Grails 2.2.0 URLMappings: Any way to use same URL with Different Verb

Question

I have the following:

"/api/users"(controller: "user") {
   action = [GET:"list"]
}

Doing a call to http://localhost:8080/platform/users I get a list of users back. Then I added this:

"/api/users"(controller: "user") {
   action = [POST:"save"]
}

And now I get a 404 and it is not hitting either method in UserController. I'd like to be able to use the same URL with the verb controlling which action. Am I doing this wrong or does Grails not support this?

Unsay

Answer 1

From the Grails docs: URL Mappings

static mappings = {
   "/product/$id"(controller:"product") {
       action = [GET:"show", PUT:"update", DELETE:"delete", POST:"save"]
   }
}

For your case:

"/api/users"(controller: "user") {
   action = [GET:"list",POST:"save"]
}

Jeannettajeannette

I feel like an idiot. I knew that. Must..get..sleep. Thanks James. – Unsay

What about if the methods are in separate controllers? Or for example /users goes to one action and /users/1111 goes to another? – Richman

@Richman than probably you have bad planned app structure. Remember also about redirects if it's more sophisticated. – Internecine

Answer 2

Check your userController to see if there is allowedMethods defined accordingly like this:

class UserController {

    static allowedMethods = [save: "POST", list: "GET"]

    def list() {
    .....
    }

    def save() {
    .....
    }
}

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