Hello Eric,
could you send us a reproductible test case?
Otherwise, you can also have a look at the "firstResource" sample
application here: http://www.restlet.org/documentation/1.1/firstResource.
Best regards,
Thierry Boileau
> Hi, i'm using Restlet 1.1.6 and I am new to both Java and Restlet, but have
> mostly had success so far over the past two months. My basic app was using
> only GET before, and now I wish to extend it to accept POST requests.
> Unfortunately I have not met with success yet.
>
> The Resource i am working on extends Resource, and I made sure to
> super(context, request, response). Again, GET is working properly on this
> resource already.
>
> I ovveride public boolean allowPost() { return true; }. In my Resource
> constructor I also setModifiable(true);.
>
> I have public void acceptRepresentation(Representation entity) ...} in which
> I simply get the entity as form, read the data from it and echo it to java
> console. I also set the response status to Status.SUCCESS_CREATED or
> SUCCESS_ACCEPTED.
>
> Unfortunately, still no success with this technique. I see (with the help of
> Firebug) the POST request is made correctly, and in Java console I can see
> that it arrived at the app and was routed to the proper resource. But the
> Restlet engine returns the following error:
>
> The method specified in the request is not allowed for the resource
> identified by the request URI
>
> So, I don't know what to do at this point. I have been searching this list
> and the API and Googling for more information but all I have found is
> recommendations to use the above techniques. I also located the alternative
> technique of overriding handlePost(); is that an old method from version 1.0
> that is no longer recommended? It did not work either.
>
> I wonder if possibly my problem has something to do with a single resource
> accepting both POST and GET. My resource does getVariants().add(new
> Variant(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN) and is able to respond to GET requests
> properly. I have also tried commenting out the GET functionality but the
> POST ability still did not work -- the same error persists.
>
> Many thanks in advance for all help.
> - Eric
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