REST/JSON Web Services

This page provides information on how to implement JSON/REST based Web Services with Java.

Java

I recommend using Jersey for Java REST services.

Tutorials

• REST with Java (JAX-RS) using Jersey - Tutorial using Eclipse

Important Notes

Please add the following snippet to the project’s web.xml to enable the automatic translation of more complex data types such as Map, List or Objects.

    <init-param>
        <param-name>com.sun.jersey.api.json.POJOMappingFeature</param-name>
        <param-value>true</param-value>
    </init-param>   

Python

Tutorials for querying JSON/REST Web Services from Python:

• Make Yahoo! Web Service REST calls with Python