part 5 - the Security test utils

SecurityUtil.java

public String authenticateAsAdmin(){
   return this.authenticate( "eparaschiv", "eparaschiv" );
}
public String authenticate( String username, String password ){
   Response response = RestAssured.given().
    .param( UsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter.SPRING_SECURITY_FORM_USERNAME_KEY, username )
    .param( UsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter.SPRING_SECURITY_FORM_PASSWORD_KEY, password )
    .post( this.examplePaths.getLoginURL() );
   
   Preconditions.checkState( response.getStatusCode() == 302 );
   return JSESSIONID + "=" + response.getCookie( JSESSIONID );
}

public RequestSpecification givenAuthenticated( String cookie ){
   return RestAssured.given().header( COOKIE_HEADER, cookie );
}

Previously part of:
REST API Discoverability Article on baeldung