JAX-RS - @PUT with JQuery Example

HTML form only supports GET and POST. To use other HTTP Methods from a web browser, we can use JavaScript Ajax call. In this example we are using JQuery API.

Here's how an HTML Form along with JQuery can be used to make a PUT (and other HTTP methods) request.

 $("#the_form_id").submit(function(event){
           //disable default form submission
            event.preventDefault();
            var $form = $(this);

            $.ajax({
                type : 'PUT',
                url : url,
                contentType: 'application/json',
                data : form_data//should be converted fo json

                success : function(data, status, xhr){
                   //show success message
                },
                error: function(xhr, status, error){
                 //show error message
               }
           });
});

Example Project

Dependencies and Technologies Used:

• jersey-core-server 2.22.1: Jersey core server implementation.
• jersey-container-servlet 2.22.1: Jersey core Servlet 3.x implementation.
• jersey-media-moxy 2.22.1: Jersey JSON entity providers support module based on EclipseLink MOXy.
• jersey-test-framework-provider-jdk-http 2.22.1: Jersey Test Framework - JDK HTTP container.
• JDK 1.8
• Maven 3.0.4

Running the application:

Run the embedded tomcat server: d:\examples\jaxrs-jquery-form-put>mvn clean install tomcat7:run-war -DskipTests

Use the following link to submit the HTML form: http://localhost:8080/jaxrs-jquery-form-put/form.html

On sucessful submission you will see the response at the bottom with new resource URI

Now you can access the new resource at: http://localhost:8080/jaxrs-jquery-form-put/api/items/10

Create multiple items from the the HTML form.

To see all items use the resource link: http://localhost:8080/jaxrs-jquery-form-put/api/items