Question

I am using Java and Jersey for my REST web services. I want to have a put method that takes just one integer value. From this integer value I can then use business logic to update my database. Usually I am passing a custom DTO from my PUT as they often contain more than one piece of information. It seems a bit wasteful creating a custom DTO for just one value. Is it possible to pass this variable as a @PathParam with a PUT

I have tried

@PUT
@Path("apple/{pearId}")
public void doStuff(@PathParam("pearId") Integer pearId) {...}

but this does not work if I pass in

http://myurl/apple/123

I tried using REST client to PUT this but end up with a HTTP Status 403

Can I pass a variable as a PUT @PathParam?

Thanks

UPDATE: more details on error

The error is from REST Client

HTTP Status 403 -
type Status report
message
   descriptionAccess to the specified resource () has been forbidden

I will add logging now to see if I actually get into the method

Answer 1

You can definitely use @PathParam with a PUT. HTTP 403 means Forbidden. This error is probably not coming from Jersey. Where is that error coming from? Does your code throw that error?