Extensions for HttpResponseMessage

Extensions for HttpResonseMessage to be used in rest api tests

I have written a few custom extensions that can be used in integration tests targeting rest apis. They are meant to be used in typically these scenarios:

var model= new RestModel();
PostResource(model);
HttpResonseMessage response = GetResource();

//assert
response.Should().Be200();
response.Should().HaveBody(model);

Since testing rest apis is quite common, I would like to contribute those into fluentassertions in some forms. However, i am not sure if this repository is the best place, or if they should be compiled into a separate library with a dependency on the core fluentassertions package. Unfortunately i don’t have the time to maintain a github project on my own.

Here are some examples, that you will hopefully find useful.

_httpResponseMessage.Should().Be200(); // there is support for even more common status codes

_httpResponseMessage.Should().HaveBody(restModel); 

_httpResponseMessage.Should().HaveBodyExcluding(_restModel, x => x.PropertyToExclude); 

_httpResponseMessage.Should().HaveBodyIncluding(_restModel, x => x.PropertyToInclude); 

_httpResponseMessage.Should().HaveBodyWithProperty<RestModel>(x => x.MyProperty, expectedValue);

_httpResponseMessage.Should().ContainText("\"MyProperty\":5");

_httpResponseMessage.Should().NotContainText("\"MyProperty\":5");

This targets the full .net framework, and tested on net461 I am using FluentAssertions 5.4.2

[balanikas]

Thanks for feedback, and I agree with your reasoning. I created this separate package instead, https://www.nuget.org/packages/FluentAssertions.Http/1.0.0-beta1

Can I close this issue now? Or should I leave it?

[balanikas]

Thanks @dennisdoomen I will let it mature a bit and then let you know