Its ok to use query parameters as long as they are part of the identity of the resource. IMO, don't use them to modify a resource. Instead pass a representation with your POST.
On 2/1/2013 3:34 AM, Denica Gencheva wrote: > On 01/02/2013, Nuwan Bandara <mail.nu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have a RESTeasy web service. It accept POST requests. As an example >> client will call the web service like this >> >> http://localhost:8080/n-tweb-comm-war/ws/updateResultIndicator;accessionNumber=1;analyteCode=2;workstation=3;siteCode=4;testIndicator=5;testStatus=66 >> >> My question; >> >> 1. is this a proper way to call POST web service? >> 2. if not how should I design the URL for a POST request? >> >> Thanks, >> Nuwan >> > > Hi, > 1. If you mark the web service as @POST and the parametes as > @FormParam (as it should be in a POST service) - no, this is not > correct. > 2. The proper way is to put the parameters in the body. To do that you > can use for example curl (http://curl.haxx.se/) : curl > "http://localhost:8080/n-tweb-comm-war/ws/updateResultIndicator"; -d > "accessionNumber=1&analyteCode=2&workstation=3&siteCode=4&testIndicator=5&testStatus=66" > or some browser add like > "https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/poster/";. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics > Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_jan > _______________________________________________ > Resteasy-users mailing list > Resteasy-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/resteasy-users > -- Bill Burke JBoss, a division of Red Hat http://bill.burkecentral.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_jan _______________________________________________ Resteasy-users mailing list Resteasy-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/resteasy-users
