[SOLVED] Retrieve the request body string sent in POST request in play framework java

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?

Solution

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