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Bourne
Bourne

Reputation: 1927

Retrieve the request body string sent in POST request in play framework java

I'm using play framework in Java. I want to retrieve the entire request body sent in a POST request to the play server. How can I retrieve it?

Upvotes: 14

Views: 18831

Answers (5)

Ashok Kumar Pant
Ashok Kumar Pant

Reputation: 1

request.body().asBytes().utf8String()

Upvotes: 0

xrs
xrs

Reputation: 154

It will give request JSON body as string. I tested it on play 2.6.x
val body = request.body.asJson.get.toString()

Upvotes: 0

SobiborTreblinka
SobiborTreblinka

Reputation: 575

If you call the following code on a request;

String bodyText = request().body().asText();

bodyText will be null if the Content-Type header is application/json

There isn't a way using the provided controller APIs to just get JSON text if the Content-Type header is application/json without first converting to a JsonNode

So the best way to do this if the application/json is your Content-Type header is

String bodyText = request().body().asJSON().toString();

This is a fail on play framework's part, because they should just have a method to get the request body as a String no matter what the Content-Type header is.

Upvotes: 4

Viktor Aseev
Viktor Aseev

Reputation: 698

With Play Framework 2.3 it is possible to get raw json text even is Content-Type header is application/json

def postMethod = Action(parse.tolerantText) { request =>
    val txt = request.body
}

Upvotes: 13

biesior
biesior

Reputation: 55798

Take a look into play.mvc.Http class, you have some options there (depending on data format) i.e. 

RequestBody body = request().body();
MultipartFormData formData = request().body().asMultipartFormData();
Map<String, String[]> params = request().body().asFormUrlEncoded();
JsonNode json = request().body().asJson();
String bodyText = request().body().asText();

You can test request().body().asText() i.e. using cUrl from commandline:

curl  -H "Content-Type: text/plain" -d  'Hello world !' http://domain.com/your-post-action

... or using some tool, like browser plugin: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/advanced-rest-client/hgmloofddffdnphfgcellkdfbfbjeloo

Upvotes: 15

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