JaxRS location header response

reminder · 31 Oct 2021

Add @Context UriInfo uriInfo to your method:

import javax.ws.rs.core.UriInfo;
import javax.ws.rs.core.Context;

  ...
  public Response create(
    @NotNull RequestHttpModel request,
    @Context UriInfo uriInfo
  ){
  ...
  }

Use method getRequestUriBuilder() from uriInfo to add to the path the id of the new resource.

...
var locationHeader = uriInfo.getRequestUriBuilder().path(id).build()
...

Add this location header to the Response

...
return Response.create(locationHEader).build();
...