Can not post JSON data to JSON services

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 6.1.1 CE GA2, 6.1.20 EE GA2
• Fix Version/s: 6.1.1 CE GA2, 6.1.20 EE GA2
• Component/s: Portal Services > Legacy
• Labels: None
• Environment: Standalone REST client or Javascript client or Java client

When you invoke a JSON service, it is necessary to pass all data as application/x-www-form-urlencoded. It is not possible to pass JSON object in the post body using application/json.

For example, if we have data like shown below,

var data = {
  "serviceMethodName" : "createBar",
  "servletContextName" : "test-json-portlet",
  "serviceParameters" : ["userId","userName"],
  "userId" : 10194,
  "userName" : "test"
};

Then the following code does not work,

var url = "http://localhost:8080/api/json";
									
$.ajax({
  type : "POST",
  url : url,
  contentType : "application/json; charset=utf-8",
  dataType : "json",
  headers : {
    "Authorization" : "Basic dGVzdEBsaWZlcmF5LmNvbTp0ZXN0"
  },
  data : JSON.stringify(data),
  success : function(results) {
    console.log(results);
  } 
});