Converting JSON array into Java List<String> with Spring MVC

Question

I have a list of string in my JavaScript code which I send via jQuery to a REST based service as follows:

var ids = []; 
$("input:checked").each(function() {
    ids.push(this.id);
});
var selectedIds = JSON.stringify(ids);
$.post("/todonotes/tasks/removeTask", selectedIds,function(e) {
}, "json");

As you can see, I convert a JavaScript array into a JSON array.

Now, in the server side, I use Spring MVC and Jackson to receive and parse the input JSON:

@RequestMapping(value="/tasks/removeTask", method = RequestMethod.POST)
public @ResponseBody String removeTask(@RequestBody List<String> selectedIds) {
    ...
}

But I always get:

HTTP Status 415 - 

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type Status report message 

description The server refused this request because the request entity is in a format     not supported by the requested resource for the requested method.

I tried to remove the quotes from the JSON object, and also tried using @RequestParam without success.

Update as per OQJF suggestion:

I modified my post request as follows:

$.post("/todonotes/tasks/removeTask", {selectedIds: selectedIds},function(e) {  
}, "json");

Now my controller method gets called, but each List element is populated with the double quotes and brackets. This the List argument:

[["15", "21"]]

So e.g. the first element looks like:

["15"

I would prefer not to parse each String element of the List.

I also tried removing the JSON.stringify conversion but my controller didn't even get called. With this I got:

HTTP Status 400 - Required List parameter 'selectedIds' is not present

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type Status report

message Required List parameter 'selectedIds' is not present

description The request sent by the client was syntactically incorrect.

Update

I tried to create an object to hold my ids, as follows:

public class TaskIdHolder {
    
    private String[] selectedIds;

    public String[] getSelectedIds() {
        return selectedIds;
    }

    public void setSelectedIds(String[] selectedIds) {
        this.selectedIds = selectedIds;
    }
}

Then I modified my controller method signature:

public @ResponseBody String removeTask(@RequestBody TaskIdHolder selectedIds) {

And my JSON request looks like this:

{"selectedIds":["15"]}

I also modified my jQuery code as per Andrei's suggestion:

var data = JSON.stringify({selectedIds:selectedIds});
$.post("/todonotes/tasks/removeTask", data, function(e) {

Where selectedIds is a JavaScript array.

But now I get:

POST http://localhost:8080/todonotes/tasks/removeTask 415 (Unsupported Media Type)

may be stackoverflow.com/questions/11492325/… can help you with updated question. — Anuj Patel
– Anuj Patel, Commented Mar 23, 2013 at 16:02
One of the solutions in this post has worked for me. Thanks. — Gonzalo Garcia Lasurtegui
– Gonzalo Garcia Lasurtegui, Commented Mar 24, 2013 at 18:14

Jeffrey Bauer · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-17 02:37:01Z

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As I know that you don't need to use JSON.stringify(), your code can be like this:

var ids = []; 
$("input:checked").each(function() {
    ids.push(this.id);
});

$.post("/todonotes/tasks/removeTask", $.param({'id': ids}, true),function(e) {
}, "json");

And on the server side, you should specify the value of:

public methodName(@RequestParam("id") List<String> selectedIds)

edited Jan 17, 2014 at 2:37

Jeffrey Bauer

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answered Mar 23, 2013 at 13:25

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user2608369 · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-28 22:03:58Z

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Try the following, no need to change your controller's method signature or create an object to hold your ids.

$.post("/todonotes/tasks/removeTask", {selectedIds: selectedIds.join(',')},function(e) {  
}, "json");

That way you'll be sending your ids like selectedIds: id1,id2,id3 which is how the Controller is expecting them to be if you declare your request param to be String[] or List<String> (works for both scenarios).

answered Jan 28, 2014 at 22:03

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Andrei · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-23 13:59:18Z

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Try giving the the request parameter an explicit name:

$.post("/todonotes/tasks/removeTask", {selectedIds: selectedIds},...

Update. You can also try to stringify the whole request data object to JSON:

var data = {selectedIds: selectedIds};
$.post("/todonotes/tasks/removeTask", JSON.stringify(data),...

edited Mar 23, 2013 at 13:59

answered Mar 23, 2013 at 13:18

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Gonzalo Garcia Lasurtegui Over a year ago

Thanks. Got some progress. I still have some issues with the List argument. Please see my question updated.

Andrei Over a year ago

@GonzaloGarciaLasurtegui, please have a look at the updated answer - this should help.

Gonzalo Garcia Lasurtegui Over a year ago

I tried this with @RequestBody annotation. Please see a new update in my question.

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