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mhatch
mhatch

Reputation: 4605

How to send a FQDN as resource id in http delete method

I have a table with fully qualified domain names as the primary key. I am setting up a REST api to manage the db (mainly inserts and deletes), but I have run into a problem sending an http DELETE request with a url as a path parameter.

Example:

REST api servlet container = http://www.someapp.com/api Member resource id to be deleted = www.anotherapp.com/home

I want to send an http DELETE request to http://www.someapp.com/api/www.anotherapp.com/home

The Jersey resource path is:

@DELETE
@Path("/{url}")
public void deleteUrl(@HeaderParam("request-origin") String origin, 
        @PathParam("url") String url){
    // some stuff
}

When I try this I get a 404 error. How can I send a FQDN as resource id in http DELETE method?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 233

Answers (1)

mhatch
mhatch

Reputation: 4605

As bmargulies mentions in the comments, the error was caused by unescaped / characters in the path parameter. The solution that worked for me was to add a regex to the @Path annotation in Jersey.

@DELETE
@Path("/{url : .+}")
public void deleteUrl(@HeaderParam("request-origin") String origin, 
        @PathParam("url") String url){
    // some stuff
}

Upvotes: 2

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