Restlet POST using JSON

Question

How do I implement Restlet function which accepts JSON post? And how do I test this using curl?

Thanks

Answer 1

With Restlet 2, you can either:

• test the entity media-type compatibility in @Post acceptRepresentation(Representation entity):

  @Post public Representation acceptRepresentation(Representation entity) throws ResourceException { if (entity.getMediaType().isCompatible(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)) { // ... } // ... }

• or use @Post with one or two parameters:

  @Post("json") Representation acceptAndReturnJson(Representation entity) { // ... }

See these links:

• http://restlet.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=4447&dsMessageId=2585586 [edit: tigris.org was shutdown July 2020]
• https://javadocs.restlet.talend.com/2.0/jee/api/org/restlet/resource/Post.html

(With Restlet 1, you would need to test the type of the entity.)