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passing null value as parameter throws "java.lang.IllegalArgumentException"

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I’ve requirement to check null value for a parameter and this is how I’m passing it

given().
               contentType("application/json").
               pathParam("NI", 3000).
               pathParam("DP", null).

but this code throws error

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: parameterValue cannot be null

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johanhalebycommented, Nov 28, 2017

So use queryParam instead

Like you just did, don’t use pathParam when you mean queryParam. Also "null" is a string, you probably want to use an empty string (“”) or no value at all (e.g. queryParam("downPayment"))

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johanhalebycommented, Nov 23, 2017

What do you mean by “check null value”? You cannot pass “null” as a path parameter. It doesn’t make sense, perhaps you mean an empty string?

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