Example of an object being used in a post request as a String

PostObjectRestAssuredString.java

class PostTest {

    @Test
    void postUsingStringConcatenation() {
        String user = "{\"name\":\"Elias\",\"job\":\"Principal Engineer\"}";

        given().
            contentType(ContentType.JSON).
            body(user).
        when().
            post("/users").
        then().
            statusCode(HttpStatus.SC_CREATED).
            body(
                "name", is("Elias"),
                "job", is("Principal Engineer"),
                "id", notNullValue(),
                "createdAt", notNullValue()
            );
    }
}