How to do a PUT/POST with content type as text/plain?

[sandeepnagra]

I tried something like:

Scenario: Try to set keep data value under database settings with response code 200
Given I send "text/plain" and accept JSON
When I send a PUT request to "http://hostname:8080/settings/databaseSettings/dataRetention" with:
| 90 |
Then the response status should be "200"

But it fails. I have always used JSON request body, this is the first REST API which needs plain text and I am trying to figure out how to do it.

[sandeepnagra]

Temporarily, I have created following custom step:

When(/^I set request body to "(.*?)"$/) do |value|
@Body = value
end

and then the following scenario works:

Scenario: Try to set keep data value under database settings with response code 200
Given I send "text/plain" and accept JSON
And I set request body to "90"
When I send a PUT request to "http://hostname:8080/settings/databaseSettings/dataRetention"
Then the response status should be "200"

[hidroh]

That would be my approach for this as well. Make a PR, probably adding a sample and I'll merge it!