How to get PUT request data using Java Play Framework 2.0.3 and easyXDM

Question

I am trying to call my own web service (Java Play 2.0.3) from a web application using easyXDM

this is my code on the client side (web):

  var formValues = {
           email: $('#editUserEmail').val(),
           first_name: $('#editUserFirstName').val(),
           last_name: $('#editUserLastName').val()
  };

  this.xhr.request({
           url: "http://restserver.dev:9000/users/" + this.model.get('id'),
           method: "PUT",
           data: formValues
        }, function(response){
           console.log(response.data);

           var jsonResponse = JSON.parse(response.data);

           if (jsonResponse.status == 'success'){
              alert("saved successfully");
           }

        });

Here is code for the server (Java) :

  final Map<String, String[]> values = request().body()
    .asFormUrlEncoded();

    // validating
    if (values.containsKey("first_name"))
        db_user.first_name  = values.get("first_name")[0];
    if (values.containsKey("last_name"))
        db_user.last_name = values.get("last_name")[0];
    if (values.containsKey("email"))
        db_user.email = values.get("email")[0];

It works fine for POST method, but whenever I tried using PUT method, somehow the server can't get the PUT request body data (values is null). I change it to POST with the same code and it works fine. Did I do something wrong on the client or server side?

Thanks!

Answer 1

As far as I remember not all browsers support PUT on Ajax requests. This may the reason you are having an issue here. For cross-browser compatibility, you should stick to GET/POST on Ajax calls.