Hi Florian,
You may have a look at the PostReplaceFilter [1], which does exactly
what you want.
You only need to insert intended HTTP method (GET in this case) into the
X-HTTP-Method-Override
request header.
~Jakub
[1]
http://jersey.java.net/nonav/apidocs/latest/jersey/com/sun/jersey/api/container/filter/PostReplaceFilter.html
On 2.8.2011 10:43, Florian Hehlen wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Warning: this issue breaks RESTful principles... but such is life
>
> I have a situation where some of the possible more complex GET
> requests being done on my API are to long. These are primarily bulk
> requests for data and so I can split these requests into sub requests.
> This has the nasty effect of hindering performance which is the thing
> I am trying to avoid with these bulk requests.
>
> Is there an easy way to convert a GET to a POST so as to avoid these
> kinds of problems and not have to support to completely different end
> points on the server side? I know this is not what POST is supposed to
> be used for but I really need to be able to handle these corner cases.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Florian
>
>
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