Send redirect from a JAX-RS service

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Is it possible to have a JAX-RS web service redirect to another web page?

Like as you would do with Servlet response.sendRedirect("http://test/test.html").

The JAX-RS web service should itself redirect. I'm using RESTEasy if that's relevant.

The question is not clear, do you mean that the rest response should itself redirect, or that it should return a url that the caller can use as a destination url? — Ben Parsons, Feb 24 '12 at 17:46
Here's a complete example: http://stackoverflow.com/a/13265693/712526 — jpaugh, Mar 02 '16 at 16:16

score 57 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 31 '19 at 18:18

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Yes, you can do this in Jersey or any JAX-RS implementation (including RestEasy) if your return type is a Response (or HttpServletResponse) https://eclipse-ee4j.github.io/jersey.github.io/apidocs/1.19.1/jersey/javax/ws/rs/core/Response.html

You can use either of the following:

Response.temporaryRedirect(URI)

Response.seeOther(URI)

"Temporary Redirect" returns a 307 status code while "See Other" returns 303.

edited Dec 31 '19 at 18:18

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answered Feb 24 '12 at 21:11

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Then it's done the same way because they both use javax.ws.rs.core.Response. – smcg Feb 24 '12 at 23:16
This link is broken – Pratik Singhal Jul 02 '17 at 02:53
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What if I want to return a permanent redirect (301) ? Should I use temporaryRedirect or seeOther or another method ? – ihebiheb Jun 14 '19 at 13:59
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And what about for 302? – ndtreviv Aug 15 '19 at 12:57

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 29 '20 at 09:03

For those like me looking for 302 that fall on this answer.

By looking the code of

Response.temporaryRedirect(URI)

You can customize your response code like this :

Response.status(int).location(URI).build()

Note that status code are define in enum

Response.Status

And for example 302 is Response.Status.FOUND

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered May 16 '20 at 22:59

Extending smcg@ answer above,

You can achieve this by altering the request context in a ContainerRequestFilter by using ContainerRequestContext.setRequestUri(URI). If you see the JAX-RS specification (Section 6.2) here, there is a mention of @PreMatching request filters. According to the documentation;

A ContainerRequestFilter that is annotated with @PreMatching is executed upon receiving a client request but before a resource method is matched. Thus, this type of filter has the ability to modify the input to the matching algorithm (see Section 3.7.2) and, consequently, alter its outcome.

A very naive filter can be like this;

@PreMatching
class RedirectFilter: ContainerRequestFilter {
    override fun filter(requestContext: ContainerRequestContext?) {

      requestContext!!.setRequestUri(URI.create("<redirect_uri>"))
    }
}

I haven't downvoted your reply. Please can you provide your example in Java rather than in Kotlin? — gouessej, Sep 21 '22 at 21:19

Send redirect from a JAX-RS service

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