test.
This code works on Grails 2.4.4, with Spock testing framework:
Controller side:
class FileUploadController {
def upload() {
def multipartFile = request.getFile('requestParamName')
if (multipartFile.empty) {
flash.message = 'Error: file cannot be empty'
render(view: 'upload')
return
}
// do something now with your file
}
}
Unit test side:
import grails.test.mixin.TestFor
import org.codehaus.groovy.grails.plugins.testing.GrailsMockMultipartFile
import spock.lang.Specification
@TestFor(FileUploadController)
class FileUploadControllerSpec extends Specification {
void "upload should add flash error message if empty file in request"() {
given:
def multipartFile = new GrailsMockMultipartFile('requestParamName', 'someExcelFile.xls', 'application/vnd.ms-excel', new byte[0])
request.addFile(multipartFile)
when:
controller.upload()
then:
assertEquals('Error: file cannot be empty', flash.message)
}
}
The accepted answer did not work for me. The following code did:
import org.junit.Before
import grails.test.mixin.Mock
import grails.test.mixin.TestFor
import org.springframework.mock.web.MockMultipartHttpServletRequest
import org.springframework.mock.web.MockMultipartFile
@TestFor(ColorController)
class ColorControllerTests {
def mockRequest
@Before
void setUp() {
mockRequest = new MockMultipartHttpServletRequest()
controller.metaClass.request = mockRequest
// your service here
controller.fileUploadService = new FileUploadService
}
void testFileUpload(){
//Add a mock multipart file to request
mockRequest.addFile(new MockMultipartFile('myFile', 'IronMan3.jpg', 'image/jpeg', "1234567" as byte[]))
//call the controller action
//assert response
}
}