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Introduction to VRaptor in Java 1. Overview In this article, we’ll have a look at VRaptor, a simple and straightforward Java MVC web framework which utilizes Java Contexts and Dependency Injection technology and is easy to grasp. Just like Spring – it relies heavily on annotations and works great with… Continue Reading vraptor
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A Guide to RESTEasy 1. Introduction JAX-RS (Java API for RESTful Web Services) is a set of Java API that provides support in creating REST APIs. And the framework makes good use of annotations to simplify the development and deployment of these APIs. In this tutorial, we’ll use RESTEasy, the… Continue Reading resteasy-tutorial
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ETags for REST with Spring 1. Overview This article will focus on working with ETags in Spring, integration testing of the REST API and consumption scenarios with curl. Further reading: Introduction to Spring REST Docs This article introduces Spring REST Docs, a test-driven mechanism to generate documentation for RESTful services… Continue Reading etags-for-rest-with-spring
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REST API Discoverability and HATEOAS 1. Overview This article will focus on Discoverability of the REST API, HATEOAS and practical scenarios driven by tests. 2. Why Make the API Discoverable Discoverability of an API is a topic that doesn’t get enough well-deserved attention. As a consequence, very few APIs get… Continue Reading restful-web-service-discoverability
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REST Assured Authentication 1. Overview In this tutorial, we’ll analyze how we can authenticate with REST Assured to test and validate a secured API properly. The tool provides support for several authentication schemes: Basic Authentication Digest Authentication Form Authentication OAuth 1 and OAuth 2 And we’ll see examples for each… Continue Reading rest-assured-authentication
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Getting Started with GraphQL and Spring Boot 1. Introduction GraphQL is a relatively new concept from Facebook that is billed as an alternative to REST for Web APIs. This article will give an introduction to setting up a GraphQL server using Spring Boot so that it can be added to… Continue Reading spring-graphql
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Spring JSON-P with Jackson 1. Overview If you’ve been developing anything on the web, you’re aware of the same-origin policy constraint browsers have when dealing with AJAX requests. The simple overview of the constraint is that any request originating from a different domain, schema or port, will not be permitted.… Continue Reading spring-jackson-jsonp
Explore Jersey Request Parameters 1. Introduction Jersey is a popular Java framework for creating RESTful web services. In this tutorial, we’ll explore how to read different request parameter types via a simple Jersey project. 2. Project Setup Using Maven archetypes, we’ll be able to generate a working project for our… Continue Reading jersey-request-parameters
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How to Compress Requests Using the Spring RestTemplate 1. Introduction In this short tutorial, we’ll look at how to send HTTP requests containing compressed data. In addition, we’ll look at how to configure a Spring web application so it handles compressed requests. 2. Sending Compressed Requests Firstly, let’s create a… Continue Reading spring-resttemplate-compressing-requests
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Authentication Against a REST Service with Spring Security REST Spring Security Authentication RestTemplate Table of Contents 1. Overview 2. The Goal 3. The Client 4. Testing the Authentication Service 5. Conclusion 1. Overview This article is focused on how to authenticate against a secure REST API that provides a RESTful… Continue Reading authentication-against-a-third-party-service
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