Spring rest json post null values

Question

I have a Spring rest endpoint doing a simple hello app. It should accept a {"name":"something"} and return "Hello, something".

My controller is:

@RestController
public class GreetingController { 

    private static final String template = "Hello, %s!";

    @RequestMapping(value="/greeting", method=RequestMethod.POST)
    public String greeting(Person person) {
        return String.format(template, person.getName());
    }

}

Person:

public class Person {

    private String name;

    public Person() {
        this.name = "World";
    }

    public Person(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }

    public String getName() {
        return this.name;
    }

    public void setName(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }
}

When I make a request to the service like

curl -X POST -d '{"name": "something"}' http://localhost:8081/testapp/greeting

I get

Hello, World!

Looks like it isn't deserializing the json into the Person object properly. It's using the default constructor and then not setting the name. I found this: How to create a POST request in REST to accept a JSON input? so I tried adding an @RequestBody on the controller but that causes some error about "Content type 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=UTF-8' not supported". I see that is covered here: Content type 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=UTF-8' not supported for @RequestBody MultiValueMap which suggests removing the @RequestBody

I have tried removing the default constructor which it doesn't like either.

This question covers null values REST webservice using Spring MVC returning null while posting JSON but it suggests adding @RequestBody but that conflicts with above...

Zorglube · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-12 15:15:11Z

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You must set the @RequestBody to tell to Spring what should be use to set your personparam.

 public Greeting greeting(@RequestBody Person person) {
    return new Greeting(counter.incrementAndGet(), String.format(template, person.getName()));
}

answered Apr 12, 2017 at 15:15

Zorglube

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9 Comments

MichaelB Over a year ago

As I said in my description, that results in a "Content type 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=UTF-8' not supported"

Zorglube Over a year ago

Your Content type should be Content type 'application/json

Zorglube Over a year ago

You might use PostMan or some other Json client to test your app, i might be easier.

Zorglube Over a year ago

Nothing is wrong, it's just not the expected Content Type

MichaelB Over a year ago

Is there a way to make it work with that content-type?

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Pranay Kumbhalkar · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-23 11:05:39Z

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You must set 'produces' with @RequestMapping(value="/greeting", method=RequestMethod.POST)

use below code

@RequestMapping(value="/greeting", method=RequestMethod.POST, produces = { MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE, MediaType.APPLICATION_XML_VALUE })
 public String greeting(@RequestBody Person person) {
        return String.format(template, person.getName());
    }

edited Aug 23, 2018 at 11:05

answered Apr 12, 2017 at 15:42

Pranay Kumbhalkar

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3 Comments

MichaelB Over a year ago

"produces" refers to the response. The response is fine. Also, since it's returning a plain string, it should be MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN_VALUE

Pranay Kumbhalkar Over a year ago

try 'consumes = MediaType.ALL_VALUE'

Zorglube Over a year ago

@PranayKumbhalkar, consumes = MediaType.ALL_VALUE isn't a solution. If you can't pass through an check, the solution isn't disabling the check ; the solution is changing what you're sending.

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