diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index d4c5bc7..670cece 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ gemspec
 # To use a debugger
 # gem 'debugger', group: [:development, :test]
 
+gem 'sqlite3'
 gem 'pry'
 gem 'rspec-rails'
 gem 'generator_spec'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 9863a5b..a957712 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ GEM
       multi_json (~> 1.0)
       rack (~> 1.0)
       tilt (~> 1.1, != 1.3.0)
+    sqlite3 (1.3.11)
     thor (0.19.1)
     tilt (1.4.1)
     treetop (1.4.15)
@@ -119,4 +120,5 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   generator_spec
   pry
   rspec-rails
+  sqlite3
   swagger_rails!
diff --git a/lib/swagger_rails/testing/test_data_builder.rb b/lib/swagger_rails/testing/test_case_builder.rb
similarity index 56%
rename from lib/swagger_rails/testing/test_data_builder.rb
rename to lib/swagger_rails/testing/test_case_builder.rb
index 0433475..4336a6a 100644
--- a/lib/swagger_rails/testing/test_data_builder.rb
+++ b/lib/swagger_rails/testing/test_case_builder.rb
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 module SwaggerRails
-  
-  class TestDataBuilder
+
+  class TestCaseBuilder
 
     def initialize(path_template, http_method, swagger)
       @path_template = path_template
       @http_method = http_method
       @swagger = swagger
       @param_values = {}
-      @expected_status = nil
     end
 
     def set(param_values)
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ module SwaggerRails
     end
 
     def expect(status)
-      @expected_status = status
+      @expected_status = status.to_s
     end
 
     def test_data
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ module SwaggerRails
     private
 
     def find_operation!
-      keys = [ 'paths', @path_template, @http_method ] 
+      keys = [ 'paths', @path_template, @http_method ]
       operation = find_hash_item!(@swagger, keys)
       operation || (raise MetadataError.new(keys))
     end
@@ -52,35 +51,59 @@ module SwaggerRails
     end
 
     def build_params(parameters)
-      {}.tap do |params|
-        params.merge!(param_values_for(parameters, 'query'))
-        body_param_values = param_values_for(parameters, 'body')
-        params.merge!(body_param_values.values.first) if body_param_values.any?
-      end
+      body_param_values = param_values_for(parameters, 'body')
+      return body_param_values.values.first.to_json if body_param_values.any?
+      param_values_for(parameters, 'query')
     end
 
     def build_headers(parameters)
       param_values_for(parameters, 'header')
+        .merge({
+          'CONTENT_TYPE' => 'application/json',
+          'ACCEPT' => 'application/json'
+        })
     end
 
     def build_expected_response(responses)
+      status = @expected_status || responses.keys.find { |k| k.start_with?('2') }
+      response = responses[status] || (raise MetadataError.new('paths', @path_template, @http_method, 'responses', status))
+      {
+        status: status.to_i,
+        body: response_body_for(response)
+      }
     end
 
     def param_values_for(parameters, location)
       applicable_parameters = parameters.select { |p| p['in'] == location }
-      Hash[applicable_parameters.map { |p| [ p['name'], value_for(p) ] }]
+      Hash[applicable_parameters.map { |p| [ p['name'], param_value_for(p) ] }]
     end
 
-    def value_for(param)
-      return @param_values[param['name']] if @param_values.has_key?(param['name'])
-      return param['default'] unless param['in'] == 'body'
-      schema_for(param['schema'])['example']
+    def param_value_for(parameter)
+      return @param_values[parameter['name']] if @param_values.has_key?(parameter['name'])
+      return parameter['default'] unless parameter['in'] == 'body'
+      schema = schema_for(parameter['schema'])
+      schema_example_for(schema)
+    end
+
+    def response_body_for(response)
+      return nil if response['schema'].nil?
+      schema = schema_for(response['schema'])
+      schema_example_for(schema)
     end
 
     def schema_for(schema_or_ref)
       return schema_or_ref if schema_or_ref['$ref'].nil?
       @swagger['definitions'][schema_or_ref['$ref'].sub('#/definitions/', '')]
     end
+
+    def schema_example_for(schema)
+      return schema['example'] if schema['example'].present?
+      # If an array, try construct from the item example
+      if schema['type'] == 'array' && schema['item'].present?
+        item_schema = schema_for(schema['item'])
+        return [ schema_example_for(item_schema) ]
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   class MetadataError < StandardError
diff --git a/lib/swagger_rails/testing/test_visitor.rb b/lib/swagger_rails/testing/test_visitor.rb
index f024b5a..9603e1c 100644
--- a/lib/swagger_rails/testing/test_visitor.rb
+++ b/lib/swagger_rails/testing/test_visitor.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-require 'swagger_rails/testing/test_data_builder'
+require 'swagger_rails/testing/test_case_builder'
 
 module SwaggerRails
 
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ module SwaggerRails
     end
 
     def run_test(path_template, http_method, test, &block)
-      builder = TestDataBuilder.new(path_template, http_method, @swagger)
+      builder = TestCaseBuilder.new(path_template, http_method, @swagger)
       builder.instance_exec(&block) if block_given?
       test_data = builder.test_data
 
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ module SwaggerRails
         test_data[:headers]
       )
 
-      test.assert_response(test_data[:expected_status])
+      test.assert_response(test_data[:expected_response][:status])
+      test.assert_equal(test_data[:expected_response][:body], JSON.parse(test.response.body))
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/dummy/app/controllers/blogs_controller.rb b/spec/dummy/app/controllers/blogs_controller.rb
index ea51be9..a36145a 100644
--- a/spec/dummy/app/controllers/blogs_controller.rb
+++ b/spec/dummy/app/controllers/blogs_controller.rb
@@ -1,14 +1,22 @@
 class BlogsController < ApplicationController
+  wrap_parameters Blog
+  respond_to :json
 
+  # POST /blogs
   def create
-    render json: {}
+    @blog = Blog.create(params[:blog])
+    respond_with @blog
   end
 
+  # GET /blogs
   def index
-    render json: {}
+    @blogs = Blog.all
+    respond_with @blogs
   end
 
+  # GET /blogs/1
   def show
-    render json: {}
+    @blog = Blog.find(params[:id])
+    respond_with @blog
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/dummy/app/models/blog.rb b/spec/dummy/app/models/blog.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f4b8f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/dummy/app/models/blog.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+class Blog < ActiveRecord::Base
+  attr_accessible :content, :title
+
+  def as_json(options)
+    {
+      title: title,
+      content: content
+    }
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/dummy/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb b/spec/dummy/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index 593a778..0000000
--- a/spec/dummy/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-<!DOCTYPE html>
-<html>
-<head>
-  <title>Dummy</title>
-  <%= stylesheet_link_tag    'application', media: 'all', 'data-turbolinks-track' => true %>
-  <%= javascript_include_tag 'application', 'data-turbolinks-track' => true %>
-  <%= csrf_meta_tags %>
-</head>
-<body>
-
-<%= yield %>
-
-</body>
-</html>
diff --git a/spec/dummy/config/application.rb b/spec/dummy/config/application.rb
index f0d61fd..11d35dc 100644
--- a/spec/dummy/config/application.rb
+++ b/spec/dummy/config/application.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require File.expand_path('../boot', __FILE__)
 
 # Pick the frameworks you want:
-# require "active_record/railtie"
+require "active_record/railtie"
 require "action_controller/railtie"
 require "action_mailer/railtie"
 require "action_view/railtie"
diff --git a/spec/dummy/config/database.yml b/spec/dummy/config/database.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc954e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/dummy/config/database.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#SQLite version 3.x
+#   gem install sqlite3
+#
+#   Ensure the SQLite 3 gem is defined in your Gemfile
+#   gem 'sqlite3'
+development:
+  adapter: sqlite3
+  database: db/development.sqlite3
+  pool: 5
+  timeout: 5000
+
+# Warning: The database defined as "test" will be erased and
+# re-generated from your development database when you run "rake".
+# Do not set this db to the same as development or production.
+test:
+  adapter: sqlite3
+  database: db/test.sqlite3
+  pool: 5
+  timeout: 5000
+
+production:
+  adapter: sqlite3
+  database: db/production.sqlite3
+  pool: 5
+  timeout: 5000
diff --git a/spec/dummy/config/routes.rb b/spec/dummy/config/routes.rb
index 2636b39..99850bd 100644
--- a/spec/dummy/config/routes.rb
+++ b/spec/dummy/config/routes.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Rails.application.routes.draw do
-  mount SwaggerRails::Engine => '/api-docs'
+  resources :blogs, defaults: { :format => :json }
 
-  resources :blogs, only: [ :create, :index, :show ]
+  mount SwaggerRails::Engine => '/api-docs'
 end
diff --git a/spec/dummy/config/swagger/v1/swagger.json b/spec/dummy/config/swagger/v1/swagger.json
index d5584c7..8b859d9 100644
--- a/spec/dummy/config/swagger/v1/swagger.json
+++ b/spec/dummy/config/swagger/v1/swagger.json
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
                     }
                 ],
                 "responses": {
-                    "200": {
-                        "description": "Ok",
+                    "201": {
+                        "description": "Created",
                         "schema": {
                             "$ref": "#/definitions/Blog"
                         }
@@ -58,7 +58,10 @@
                     "200": {
                         "description": "Ok",
                         "schema": {
-                            "$ref": "#/definitions/Blog"
+                            "type": "array",
+                            "item": {
+                              "$ref": "#/definitions/Blog"
+                            }
                         }
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/spec/dummy/db/migrate/20160218212104_create_blogs.rb b/spec/dummy/db/migrate/20160218212104_create_blogs.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81d9813
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/dummy/db/migrate/20160218212104_create_blogs.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+class CreateBlogs < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    create_table :blogs do |t|
+      t.string :title
+      t.text :content
+
+      t.timestamps
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/dummy/db/schema.rb b/spec/dummy/db/schema.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..082bb8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/dummy/db/schema.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# encoding: UTF-8
+# This file is auto-generated from the current state of the database. Instead
+# of editing this file, please use the migrations feature of Active Record to
+# incrementally modify your database, and then regenerate this schema definition.
+#
+# Note that this schema.rb definition is the authoritative source for your
+# database schema. If you need to create the application database on another
+# system, you should be using db:schema:load, not running all the migrations
+# from scratch. The latter is a flawed and unsustainable approach (the more migrations
+# you'll amass, the slower it'll run and the greater likelihood for issues).
+#
+# It's strongly recommended to check this file into your version control system.
+
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20160218212104) do
+
+  create_table "blogs", :force => true do |t|
+    t.string   "title"
+    t.text     "content"
+    t.datetime "created_at", :null => false
+    t.datetime "updated_at", :null => false
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/spec/dummy/test/integration/v1_contract_test.rb b/spec/dummy/test/integration/v1_contract_test.rb
index 01f3fc2..586d94b 100644
--- a/spec/dummy/test/integration/v1_contract_test.rb
+++ b/spec/dummy/test/integration/v1_contract_test.rb
@@ -5,5 +5,14 @@ class V1ContractTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
   include SwaggerRails::TestHelpers
 
   swagger_doc 'v1/swagger.json'
-  swagger_test_all
+#
+#  test '/blogs post' do
+#    swagger_test '/blogs', 'post'
+#  end
+
+  test '/blogs get' do
+    blog = Blog.create(title: 'Test Blog', content: 'Hello World')
+
+    swagger_test '/blogs', 'get'
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/testing/test_data_builder_spec.rb b/spec/testing/test_case_builder_spec.rb
similarity index 57%
rename from spec/testing/test_data_builder_spec.rb
rename to spec/testing/test_case_builder_spec.rb
index f403107..d5f7404 100644
--- a/spec/testing/test_data_builder_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/testing/test_case_builder_spec.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 require 'rails_helper'
-require 'swagger_rails/testing/test_data_builder'
+require 'swagger_rails/testing/test_case_builder'
 
 module SwaggerRails
 
-  describe TestDataBuilder do
+  describe TestCaseBuilder do
     subject { described_class.new(path, method, swagger) }
     let(:swagger) do
       file_path = File.join(Rails.root, 'config/swagger', 'v1/swagger.json')
@@ -59,20 +59,20 @@ module SwaggerRails
         end
       end
 
-      context 'operation has body params' do
+      context 'operation has body param' do
         let(:path) { '/blogs' }
         let(:method) { 'post' }
 
         context 'by default' do
-          it "includes params built from 'default' values" do
-            expect(test_data[:params]).to eq({ 'title' => 'Test Blog', 'content' => 'Hello World' })
+          it "includes params string based on schema 'example'" do
+            expect(test_data[:params]).to eq({ 'title' => 'Test Blog', 'content' => 'Hello World' }.to_json)
           end
         end
 
         context 'values explicitly set' do
           before { subject.set blog: { 'title' => 'foobar' } }
-          it 'includes params build from set values' do
-            expect(test_data[:params]).to eq({ 'title' => 'foobar' })
+          it 'includes params string based on set value' do
+            expect(test_data[:params]).to eq({ 'title' => 'foobar' }.to_json)
           end
         end
       end
@@ -83,14 +83,54 @@ module SwaggerRails
 
         context 'by default' do
           it "includes headers built from 'default' values" do
-            expect(test_data[:headers]).to eq({ 'X-Forwarded-For' => 'client1' })
+            expect(test_data[:headers]).to eq({
+              'X-Forwarded-For' => 'client1',
+              'CONTENT_TYPE' => 'application/json',
+              'ACCEPT' => 'application/json'
+            })
           end
         end
 
         context 'values explicitly params' do
           before { subject.set 'X-Forwarded-For' => '192.168.1.1' }
           it 'includes headers built from set values' do
-            expect(test_data[:headers]).to eq({ 'X-Forwarded-For' => '192.168.1.1' })
+            expect(test_data[:headers]).to eq({
+              'X-Forwarded-For' => '192.168.1.1',
+              'CONTENT_TYPE' => 'application/json',
+              'ACCEPT' => 'application/json'
+            })
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'operation returns an object' do
+        let(:path) { '/blogs' }
+        let(:method) { 'post' }
+
+        context 'by default' do
+          it "includes expected_response based on spec'd 2xx status" do
+            expect(test_data[:expected_response][:status]).to eq(201)
+            expect(test_data[:expected_response][:body]).to eq({ 'title' => 'Test Blog', 'content' => 'Hello World' })
+          end
+        end
+
+        context 'expected status explicitly set' do
+          before { subject.expect 400 }
+          it "includes expected_response based on set status" do
+            expect(test_data[:expected_response][:status]).to eq(400)
+            expect(test_data[:expected_response][:body]).to eq({ 'title' =>  [ 'is required' ] })
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'operation returns an array' do
+        let(:path) { '/blogs' }
+        let(:method) { 'get' }
+
+        context 'by default' do
+          it "includes expected_response based on spec'd 2xx status" do
+            expect(test_data[:expected_response][:status]).to eq(200)
+            expect(test_data[:expected_response][:body]).to eq([ { 'title' => 'Test Blog', 'content' => 'Hello World' } ])
           end
         end
       end
diff --git a/spec/testing/test_visitor_spec.rb b/spec/testing/test_visitor_spec.rb
index 18ce6ef..7409fe9 100644
--- a/spec/testing/test_visitor_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/testing/test_visitor_spec.rb
@@ -12,19 +12,30 @@ module SwaggerRails
     let(:test) { spy('test') }
 
     describe '#run_test' do
+      before do
+        allow(test).to receive(:response).and_return(OpenStruct.new(body: "{}"))
+      end
+
       context 'by default' do
         before { subject.run_test('/blogs', 'post', test) }
 
         it "submits request based on 'default' and 'example' param values" do
           expect(test).to have_received(:post).with(
             '/blogs',
-            { 'title' => 'Test Blog', 'content' => 'Hello World' },
-            { 'X-Forwarded-For' => 'client1' }
+            { 'title' => 'Test Blog', 'content' => 'Hello World' }.to_json,
+            { 'X-Forwarded-For' => 'client1', 'CONTENT_TYPE' => 'application/json', 'ACCEPT' => 'application/json' }
           )
         end
 
-        it "asserts response matches first 2xx status in operation 'responses'" do
-          expect(test).to have_received(:assert_response).with(200)
+        it "asserts response matches spec'd 2xx status" do
+          expect(test).to have_received(:assert_response).with(201)
+        end
+
+        it "asserts response body matches schema 'example' for 2xx status" do
+          expect(test).to have_received(:assert_equal).with(
+            { 'title' => 'Test Blog', 'content' => 'Hello World' },
+            {}
+          )
         end
       end
 
@@ -39,22 +50,29 @@ module SwaggerRails
         it 'submits a request based on provided param values' do
           expect(test).to have_received(:post).with(
             '/blogs',
-            { 'title' => 'foobar' },
-            { 'X-Forwarded-For' => '192.168.1.1' }
+            { 'title' => 'foobar' }.to_json,
+            { 'X-Forwarded-For' => '192.168.1.1', 'CONTENT_TYPE' => 'application/json', 'ACCEPT' => 'application/json' }
           )
         end
       end
 
-      context 'expected status explicitly params' do
+      context 'expected status explicitly set' do
         before do
           subject.run_test('/blogs', 'post', test) do
             expect 400
           end
         end
 
-        it "asserts response matches params status" do
+        it "asserts response matches set status" do
           expect(test).to have_received(:assert_response).with(400)
         end
+
+        it "asserts response body matches schema 'example' for set status" do
+          expect(test).to have_received(:assert_equal).with(
+            { 'title' => [ 'is required' ] },
+            {}
+          )
+        end
       end
     end
   end