Java/Quarkus how to identify the Content-type of the incoming request

[Aravinda93]

Hello,

I am developing a Rest-API application using Java/Quarkus. My POST API accepts XML/JSON contents. I would like to identify the type of MediaType of the incoming data based on which I need to make a request to another API by setting the appropriate content-type.

Following is the code I have so far:

import javax.ws.rs.Consumes;
import javax.ws.rs.POST;
import javax.ws.rs.Path;
import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;

@Path("/api")
public class DataGenerator {

    @Path("/generate")
    @POST
    @Consumes({MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON, MediaType.APPLICATION_XML})
    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
    public String generateData(String input) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
        final HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder(URI.create("https://example.com/example"))
                .header("content-type", "application/json")
                .POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString(input))
                .build();
        return HttpClient.newHttpClient().send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString()).body();
    }
}

As you can see my input can be XML/JSON. If JSON then I would like to set header("content-type", "application/json") else if the input is XML then I would like to set header("content-type", "application/xml").

Based on the content-type the URL https://example.com/example calls out a different method to generate the response.

As of now, the function is working accurately for JSON but I am unable to handle the XML Input. Can someone please let me know how can I find the incoming Input MediaType?

I am unable to understand how to do it for the Quarkus-based application? I would like to handle this within this application rather than handling in the external application.

[Aravinda93]

Found the answer, posting here as it can be useful to someone else in the future:

@POST
    @Produces(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
    @Consumes({MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON, MediaType.APPLICATION_XML})
    public String hello(@HeaderParam("Content-Type") String contentType, String data) {
        return String.format("Data: %s%nContent-Type: %s", data, contentType);
    }