# Testing with CSRF Protection

When testing any non-safe HTTP methods and using Spring Security’s CSRF protection, you must be sure to include a valid CSRF Token in the request.
To specify a valid CSRF token as a request parameter use the CSRF [`RequestPostProcessor`](request-post-processors.html) like so:

Java

```
mvc
	.perform(post("/").with(csrf()))
```

Kotlin

```
mvc.post("/") {
    with(csrf())
}
```

If you like you can include CSRF token in the header instead:

Java

```
mvc
	.perform(post("/").with(csrf().asHeader()))
```

Kotlin

```
mvc.post("/") {
    with(csrf().asHeader())
}
```

You can also test providing an invalid CSRF token using the following:

Java

```
mvc
	.perform(post("/").with(csrf().useInvalidToken()))
```

Kotlin

```
mvc.post("/") {
    with(csrf().useInvalidToken())
}
```

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