From af83477e39a337959ab4daaaf45cafdca121d528 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Valery Yatsynovich <valery_yatsynovich@epam.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2023 11:20:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [plugin-rest-api] Add ability to set an empty string as HTTP
 request body

---
 docs/modules/plugins/pages/plugin-rest-api.adoc      | 12 ++++++++++++
 .../java/org/vividus/steps/api/HttpRequestSteps.java |  2 ++
 .../src/main/resources/story/integration/HTTP.story  |  7 +++++++
 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/modules/plugins/pages/plugin-rest-api.adoc b/docs/modules/plugins/pages/plugin-rest-api.adoc
index 522f125d23..adedb8d46e 100644
--- a/docs/modules/plugins/pages/plugin-rest-api.adoc
+++ b/docs/modules/plugins/pages/plugin-rest-api.adoc
@@ -306,6 +306,12 @@ WARNING: No HTTP request header is set in the case of binary content.
 Given request body: $content
 ----
 
+.Alias syntax
+[source,gherkin]
+----
+Given request body:`$content`
+----
+
 * `$content` - HTTP request body.
 
 .Set textual HTTP request body
@@ -324,6 +330,12 @@ When I set request headers:
 When I execute HTTP POST request for resource with relative URL `/upload/png`
 ----
 
+.Set an ampty string as HTTP request body
+[source,gherkin]
+----
+Given request body:``
+----
+
 === Prepare multipart HTTP request
 
 Sets https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7578[multipart] request entity that will be used while executing HTTP requests.
diff --git a/vividus-plugin-rest-api/src/main/java/org/vividus/steps/api/HttpRequestSteps.java b/vividus-plugin-rest-api/src/main/java/org/vividus/steps/api/HttpRequestSteps.java
index 43eb7314f2..c25fdf8ec9 100644
--- a/vividus-plugin-rest-api/src/main/java/org/vividus/steps/api/HttpRequestSteps.java
+++ b/vividus-plugin-rest-api/src/main/java/org/vividus/steps/api/HttpRequestSteps.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 import org.apache.hc.core5.http.message.BasicHeader;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.http.message.BasicNameValuePair;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.util.Timeout;
+import org.jbehave.core.annotations.Alias;
 import org.jbehave.core.annotations.Given;
 import org.jbehave.core.annotations.When;
 import org.jbehave.core.model.ExamplesTable;
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ public HttpRequestSteps(HttpTestContext httpTestContext, HttpRequestExecutor htt
      * @param content HTTP request body
      */
     @Given("request body: $content")
+    @Alias("request body:`$content`")
     public void request(DataWrapper content)
     {
         Object data = content.data();
diff --git a/vividus-tests/src/main/resources/story/integration/HTTP.story b/vividus-tests/src/main/resources/story/integration/HTTP.story
index 7e7deab48a..da9c5b87a7 100644
--- a/vividus-tests/src/main/resources/story/integration/HTTP.story
+++ b/vividus-tests/src/main/resources/story/integration/HTTP.story
@@ -118,6 +118,13 @@ Then `${responseCode}` is equal to `200`
 When I save JSON element value from `${json-context}` by JSON path `$.data` to scenario variable `data`
 Then `${data}` matches `data:application/octet-stream;base64.*`
 
+Scenario: Verify step "Given request body:`$content`" (HTTP request body is an empty string)
+Given request body:``
+When I execute HTTP POST request for resource with relative URL `/post`
+Then `${responseCode}` is equal to `200`
+When I save JSON element value from `${json-context}` by JSON path `$.data` to scenario variable `data`
+Then `${data}` is equal to ``
+
 Scenario: Verify step "Given form data request:$parameters"
 Given form data request:
 |name     |value      |