rest

how to authenticate to REST web service from Android app?

I need to pull data from a REST web service in my android app. The web service requires authentication. I need to first call a login method, which will return me an authToken and JSESSIONID as part of the response header. I need to pass these items back with every request. I'm currently using: org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpCl...

Change scope of :new action in Rails3 routes to :member

I need to match /entries/slug-here/new and send it to EntriesController#new Tried following ways, both didn't work :( resources :entries do member do get :new end end resources :entries do get :new, :on => :member end Temporary hardcoded paths with bunch of matches, but it looks ugly >.< UPDATED: Same with create method ...

How can I access local files from a RESTFul web service

Hi. I try to access a local file from a RESTFul service. Is there any way to get the real path of the running service ? (as we can do in a servlet) Server : glassfish 3.0.1 IDE : Eclipse Helios Thx ...

Repository pattern with a WCF Rest Service and returning IQUERYABLE using LINQ to OBJECTS?

Hi there, i wish to create a repository pattern but with a WCF Rest Service which controls the data access. Can anyone confirm or help with my thinking / config. ASP.NET Controllers call to service (not rest service but service of a repository pattern) Repository Pattern Service >> calls to repository Repository >> calls to WCF Rest S...

Rest Web Services ???

I am planning to create a restful web service (PHP). api/user api/user/[id] api/ad api/ad/[id]; etc are "user" and "ad" actual php files? and if not how can i tell (on my php file) which one the caller is calling "user" or "ad"? any good tutorial on how to create a restful web service? Most tutorials only cover the basics of rest web ...

Toggling a single value in a model, all from a link_to

I have an Admin controller for a page of a Rails 3 app that lists all the User model accounts in a table, and part of each row should be a link (with confirmation) to toggle the is_admin attribute of my User model. I would like to do this by allowing an admin to click on text in the table cell that lists the current admin status (i.e. cl...

Call POST method in RESTFul Web service

Hello Everyone, I want to create a sample RESTful web service in java which involves all the four CRUD operations and I deployed it in tomcat. I used JAX-RS (Jersey) library to implement this in java. As of now , I can call the GET method to retrieve the list of records and display it. But I don know how to call the POST, PUT and DELETE...

Specifying request body in REST client in Intellij IDEA

Hi I need to know is there a way to specify request body in IDEA's REST client. Can't find appropriate field for it. Thanks. ...

MMS Gateway Provider with PHP API, URL Callbacks, etc.

Hello All, Similar questions have been asked a few times, but I was unable to find the answer I needed in those other questions, so here goes. I am looking into integrating MMS messaging into a website and I seem to be hitting a wall when it comes to which provider to use. SMS only gateways seem to be prevalent, but MMS gateways with ...

KSoap2 or RESTful web services with android

Hi! What is the best way to deal with web services in Android? I have been looking at KSoap2 library and RESTful web services. I got one working with KSoap2, but only when the web service is on a remote server, not on localhost. I have tried to redirect the ports for incoming and outgoing as it says on the android dev site, i have use...

WCF REST Client Exception

I have the following WCF client code: string add = String.Format("http://localhost:{0}/ServiceRequestRest",accessPort); var cf = new ChannelFactory<IServiceRequestRest>(new WebHttpBinding(), add); cf.Endpoint.Behaviors.Add(new WebHttpBehavior()); busService = cf.CreateChannel(); busService.DoMyStuff("hello",null); When I have "first ...

How do I force Jersey to load it's services?

I'm having trouble with a jersey application running on a jetty server that will take up to 30 seconds to start. I don't know what causes this behaviour, and I'm unsure how to debug it. Jersey is not started until the first HTTP request to one of its services are made. After the first request is made, the following gets printed: INFO:...

Rails RESTful controllers vs. view specific controllers

This design question needs a bit of context, so please bear with me. I currently have three models that go something like this: class MyItem < ActiveRecordBase has_many :my_list_items ... class MyList < ActiveRecordBase has_many :my_list_items has_many :my_items, :through => :my_list_items ... class MyListItem < ...

REST vs SOAP - Is SOAP really more secure than REST?

Hi folks, I am not an expert in SOAP, but from my knowledge SOAP is just an HTTP request formatted in XML in order to supply structured data. I need to implement a simple API with a list of parameters. I proposed using a simple REST interface, but I have been told that SOAP is more secure. Any ideas on this topic? ...

How do I send JSon as BODY In a POST request to server from an Android application?

Hi, I am working on my first Android Application. Now wat I want to do is to make a POST request to a restfull service running on server and I want the BODY of this request to be a JSon String. I am using GSon to generate the JSon to send to server. The code I am using to make the POST request follows: HttpPost requisicao = new Http...

How to add aditional rest routes to a nested resource in rails

I have a widget that has many links. In the routes file: map.resources :widgets, :has_many => [:links] I want to add a "sort" action to links. What do I need to add to the routes file, so I can write sort_widget_links_path(widget) Thanks, Deb ...

WCF DataContract DataMember order?

Is the xml that is created from your DataContract created in alphabetical order. I have a DataContract class defined as: [DataContract(Name = "User", Namespace = "")] public class User { [DataMember] public string FirstName { get; set; } [DataMember] public string LastName { get; set; } [DataMember] public strin...

Why can I only convert a Representation to a string once in RESTlet?

So, I'm trying to convert a Representation to a String or a StringWriter either using the getText() or write() method. It seems I can only call this method once successfully on a Representation... If I call the method again, it returns null or empty string on the second call. Why is this? I'd expect it to return the same thing every ...

REST API design: Tell the server to "refresh" a set of resources

We have a resource on a REST server ie /someResources/1 /someResources/2 /someResources/3 where "someResource" is a server representation of a distributed object far away. We want to tell the server to "refresh" its representation of that "distributed object" by looking at it out in the network & updating the server's cache ie we ca...

Querystring in REST Resource url

I had a discussion with a colleage today around using querystring in REST urls. take these 2 examples 1. http://localhost/findbyproductcode/4xxheua 2. http://localhost/findbyproductcode?productcode=4xxheua My stance was the urls should be designed as example 1. This is cleaner and what I think is correct within rest. In my eyes you wo...