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how to extract the (json) string out of a (Akka-http) RequestEntity

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Robin Bakkerus

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Jan 16, 2015, 8:26:48 AM1/16/15
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Can some one help me with (I think) a very simply question, but one I could not figure out myself yet.

It is about how extract the (json) string out of the RequestEntity, inside a HttpRequest

From the command line I give a command like this:
curl -i -H "Accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type:application/json" -X POST --data '{"value":{"id":1}' http://localhost:8000/saveTsta

And this should be handled by an Akka-http server like this:

 def requestHandler(req: HttpRequest): Future[HttpResponse] = req match {
    case HttpRequest(POST, Uri.Path("/saveTsta"), _, _, _)    => saveTsta(req)
    case _: HttpRequest                                       => unknownReq(req)
  }


def saveTsta(req: HttpRequest): Future[HttpResponse] = {
    val entity:RequestEntity = req.entity
    
    val json:String = how_do_get_the_json_data_out_of(entity) ???
}

Txs in advance

Ian Holsman

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Jan 16, 2015, 6:49:49 PM1/16/15
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I'm not saying this is the best way..

val postDataF: Future[ByteString] =
entity.dataBytes.fold(ByteString("")) { (z, i) => z.concat(i)}
val postData: String = Await.result(postDataF, 50.millis).decodeString("UTF-8")
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Robin Bakkerus

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Jan 17, 2015, 1:56:17 AM1/17/15
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Txs Ian, your solution works but now I am running into another problem. In the result string all quotes are lost!

In my earlier post, I only included a very small porting of the cmd-line. In practice this cmd line looks more like this:
curl -i -H "Accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type:application/json" -X POST --data '{"value":{"id":null,"ofd":null,"name":"VSKkD","count":4981,"flag":false}'

after running your code, println(postDate) gives:
'{value:{id:null,ofd:null,name:VSKkD,count:4981,flag:false}'

Any idea how to extract the origial json string ?


Op zaterdag 17 januari 2015 00:49:49 UTC+1 schreef Ian Holsman:

Mohamed Ragab

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Mar 22, 2015, 3:34:58 AM3/22/15
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Again, not necessarily the best solution but ..

Note: Some of the code here is in Java, so you will need to do some digging/translation

Modifying the akka.http.marshallers.jackson.Jackson (Scala)
(possibly creating your own copy with the modifications)

Adding the following

def jsonAsString(): Unmarshaller[String] =
UnmarshallerImpl[String] { (_ec, _flowMaterializer) ⇒
implicit val ec = _ec
implicit val mat = _flowMaterializer
unmarshalling.Unmarshaller.messageUnmarshallerFromEntityUnmarshaller { // isn't implicitly inferred for unknown reasons
unmarshalling.Unmarshaller.stringUnmarshaller
.forContentTypes(`application/json`)
}
}(ClassTag(classOf[String]))


You can then use the RequestVal (java)

RequestVal<String> jsonStringExtractor = RequestVals.entityAs(MyJackson.jsonAsString());

To extract the JSON String

@Override
public Route createRoute() {
return route(
pathPrefix("jsontest").route(
post(handleWith(stringParser, (ctx, theRequest) -> {
System.out.println("JSON String :: "+theRequest);
return ctx.complete(createHttpResponse("OK"));
})))
);


Hope this helps, feedback is more than welcome

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Mark Hatton

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Mar 24, 2015, 9:52:37 AM3/24/15
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Hi Robin,

Have you considered using an Akka HTTP route (akin to a spray route)?  E.g.:

val route = path("saveTsta")(
  post(
    entity(as[String]){
      json =>
        System.out.println(json)
        complete(StatusCodes.OK)
    }
  )
)

Complete gist: https://gist.github.com/markhatton/17b586982f1beab30425

Mark

Phillip Taylor

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May 2, 2020, 2:19:56 AM5/2/20
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Not only does this answer require you to have the appropriate json libraries to map from a JObject back to a string  - It can be subtly broken in that its doing String -> Json representation -> String transformation, ergo, nulls and nones, whitespace and other changes are all subject to be misrepresented compared to what was genuinely posted to the service. Use it with caution.
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