The State of REST

The S in REST stands for State. Unfortunately, state is an overloaded word. In this post I’ll discuss the two…

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Spring Rest API with Swagger – Exposing documentation

Once you create API documentation it is important to make it available to the stakeholders. In ideal case, this published documentation…

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Java EE 7 / JAX-RS 2.0 – CORS on REST

Java EE REST application usually works well out of the box on a development machine where all server side resources…

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How To Return Error Details From REST APIs

The HTTP protocol uses status codes to return error information. This facility, while extremely useful, is too limited for many…

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Spring Rest API with Swagger – Creating documentation

The real key to making your REST API easy to use is good documentation. But even if your documentation is…

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Java EE 7 / JAX-RS 2.0: Simple REST API Authentication & Authorization with Custom HTTP Header

REST has made a lot of conveniences when it comes to implementing web services with the already available HTTP protocol…

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Spring Rest API with Swagger – Integration and configuration

Nowadays, exposed APIs are finally getting the attention they deserve and companies are starting to recognize their strategic value. However,…

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How To Control Access To REST APIs

Exposing your data or application through a REST API is a wonderful way to reach a wide audience. The downside…

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Poking around your REST application with a scriptable endpoint

I love the fact that JDK comes with a ScriptEngine. It’s so flexible when you want to evaluate and troubleshoot…

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