I had the same problem with the newer version. It looks to me that the doesNotExist() function will verify that the key is not in the result: .andExpect(jsonPath(“$.password”).doesNotExist())
To test size of array: jsonPath(“$”, hasSize(4)) To count members of object: jsonPath(“$.*”, hasSize(4)) I.e. to test that API returns an array of 4 items: accepted value: [1,2,3,4] mockMvc.perform(get(API_URL)) .andExpect(jsonPath(“$”, hasSize(4))); to test that API returns an object containing 2 members: accepted value: {“foo”: “oof”, “bar”: “rab”} mockMvc.perform(get(API_URL)) .andExpect(jsonPath(“$.*”, hasSize(2))); I’m using Hamcrest version 1.3 … Read more