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How to integration test a RESTful APIs PUT endpoint with TestRestTemplate?

I'm currently working on a Spring Boot CRUD RESTful API with an User entity that consists of two parameters : name and id. Its endpoints are :
POST REQUEST IN /users - Create an user
GET REQUEST IN /users/{id} - List a specific user by its id
GET REQUEST IN /users - List all users
PUT REQUEST IN /users/{id} - Update a specific user by its id
DELETE REQUEST IN /users/{id} - Delete a specific user by its id
Each endpoint is built with a controller and a service to implement its logic.
I've already wrote unit tests for my controllers and services, now i'm trying to build integration tests to assert that my endpoints work properly as a group of components.
No mocking involved, all this will be done by using the TestRestTemplate and asserting that every operation was executed correctly and every response checked with its expected value.
The following are the tests I've already built :
#SpringBootTest(classes = UsersApiApplication.class,
webEnvironment = SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment.RANDOM_PORT)
public class UserControllerTest {
#LocalServerPort
private int port;
TestRestTemplate restTemplate = new TestRestTemplate();
HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
private void instantiateNewUser() {
User userNumberFour = new User();
userNumberFour.setName("Four");
userNumberFour.setId(4L);
ResponseEntity<User> responseEntity = restTemplate
.postForEntity(createURLWithPort("/users"), userNumberFour, User.class);
}
#Test
public void createNewUserTest() {
User testUser = new User();
testUser.setName("Test User");
testUser.setId(5L);
ResponseEntity<User> responseEntity = restTemplate
.postForEntity(createURLWithPort("/users"), testUser, User.class);
assertEquals(201, responseEntity.getStatusCodeValue());
assertEquals(responseEntity.getBody(), testUser);
}
#Test
public void listSpecificUserTest() throws JSONException {
instantiateNewUser();
HttpEntity<String> httpEntity = new HttpEntity<String>(null, headers);
ResponseEntity<String> responseEntity = restTemplate.exchange(
createURLWithPort("/users/4/"),
HttpMethod.GET, httpEntity, String.class);
String expectedResponseBody = "{id:4,name:Four}";
assertEquals(200, responseEntity.getStatusCodeValue());
JSONAssert.assertEquals(expectedResponseBody, responseEntity.getBody(), false);
}
#Test
public void listAllUsersTest() throws JSONException {
instantiateNewUser();
HttpEntity<String> httpEntity = new HttpEntity<String>(null, headers);
ResponseEntity<String> responseEntity = restTemplate.exchange(
createURLWithPort("/users"),
HttpMethod.GET, httpEntity, String.class);
//All instantiated users
ArrayList<String> expectedResponseBody = new ArrayList<>(Collections.emptyList());
expectedResponseBody.add("{id:1,name:Neo}");
expectedResponseBody.add("{id:2,name:Owt}");
expectedResponseBody.add("{id:3,name:Three}");
expectedResponseBody.add("{id:4,name:Four}");
assertEquals(200, responseEntity.getStatusCodeValue());
JSONAssert.assertEquals(String.valueOf(expectedResponseBody), responseEntity.getBody(), false);
}
#Test
public void deleteSpecificUserTest() throws JSONException {
instantiateNewUser();
HttpEntity<String> httpEntity = new HttpEntity<String>(null, headers);
ResponseEntity<String> responseEntity = restTemplate.exchange(
createURLWithPort("/users/4/"),
HttpMethod.DELETE, httpEntity, String.class);
assertEquals(204, responseEntity.getStatusCodeValue());
JSONAssert.assertEquals(null, responseEntity.getBody(), false);
}
private String createURLWithPort(String uri) {
return "http://localhost:" + port + uri;
}
}
As you can see, it's missing the PUT request method test, which is the update endpoint.
To implement its logic, i need to send a message body with the content that will override the old users characteristics, but how?
This is what i made so far :
#Test
public void updateSpecificUserTest() throws JSONException {
instantiateNewUser();
HttpEntity<String> httpEntity = new HttpEntity<String>(null, headers);
ResponseEntity<String> responseEntity = restTemplate.exchange(
createURLWithPort("/users/4/"),
HttpMethod.PUT, httpEntity, String.class);
String expectedResponseBody = "{id:4,name:Four Updated}";
assertEquals(200, responseEntity.getStatusCodeValue());
JSONAssert.assertEquals(expectedResponseBody, responseEntity.getBody(), false);
}
Would appreciate if someone could help with this one, didn't found the answer online.

HttpEntity<String> httpEntity = new HttpEntity<String>(null, headers);
You have sent body as null. Also you can use mockMvc it is better approach then rest template.
User testUser = new User();
testUser.setName("Test User");
HttpEntity<String> httpEntity = new HttpEntity<String>(testUser, headers);
https://howtodoinjava.com/spring-boot2/testing/spring-boot-mockmvc-example/

So, the solution to my problem really was that I was sending a null request body in my httpEntity.
I also needed to set the content type to JSON :
#Test
public void updateSpecificUserTest() throws JSONException, JsonProcessingException {
instantiateNewUser();
User updatedUser = new User();
updatedUser.setName("Updated");
updatedUser.setId(4L);
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
String requestBody = mapper.writeValueAsString(updatedUser);
headers.setContentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);
HttpEntity<String> httpEntity = new HttpEntity<String>(requestBody, headers);
ResponseEntity<String> responseEntity = restTemplate.exchange(
createURLWithPort("/users/4/"),
HttpMethod.PUT, httpEntity, String.class);
String expectedResponseBody = "{id:4,name:Updated}";
assertEquals(200, responseEntity.getStatusCodeValue());
JSONAssert.assertEquals(expectedResponseBody, responseEntity.getBody(), false);
}

Rest template doesn't return response entity after exception handler

I have the following controller method
#PostMapping(consumes = "application/json",
produces = "application/json")
public ResponseEntity<Board> createBoard(#Valid #RequestBody
BoardRequestDTO boardRequestDTO) {
Board board = new Board();
board.setName(boardRequestDTO.getName());
board.setCompanyId(Integer.valueOf(boardRequestDTO.getCompanyId()));
board.setCode(boardRequestDTO.getCode());
Board dbBoard = boardRepository.save(board);
return new ResponseEntity<>(dbBoard, HttpStatus.CREATED);
}
And have the following exception heandler for it that handle validation error
#ControllerAdvice
public class ExceptionHandlerConfig extends ResponseEntityExceptionHandler {
#Override
protected ResponseEntity<Object>
handleMethodArgumentNotValid(MethodArgumentNotValidException ex,
HttpHeaders headers, HttpStatus status, WebRequest request) {
ValidationErrorResponses validationErrorResponses = new
ValidationErrorResponses();
for (FieldError fieldError : ex.getBindingResult().getFieldErrors())
validationErrorResponses.addError(new ValidationError(fieldError.getField(),fieldError.getDefaultMessage()));
ResponseEntity<Object> responseEntity = new ResponseEntity<Object>
(validationErrorResponses, HttpStatus.UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY);
return responseEntity;
}
}
When I send fail request via Postman I get the predictable response:
{
"errors": [
{
"field": "companyId",
"message": "Must be digit"
}
]
}
But when I try to implement the following unit test to this endpoint I get the org.springframework.web.client.HttpClientErrorException$UnprocessableEntity: 422 null
:
boardDTO.setCompanyId("");
HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
headers.set("Content-Type", "application/json");
headers.set("Accept", "application/json");
HttpEntity<ValidationErrorResponses> httpEntity = new HttpEntity(boardDTO, headers);
ResponseEntity<ValidationErrorResponses> responseEntity =
restTemplate.postForEntity(url, httpEntity, ValidationErrorResponses.class);
ValidationErrorResponses responseBody = responseEntity.getBody();
assertEquals(422, responseEntity.getStatusCode());
assertEquals("companyId", responseBody.getErrors().get(0).getField());
assertEquals("Must be digit", responseBody.getErrors().get(0).getMessage());
What should I do that my test work correctly?

restTemplate.postForEntity will throw a HttpClientErrorException when the status is >= 400 and < 500. An easy way to write test here is:
try {
restTemplate.postForEntity(url, httpEntity, ValidationErrorResponses.class);
fail("should throw exception");
} catch (HttpClientErrorException e) {
// Asserts go here using `e`
}

To avoid testing implementation I suggest to test against the exception "has been thrown". The return message of the exception should be part of the unit-test from the exception:
#Test(expected = MethodArgumentNotValidException.class)
public void testMethodArgumentNotValidException() {
boardDTO.setCompanyId("");
HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
headers.set("Content-Type", "application/json");
headers.set("Accept", "application/json");
HttpEntity<ValidationErrorResponses> httpEntity = new HttpEntity(boardDTO, headers);
ResponseEntity<ValidationErrorResponses> responseEntity =
restTemplate.postForEntity(url, httpEntity, ValidationErrorResponses.class);
}
Otherwise ask yourself if you can handle the result body with an user-acceptance test?

POST using RestTemplate, query parameters and request body

I am trying to learn RestTemplate and for that made two test spring-boot applications, client and server. Tried some examples on google before asking here, and sorry for the duplicate post if I missed it.
#Slf4j
#RestController
public class ServerController {
#PostMapping("/post")
#ResponseBody
public Resource post(#RequestBody Map<String, String> body,
#RequestParam(name = "path", defaultValue = "NAN") String path) {
if (!body.get("key").equalsIgnoreCase("valid")){
return Resource.builder().ip("'0.0.0.0").scope("KEY NOT VALID").serial(0).build();
}
switch (path) {
case "work":
return Resource.builder().ip("115.212.11.22").scope("home").serial(123).build();
case "home":
return Resource.builder().ip("115.212.11.22").scope("home").serial(456).build();
default:
return Resource.builder().ip("127.0.01").scope("local").serial(789).build();
}
}
}
And here is my ClientController
#Slf4j
#RestController
public class ClientController {
#GetMapping("/get")
public Resource get() {
String url = "http://localhost:8085/post";
HttpHeaders httpHeaders = new HttpHeaders();
httpHeaders.setAccept(Arrays.asList(MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA));
httpHeaders.setContentType(MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA);
MultiValueMap<String, String> body = new LinkedMultiValueMap<>();
body.add("key", "valid");
HttpEntity<MultiValueMap<String, String>> entity = new HttpEntity<>(body, httpHeaders);
RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplate();
ResponseEntity<Resource> response = restTemplate.exchange(url, HttpMethod.POST, entity, Resource.class, Collections.singletonMap("path", "home"));
return response.getBody();
}
}
In ClientController I am trying to mimic what I did in Postman but without luck.
Postman PrintScreen
What am I doing wrong? Thank you!

Managed to figure it out. Had to refactor like this
#GetMapping("/get")
public Resource get(){
String url = "http://localhost:8085/post";
HttpHeaders httpHeaders = new HttpHeaders();
httpHeaders.setContentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);
UriComponentsBuilder builder = UriComponentsBuilder.fromHttpUrl(url)
.queryParam("path", "home");
RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplate();
restTemplate.getMessageConverters().add(new MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter());
HttpEntity<Map<String, String>> request = new HttpEntity<Map<String, String>>(Collections.singletonMap("key", "valid"), httpHeaders);
Resource resource = restTemplate.postForObject(builder.toUriString(), request, Resource.class);
return resource;
}

Spring forward rest request to another rest service [duplicate]

I have build a web application using spring mvc framework to publish REST services.
For example:
#Controller
#RequestMapping("/movie")
public class MovieController {
#RequestMapping(value = "/{id}", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public #ResponseBody Movie getMovie(#PathVariable String id, #RequestBody user) {
return dataProvider.getMovieById(user,id);
}
Now I need to deploy my application but I have the following problem:
The clients do not have direct access to the computer on which the application resides (There is a firewall). Therefore I need a redirection layer on a proxy machine (accessible by the clients) which calls the actual rest service.
I tried making a new call using RestTemplate:
For Example:
#Controller
#RequestMapping("/movieProxy")
public class MovieProxyController {
private String address= "http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:xx/MyApp";
#RequestMapping(value = "/{id}", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public #ResponseBody Movie getMovie(#PathVariable String id,#RequestBody user,final HttpServletResponse response,final HttpServletRequest request) {
HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
headers.setContentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);
RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplate();
return restTemplate.exchange( address+ request.getPathInfo(), request.getMethod(), new HttpEntity<T>(user, headers), Movie.class);
}
This is ok but I need to rewrite each method in the controller to use the resttemplate. Also, this causes redundant serialization/deserialization on the proxy machine.
I tried writing a generic function using restemplate, but it did not work out:
#Controller
#RequestMapping("/movieProxy")
public class MovieProxyController {
private String address= "http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:xx/MyApp";
#RequestMapping(value = "/**")
public ? redirect(final HttpServletResponse response,final HttpServletRequest request) {
HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
headers.setContentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);
RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplate();
return restTemplate.exchange( address+ request.getPathInfo(), request.getMethod(), ? , ?);
}
I could not find a method of resttemplate which works with request and response objects.
I also tried spring redirect and forward. But redirect does not change the request's client ip address so i think it is useless in this case. I could not forward to another URL either.
Is there a more appropriate way to achieve this?

You can mirror/proxy all requests with this:
private String server = "localhost";
private int port = 8080;
#RequestMapping("/**")
#ResponseBody
public String mirrorRest(#RequestBody String body, HttpMethod method, HttpServletRequest request) throws URISyntaxException
{
URI uri = new URI("http", null, server, port, request.getRequestURI(), request.getQueryString(), null);
ResponseEntity<String> responseEntity =
restTemplate.exchange(uri, method, new HttpEntity<String>(body), String.class);
return responseEntity.getBody();
}
This will not mirror any headers.

Here's my modified version of the original answer, which differs in four points:
It does not make the request body mandatory, and as such does not let GET requests fail.
It copies all headers present in the original request. If you are using another proxy/web server, this can cause issues due to content length/gzip compression. Limit the headers to the ones you really need.
It does not reencode the query params or the path. We expect them to be encoded anyway. Note that other parts of your URL might also be encoded. If that is the case for you, leverage the full potential of UriComponentsBuilder.
It does return error codes from the server properly.
#RequestMapping("/**")
public ResponseEntity mirrorRest(#RequestBody(required = false) String body,
HttpMethod method, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
throws URISyntaxException {
String requestUrl = request.getRequestURI();
URI uri = new URI("http", null, server, port, null, null, null);
uri = UriComponentsBuilder.fromUri(uri)
.path(requestUrl)
.query(request.getQueryString())
.build(true).toUri();
HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
Enumeration<String> headerNames = request.getHeaderNames();
while (headerNames.hasMoreElements()) {
String headerName = headerNames.nextElement();
headers.set(headerName, request.getHeader(headerName));
}
HttpEntity<String> httpEntity = new HttpEntity<>(body, headers);
RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplate();
try {
return restTemplate.exchange(uri, method, httpEntity, String.class);
} catch(HttpStatusCodeException e) {
return ResponseEntity.status(e.getRawStatusCode())
.headers(e.getResponseHeaders())
.body(e.getResponseBodyAsString());
}
}

You can use Netflix Zuul to route requests coming to a spring application to another spring application.
Let's say you have two application: 1.songs-app, 2.api-gateway
In the api-gateway application, first add the zuul dependecy, then you can simply define your routing rule in application.yml as follows:
pom.xml
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-netflix-zuul</artifactId>
<version>LATEST</version>
</dependency>
application.yml
server:
port: 8080
zuul:
routes:
foos:
path: /api/songs/**
url: http://localhost:8081/songs/
and lastly run the api-gateway application like:
#EnableZuulProxy
#SpringBootApplication
public class Application {
public static void main(String[] args) {
SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
}
}
Now, the gateway will route all the /api/songs/ requests to http://localhost:8081/songs/.
A working example is here: https://github.com/muatik/spring-playground/tree/master/spring-api-gateway
Another resource: http://www.baeldung.com/spring-rest-with-zuul-proxy

#derkoe has posted a great answer that helped me a lot!
Trying this in 2021, I was able to improve on it a little:
You don't need #ResponseBody if your class is a #RestController
#RequestBody(required = false) allows for requests without a body (e.g. GET)
https and port 443 for those ssl encrypted endpoints (if your server serves https on port 443)
If you return the entire responseEntity instead of only the body, you also get the headers and response code.
Example of added (optional) headers, e.g. headers.put("Authorization", Arrays.asList(String[] { "Bearer 234asdf234"})
Exception handling (catches and forwards HttpStatuses like 404 instead of throwing a 500 Server Error)
private String server = "localhost";
private int port = 443;
#Autowired
MultiValueMap<String, String> headers;
#Autowired
RestTemplate restTemplate;
#RequestMapping("/**")
public ResponseEntity<String> mirrorRest(#RequestBody(required = false) String body, HttpMethod method, HttpServletRequest request) throws URISyntaxException
{
URI uri = new URI("https", null, server, port, request.getRequestURI(), request.getQueryString(), null);
HttpEntity<String> entity = new HttpEntity<>(body, headers);
try {
ResponseEntity<String> responseEntity =
restTemplate.exchange(uri, method, entity, String.class);
return responseEntity;
} catch (HttpClientErrorException ex) {
return ResponseEntity
.status(ex.getStatusCode())
.headers(ex.getResponseHeaders())
.body(ex.getResponseBodyAsString());
}
return responseEntity;
}

proxy controller with oauth2
#RequestMapping("v9")
#RestController
#EnableConfigurationProperties
public class ProxyRestController {
Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(this.getClass());
#Autowired
OAuth2ProtectedResourceDetails oAuth2ProtectedResourceDetails;
#Autowired
private ClientCredentialsResourceDetails clientCredentialsResourceDetails;
#Autowired
OAuth2RestTemplate oAuth2RestTemplate;
#Value("${gateway.url:http://gateway/}")
String gatewayUrl;
#RequestMapping(value = "/proxy/**")
public String proxy(#RequestBody(required = false) String body, HttpMethod method, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response,
#RequestHeader HttpHeaders headers) throws ServletException, IOException, URISyntaxException {
body = body == null ? "" : body;
String path = request.getRequestURI();
String query = request.getQueryString();
path = path.replaceAll(".*/v9/proxy", "");
StringBuffer urlBuilder = new StringBuffer(gatewayUrl);
if (path != null) {
urlBuilder.append(path);
}
if (query != null) {
urlBuilder.append('?');
urlBuilder.append(query);
}
URI url = new URI(urlBuilder.toString());
if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
logger.info("url: {} ", url);
logger.info("method: {} ", method);
logger.info("body: {} ", body);
logger.info("headers: {} ", headers);
}
ResponseEntity<String> responseEntity
= oAuth2RestTemplate.exchange(url, method, new HttpEntity<String>(body, headers), String.class);
return responseEntity.getBody();
}
#Bean
#ConfigurationProperties("security.oauth2.client")
#ConditionalOnMissingBean(ClientCredentialsResourceDetails.class)
public ClientCredentialsResourceDetails clientCredentialsResourceDetails() {
return new ClientCredentialsResourceDetails();
}
#Bean
#ConditionalOnMissingBean
public OAuth2RestTemplate oAuth2RestTemplate() {
return new OAuth2RestTemplate(clientCredentialsResourceDetails);
}

If you can get away with using a lower-level solution like mod_proxy that would be the simpler way to go, but if you need more control (e.g. security, translation, business logic) you may want to take a look at Apache Camel: http://camel.apache.org/how-to-use-camel-as-a-http-proxy-between-a-client-and-server.html

I got inspired by Veluria's solution, but I had issues with gzip compression sent from the target resource.
The goal was to omit Accept-Encoding header:
#RequestMapping("/**")
public ResponseEntity mirrorRest(#RequestBody(required = false) String body,
HttpMethod method, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
throws URISyntaxException {
String requestUrl = request.getRequestURI();
URI uri = new URI("http", null, server, port, null, null, null);
uri = UriComponentsBuilder.fromUri(uri)
.path(requestUrl)
.query(request.getQueryString())
.build(true).toUri();
HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
Enumeration<String> headerNames = request.getHeaderNames();
while (headerNames.hasMoreElements()) {
String headerName = headerNames.nextElement();
if (!headerName.equals("Accept-Encoding")) {
headers.set(headerName, request.getHeader(headerName));
}
}
HttpEntity<String> httpEntity = new HttpEntity<>(body, headers);
RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplate();
try {
return restTemplate.exchange(uri, method, httpEntity, String.class);
} catch(HttpStatusCodeException e) {
return ResponseEntity.status(e.getRawStatusCode())
.headers(e.getResponseHeaders())
.body(e.getResponseBodyAsString());
}
}

You need something like jetty transparent proxy, which actually will redirect your call, and you get a chance to overwrite the request if you needed. You may get its detail at http://reanimatter.com/2016/01/25/embedded-jetty-as-http-proxy/

SpringBoot how to Send response to other URL

I have the following code:
#RequestMapping(
consumes = {MediaType.APPLICATION_FORM_URLENCODED_VALUE},
path = "api/api1",
method = RequestMethod.POST,
produces = MediaType.ALL_VALUE
)
public ResponseEntity<?> api1CallBack(#RequestBody String requestBody, HttpServletRequest request) throws IOException, GeneralSecurityException, URISyntaxException {
String response="{SOME_JSON}";
URI callbackURL = new URI("http://otherAPIEnv/api2");
HttpHeaders httpHeaders = new HttpHeaders();
httpHeaders.setLocation(callbackURL);
return new ResponseEntity<String>(response,httpHeaders, HttpStatus.OK);
}
I tried the above code, but when I hit the api1 through my curl I get the response on the same machine, but I want the response to be redirected to api2 at otherAPIEnv machine.
Could someone please suggest how to achieve this kind of request and response?

When you send a request to a URL it should respond to the same otherwise client will be in waiting for it until it times out.
So, the approach should be different in this scenario.
First, in your main rest API you have to send a response code to release the client.
Then, in the API method you have to call another method asynchronously which calls api2 and performs the desired operation.
Here is a simple example.
#Autowired
API2Caller api2Caller;
#RequestMapping(
consumes = {MediaType.APPLICATION_FORM_URLENCODED_VALUE},
path = "api/api1",
method = RequestMethod.POST,
produces = MediaType.ALL_VALUE
)
#ResponseStatus(HttpStatus.ACCEPTED)
public void api1CallBack(#RequestBody String requestBody, HttpServletRequest request) throws IOException, GeneralSecurityException, URISyntaxException {
api2Caller.callApi2(requestBody);
}
and the APICaller should look like following
#Component
public class API2Caller {
#Async
public SomeResultPojo callApi2() {
// use RestTemplate to call the api2
return restTemplate.postForObject("http://otherAPIEnv/api2", request, SomeResultPojo.class);
}
}
But you can choose your most comfortable way to perform asynchronous operation.

Look like a job for redirect.
String redirectMe() {
return "redirect:http://otherAPIEnv/api2"
}
As for the curl. You have POST mapping of the method so be sure to try it with curl -X POST... or change it to GET.

This the more modular and more generic way to do such kind of things:
public #ResponseBody ClientResponse updateDocStatus(MyRequest myRequest) {
ClientResponse clientResponse = new ClientResponse(CTConstants.FAILURE);
try {
HttpHeaders headers = prepareHeaders();
ClientRequest request = prepareRequestData(myRequest);
logger.info("cpa request is " + new Gson().toJson(request));
HttpEntity<ClientRequest> entity = new HttpEntity<ClientRequest>(request, headers);
String uri = cpaBaseUrl + updateDocUrl ;
ClientResponse serviceResponse = Utilities.sendHTTPRequest(uri, entity);
clientResponse = serviceResponse;
if (serviceResponse != null) {
if (CTConstants.SUCCESS.equalsIgnoreCase(serviceResponse.getStatus())) {
clientResponse.setStatus(CTConstants.SUCCESS);
clientResponse.setMessage(" update success.");
}
}
} catch (Exception e) {
logger.error("exception occurred ", e);
clientResponse.setStatus(CTConstants.ERROR);
clientResponse.setMessage(e.getMessage());
}
return clientResponse;
}
public static ClientResponse sendHTTPRequest(String uri, HttpEntity<ClientRequest> entity) {
RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplate();
restTemplate.setRequestFactory(new SimpleClientHttpRequestFactory());
SimpleClientHttpRequestFactory rf = (SimpleClientHttpRequestFactory) restTemplate.getRequestFactory();
rf.setReadTimeout(CTConstants.SERVICE_TIMEOUT);
rf.setConnectTimeout(CTConstants.SERVICE_TIMEOUT);
ParameterizedTypeReference<ClientResponse> ptr = new ParameterizedTypeReference<ClientResponse>() {
};
ResponseEntity<ClientResponse> postForObject = restTemplate.exchange(uri, HttpMethod.POST, entity, ptr);
return postForObject.getBody();
}

You need to use redirect and modify the return type of your method
public String api1CallBack(#RequestBody String requestBody, HttpServletRequest request) throws IOException {
return "redirect:http://otherAPIEnv/api2";
}