Required request body content is missing: org.springframework.web.method.HandlerMethod$HandlerMethodParameter

Question

Error to Pass JSON data from JSP to controller in ResponseBody.

07:13:53.919 DEBUG o.s.w.s.m.m.a.ExceptionHandlerExceptionResolver - Resolving exception from handler [public com.chaitanya.ajax.AjaxResponse com.chaitanya.web.controller.DepartmentController.addDepartment(com.chaitanya.ajax.AjaxResponse)]: 

org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageNotReadableException: Required request body content is missing: org.springframework.web.method.HandlerMethod$HandlerMethodParameter@98d8d36c
07:13:54.106 DEBUG o.s.w.s.m.a.ResponseStatusExceptionResolver - Resolving exception from handler [public com.chaitanya.ajax.AjaxResponse com.chaitanya.web.controller.DepartmentController.addDepartment(com.chaitanya.ajax.AjaxResponse)]: org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageNotReadableException: Required request body content is missing: org.springframework.web.method.HandlerMethod$HandlerMethodParameter@98d8d36c
07:13:54.125 DEBUG o.s.w.s.m.s.DefaultHandlerExceptionResolver - Resolving exception from handler [public com.chaitanya.ajax.AjaxResponse com.chaitanya.web.controller.DepartmentController.addDepartment(com.chaitanya.ajax.AjaxResponse)]: org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageNotReadableException: Required request body content is missing: org.springframework.web.method.HandlerMethod$HandlerMethodParameter@98d8d36c
07:1

Ajax Call:

$.ajax({ 
                        url: "/BusinessReimbursment/addDepartment", 
                        method: 'POST', 
                        dataType: 'json', 
                        data: "{\"message\":\"abc\",\"success\":true}",
                        contentType: 'application/json',
                        mimeType: 'application/json',
                        success: function(data) { 
                            alert(data.id + " " + data.name);
                            commit(true);
                        },
                        error:function(data,status,er) { 
                            alert("error: "+data+" status: "+status+" er:"+er);
                        }
                    });

Controller:

@RestController
public class DepartmentController {

    @Autowired 
    @Qualifier("departmentService")
    private DepartmentService departmentService;

    @RequestMapping(value="/addDepartment", method={RequestMethod.POST})
    public @ResponseBody AjaxResponse addDepartment(@RequestBody AjaxResponse  departmentDTO){
        AjaxResponse response=new AjaxResponse();
        return response;
    }

AppConfig.java

@Bean

public RequestMappingHandlerAdapter  annotationMethodHandlerAdapter()
{
    final RequestMappingHandlerAdapter annotationMethodHandlerAdapter = new RequestMappingHandlerAdapter();
    final MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter mappingJacksonHttpMessageConverter = new MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter();

    List<HttpMessageConverter<?>> httpMessageConverter = new ArrayList<HttpMessageConverter<?>>();
    httpMessageConverter.add(mappingJacksonHttpMessageConverter);

    String[] supportedHttpMethods = { "POST", "GET", "HEAD" };

    annotationMethodHandlerAdapter.setMessageConverters(httpMessageConverter);
    annotationMethodHandlerAdapter.setSupportedMethods(supportedHttpMethods);

    return annotationMethodHandlerAdapter;
}

please help me to get out out of that. I m using Spring 4, jakson 2.3.0

If i try to POST request it gives:org.springframework.web.HttpRequestMethodNotSupportedException: Request method 'POST' not supported

Answer 1

You shouldn't send a request body with an HTTP GET request. You should modify addDepartment() so that it only supports POST, and POST your JSON to that endpoint. If you want to GET information about a department, you should create a separate controller method that does that (and does not require a request body).

Also, double-check your endpoint definitions since you have misspelled "reimbursement" in the $.ajax call.

Answer 2

I also had the same problem. I use "Postman" for JSON request. The code itself is not wrong. I simply set the content type to JSON (application/json) and it worked, as you can see on the image below

Answer 3

Try this:

@RequestBody(required = false) String str

Answer 4

I made some minor modification to you code and tested it with a spring project that I have and it works, The logic will only work with POST if I use GET it throws an error with invalid request. Also in your ajax call I commented out commit(true), the browser debugger flagged and error that it is not defined. Just modify the url to fit your Spring project architecture.

 $.ajax({ 
                    url: "/addDepartment", 
                    method: 'POST', 
                    dataType: 'json', 
                    data: "{\"message\":\"abc\",\"success\":true}",
                    contentType: 'application/json',
                    mimeType: 'application/json',
                    success: function(data) { 
                        alert(data.success + " " + data.message);
                        //commit(true);
                    },
                    error:function(data,status,er) { 
                        alert("error: "+data+" status: "+status+" er:"+er);
                    }
                });



@RequestMapping(value="/addDepartment", method=RequestMethod.POST)
  public AjaxResponse addDepartment(@RequestBody final AjaxResponse  departmentDTO)
  {
    System.out.println("addDepartment: >>>>>>> "+departmentDTO);
    AjaxResponse response=new AjaxResponse();
    response.setSuccess(departmentDTO.isSuccess());
    response.setMessage(departmentDTO.getMessage());
    return response;
  }