diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-rest/spring-cloud-rest-client/pom.xml b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-rest/spring-cloud-rest-client/pom.xml
index 824e17e59c..b6060282d2 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-rest/spring-cloud-rest-client/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-rest/spring-cloud-rest-client/pom.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
+		<rest-assured.version>3.0.1</rest-assured.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>
@@ -51,6 +52,12 @@
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+		    <groupId>io.rest-assured</groupId>
+		    <artifactId>rest-assured</artifactId>
+		    <version>${rest-assured.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-rest/spring-cloud-rest-client/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/dao/BookRepository.java b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-rest/spring-cloud-rest-client/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/dao/BookRepository.java
index 419c735d63..1b0c32218f 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-rest/spring-cloud-rest-client/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/dao/BookRepository.java
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-rest/spring-cloud-rest-client/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/dao/BookRepository.java
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 package org.baeldung.persistence.dao;
 
 import org.baeldung.persistence.model.Book;
-import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.JpaRepository;
+import org.springframework.data.domain.Page;
+import org.springframework.data.domain.Pageable;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.CrudRepository;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.query.Param;
 import org.springframework.data.rest.core.annotation.RepositoryRestResource;
 
 @RepositoryRestResource(collectionResourceRel = "books", path = "books")
-public interface BookRepository extends JpaRepository<Book, Long> {
-
+public interface BookRepository extends CrudRepository<Book, Long> {
+    Page<Book> findByTitle(@Param("title") String title, Pageable pageable);
 }
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-rest/spring-cloud-rest-client/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/model/Book.java b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-rest/spring-cloud-rest-client/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/model/Book.java
index 69d217b096..80336d9da9 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-rest/spring-cloud-rest-client/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/model/Book.java
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-rest/spring-cloud-rest-client/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/model/Book.java
@@ -12,12 +12,9 @@ public class Book {
     @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
     private long id;
 
-    @Column(nullable = false)
+    @Column(nullable = false, unique = true)
     private String title;
 
-    @Column(nullable = false)
-    private String isbn;
-
     @Column(nullable = false)
     private String author;
 
@@ -27,10 +24,9 @@ public class Book {
         super();
     }
 
-    public Book(String title, String isbn, String author) {
+    public Book(String title, String author) {
         super();
         this.title = title;
-        this.isbn = isbn;
         this.author = author;
     }
 
@@ -52,14 +48,6 @@ public class Book {
         this.title = title;
     }
 
-    public String getIsbn() {
-        return isbn;
-    }
-
-    public void setIsbn(String isbn) {
-        this.isbn = isbn;
-    }
-
     public String getAuthor() {
         return author;
     }
@@ -76,7 +64,6 @@ public class Book {
         int result = 1;
         result = (prime * result) + ((author == null) ? 0 : author.hashCode());
         result = (prime * result) + (int) (id ^ (id >>> 32));
-        result = (prime * result) + ((isbn == null) ? 0 : isbn.hashCode());
         result = (prime * result) + ((title == null) ? 0 : title.hashCode());
         return result;
     }
@@ -103,13 +90,7 @@ public class Book {
         if (id != other.id) {
             return false;
         }
-        if (isbn == null) {
-            if (other.isbn != null) {
-                return false;
-            }
-        } else if (!isbn.equals(other.isbn)) {
-            return false;
-        }
+
         if (title == null) {
             if (other.title != null) {
                 return false;
@@ -127,8 +108,6 @@ public class Book {
             .append(id)
             .append(", title=")
             .append(title)
-            .append(", isbn=")
-            .append(isbn)
             .append(", author=")
             .append(author)
             .append("]");
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-rest/spring-cloud-rest-client/src/test/java/org/baeldung/RestApiLiveTest.java b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-rest/spring-cloud-rest-client/src/test/java/org/baeldung/RestApiLiveTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..450df4ccf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-rest/spring-cloud-rest-client/src/test/java/org/baeldung/RestApiLiveTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+package org.baeldung;
+
+import static org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic;
+import static org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils.randomNumeric;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import io.restassured.RestAssured;
+import io.restassured.response.Response;
+
+import org.baeldung.persistence.model.Book;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
+
+@RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
+@SpringBootTest(classes = { SpringCloudRestClientApplication.class }, webEnvironment = WebEnvironment.DEFINED_PORT)
+public class RestApiLiveTest {
+
+    private static final String API_URI = "http://localhost:8084/books";
+
+    // GET
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenGetAllBooks_thenOK() {
+        final Response response = RestAssured.get(API_URI);
+        assertEquals(HttpStatus.OK.value(), response.getStatusCode());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenGetCreatedBookById_thenOK() {
+        final Book book = createRandomBook();
+        final String location = createBookAsUri(book);
+
+        final Response response = RestAssured.get(location);
+        assertEquals(HttpStatus.OK.value(), response.getStatusCode());
+        assertEquals(book.getTitle(), response.jsonPath()
+            .get("title"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenGetCreatedBookByName_thenOK() {
+        final Book book = createRandomBook();
+        createBookAsUri(book);
+
+        final Response response = RestAssured.get(API_URI + "/search/findByTitle?title=" + book.getTitle());
+        assertEquals(HttpStatus.OK.value(), response.getStatusCode());
+        assertTrue(response.jsonPath()
+            .getLong("page.totalElements") > 0);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenGetNotExistBookById_thenNotFound() {
+        final Response response = RestAssured.get(API_URI + "/" + randomNumeric(4));
+        assertEquals(HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND.value(), response.getStatusCode());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenGetNotExistBookByName_thenNotFound() {
+        final Response response = RestAssured.get(API_URI + "/search/findByTitle?title=" + randomAlphabetic(20));
+        assertEquals(HttpStatus.OK.value(), response.getStatusCode());
+        assertTrue(response.jsonPath()
+            .getLong("page.totalElements") == 0);
+    }
+
+    // POST
+    @Test
+    public void whenCreateNewBook_thenCreated() {
+        final Book book = createRandomBook();
+
+        final Response response = RestAssured.given()
+            .contentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
+            .body(book)
+            .post(API_URI);
+        assertEquals(HttpStatus.CREATED.value(), response.getStatusCode());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenCreateDuplicateBook_thenError() {
+        final Book book = createRandomBook();
+        createBookAsUri(book);
+
+        // duplicate
+        final Response response = RestAssured.given()
+            .contentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
+            .body(book)
+            .post(API_URI);
+        assertEquals(HttpStatus.CONFLICT.value(), response.getStatusCode());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenInvalidBook_thenError() {
+        final Book book = createRandomBook();
+        book.setAuthor(null);
+
+        final Response response = RestAssured.given()
+            .contentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
+            .body(book)
+            .post(API_URI);
+        assertEquals(HttpStatus.CONFLICT.value(), response.getStatusCode());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenUpdateCreatedBook_thenUpdated() {
+        // create
+        final Book book = createRandomBook();
+        final String location = createBookAsUri(book);
+
+        // update
+        book.setAuthor("newAuthor");
+        Response response = RestAssured.given()
+            .contentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
+            .body(book)
+            .put(location);
+        assertEquals(HttpStatus.OK.value(), response.getStatusCode());
+
+        // check if changes saved
+        response = RestAssured.get(location);
+        assertEquals(HttpStatus.OK.value(), response.getStatusCode());
+        assertEquals("newAuthor", response.jsonPath()
+            .get("author"));
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenDeleteCreatedBook_thenOk() {
+        // create
+        final Book book = createRandomBook();
+        final String location = createBookAsUri(book);
+
+        // delete
+        Response response = RestAssured.delete(location);
+        assertEquals(HttpStatus.NO_CONTENT.value(), response.getStatusCode());
+
+        // confirm it was deleted
+        response = RestAssured.get(location);
+        assertEquals(HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND.value(), response.getStatusCode());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenDeleteNotExistBook_thenError() {
+        final Response response = RestAssured.delete(API_URI + "/" + randomNumeric(4));
+        assertEquals(HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND.value(), response.getStatusCode());
+    }
+
+    // =============================== Util
+
+    public Book createRandomBook() {
+        final Book book = new Book();
+        book.setTitle(randomAlphabetic(10));
+        book.setAuthor(randomAlphabetic(15));
+        return book;
+    }
+
+    public String createBookAsUri(Book book) {
+        final Response response = RestAssured.given()
+            .contentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
+            .body(book)
+            .post(API_URI);
+        return response.jsonPath()
+            .get("_links.self.href");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-rest/spring-cloud-rest-client/src/test/resources/application.properties b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-rest/spring-cloud-rest-client/src/test/resources/application.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c68aa7dc55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-rest/spring-cloud-rest-client/src/test/resources/application.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+spring.application.name=spring-cloud-eureka-client
+server.port=8084
+eureka.client.serviceUrl.defaultZone=${EUREKA_URI:http://localhost:8761/eureka}
+eureka.instance.preferIpAddress=true
+
+spring.datasource.driver-class-name=org.h2.Driver
+spring.datasource.url=jdbc:h2:mem:cloud_rest;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;DB_CLOSE_ON_EXIT=FALSE
+spring.datasource.username=sa
+spring.datasource.password=
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