Is there a Java Package for testing RESTful APIs?

Question

I'm getting ready to dive into testing of a RESTful service. The majority of our systems are built in Java and Eclipse, so I'm hoping to stay there.

I've already found rest-client (http://code.google.com/p/rest-client/) for doing manual and exploratory testing, but is there a stack of java classes that may make my life easier? I'm using testNG for the test platform, but would love helper libraries that can save me time.

I've found http4e (http://www.ywebb.com/) but I'd really like something FOSS.

Answer 1

Would JMeter be an option? It has HTTP Request samplers that support all of the HTTP methods and assertions to validate the response.

Another alternative might be something like soapUI which has an API that could be integrated with your test cases, though I haven't tried it.

Answer 2

CXF apparently has support for REST. I haven't tried the REST support yet myself, but I think CXF is a superb, flexible, standards-based webservice implementation.

Answer 3

Apparently rest-client has a library built in. I'm using that with testNG and XStream and it seems to be exactly what the doctor ordered.