How to encode special characters in Wiremock request body? - json

Question

I'm using Wiremock server to mock responses and using JSON format to mock responses.
{
"request":
{
"url": "/token",
"method": "POST",
"bodyPatterns" : [{
"contains": "username=test_user#gmail.com&password=passwordtest_security_token"
}]
},
"response":
{
"status": 200,
"headers":
{
"Content-Type" : "application/json"
},
"jsonBody": {"message": "ok"}
}
This is not working as the '#' in the email is not encoded. I need to pass "test_user%40gmail" for the request to work.
Here the change is only at one place. But for other mocks, request bodies have many special characters**(#,%*\n\s)**. Is there any way to handle the encoding part in the Wiremock.
Also, is there way to encode the string in url?

Answer 1

In the above example there is an accolade missing which prevents is from loading in WireMock. The below example is complete:
{
"request": {
"url": "/token",
"method": "POST",
"bodyPatterns": [{
"contains": "username=test_user#gmail.com&password=passwordtest_security_token"
}
]
},
"response": {
"status": 200,
"headers": {
"Content-Type": "application/json"
},
"jsonBody": {
"message": "ok"
}
}
}
In your question you highlighted that you need to use %40 instead of #. I have been unable to replicate this scenario. As I'm unsure if you're posting through a form, or raw string.
In the case that you use a regular Form Data option this results in failure to match.
But sending it as a raw body the result is quite the opposite. The example behaves exactly as you would described it should. Below is a screenshot of my Postman result: