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how do i call web service from within a web service

i am really new to the REST world, or in fact the WebApp side of java, so please don't mind if it's a silly question.
I have a web page where pressing a button will call the following JS function:
function testFunction(){
$(document).ready(function() {
$.ajax({
url: "http://localhost:8080/test/webapi/myresource",
type: 'get',
success: function (data) {
console.log(data)
}
});
});
}
where the above url is handled by my OWN web service(which is in java), that is the above GET will call the following Web Service:
#Path("myresource")
public class MyResource {
#GET
#Produces(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
public String getIt() {
return "Got it!";
}}
All i wanna do here is instead of returning "Got It", i wanna call another javascript function(dedicated to handle server kind of request) involving EXTERNAL rest call such as this:
function externalResource() {
$(document).ready(function() {
$.ajax({
url: "any_external_rest_call",
type: 'get',
dataType: 'json',
success: function (data) {
document.getElementById('demo').innerHTML = "Perfect"
}
});
});
}
where i wanna return the data from the externalResource function to getIt() to finally the testFuntion(), i know its possible, but couldn't find much of the details online. It would be really helpful if someone could clear this up to me.

You cannot call JavaScript code from your REST method in Java. However, you can use the ClientBuilder of the javax.ws.rs.client package.
Your method could look like this:
#Path("myresource")
public class MyResource {
#GET
#Produces(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
public String getIt() {
client = ClientBuilder.newClient();
target = client.target("http://api.anotherRestService.com/details/")
return target.request(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
.get();
}
}
This is just an example, I didn't try it in a real environment, but this is how you can do it. Now, you can call with your JS method testFunction the REST method of your Java backend. In you REST method getIt you call another rest service with the created client. The result of the second rest call is returned to your JS method testFunction.

Take a look at his: RestTemplate. This is Spring, however. Seeing as you are using JAX-RS maybe take a look at this: Jersey.
The flow you describe is not possible, it is however possible to chain several requests while using data from the response of the previous response:
$(document).ready(function() {
$.ajax({
url: "http://localhost:8080/test/webapi/myresource1",
type: 'get',
success: function (data) {
$.ajax({
url: "http://localhost:8080/test/webapi/myresource2?id="+data.id,
type: 'get',
success: function (data) {
console.log(data)
}
});
}
});
});

If you wish to call another URL from your server, its a redirect call. Following would be an example server side code if you are using Spring framework.
#RequestMapping("/to-be-redirected")
public RedirectView localRedirect() {
RedirectView redirectView = new RedirectView();
redirectView.setUrl("http://www.google.com");
return redirectView;
}
As others have mentioned, you can also use Spring RestTemplate to do this.

ASP.Net MVC 5 using jQuery Ajax unable to send __RequestVerificationToken

I am using MVC 5 with jQuery and am having difficulties with posting the anti forgery token using Ajax. i have looked on SO at various fixes, but nothing appears to work.
I have the following code within my view.
#using (Html.BeginForm("None", "None", FormMethod.Post, new { #id = "js-form" }))
{
#Html.AntiForgeryToken()
....
other code
....
<button class="button-primary button expand js-button-search" type="button">Search</button>
}
Then using jQuery I have added an event handler to the button above by selecting the element via the class: js-button-search. The main Ajax call is as per below
$.ajax({
url: url,
method: 'POST',
dataType: "json",
contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
data: JSON.stringify(_self.JsonData),
success: function (result) {
// Success code
},
error: function (jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
// Failure code
}
});
Where my confusion is, is around the data parameter. I have an object which is populated on demand that contains a large amount of elements that can be used for searching.
The object takes the form of (shortened as we current have over 40 search fields):
_self.JsonData = { "searchData": {"DocIdFrom" : "426737", "DocIdTo" : "753675", "DocIdTypeSearch" : "between", "DocDateFrom" : "06/02/2017", "DocDateTo" : "", "DocDateTypeSearch" : "greater than", .....
etc...
}}
As you can see, the data is parsed using JSON.stringify. All of this work as long as the [ValidateAntiForgeryToken] attribute is commented out on the controller function.
Controller as follows:
[HttpPost]
//[ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
public JsonResult GetSearchResultsJson(SearchCriteria searchCriteria, int? page)
{
// code in here
}
When I uncomment the anti forgery attribute, the page stops working.
Now i know about the need to pass the token across with the post and have tried the following without success:
how-can-i-supply-an-antiforgerytoken-when-posting-json-data-using-ajax
asp-net-mvc-5-ajax-request-on-edit-page-error-requestverificationtoken-is-not
The main difference between what I have appears to be a complex object, but i think that is a red herring as Stringify converts the object into a string.
Sorry, forgot to add. Fiddler return the following message when the [ValidateAntiForgeryToken] is enabled
[Fiddler] ReadResponse() failed: The server did not return a complete response for this request. Server returned 0 bytes.

I would like to thank Stephen Muecke for providing the solution to the problem.
Firstly my Json object was converted to the following:
var data = { "__RequestVerificationToken":$('[name=__RequestVerificationToken]').val(),
"searchData":
{
"DocIdFrom" : "426737",
"DocIdTo" : "753675",
..............
etc
}
}
Then, I removed the contentType parameter from the Ajax call and stopped stingifying the Json data.
This has had the desired effect and now i can call the MVC controller using the [ValidateAntiForgeryToken] attribute.

You might pass RequestVerificationToken (AntiForgeryToken) on Ajax call by using one of the methods below:
Method I: When using serialize() or FormData() methods, it is not necessary to add the token to the data parameters separately (it will be included id the formdata parameter):
//Send the values of all form controls within the <form> tags including the token:
var formdata = $('#frmCreate').serialize();
//or
var formdata = new FormData($('#frmCreate').get(0));
Method II:
var token = $('[name=__RequestVerificationToken]').val();
$.post(url, { comment: comment, IssueID: postId, __RequestVerificationToken: token },
function (data) { … })
Then you can use the Controller as shown below:
[HttpPost]
[ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
public JsonResult AddComment(string comment, int IssueID){
//...
}

Ajax do not pass data to method using GET

I have a method which Is accesed using Get
[HttpGet]
[AdminAuthorization]
public ActionResult MakeReservation(ReservationModel m)
{
return PartialView(m);
}
here Ajax Code:
$.ajax({
url: "/DeviceUsage/MakeReservation",
type: "GET",
contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
dataType: 'json',
data: JSON.stringify({ data: Ids }),
error: function (data) {
alert("Dodanie nie powiodło się Jeden lub wiecej numerów seryjnych nie są unikalne " + data);
},
success: function (data) {
$('#ProperModal.modal-body').html(data);
$("#Modal").modal('show');
//if (data === "sukces") {
}
});
If I change method description and ajax type to POST function works. How should I modify this code to make it work wiht GET calls?

You need to use JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet in your controller. For more information you could read this answer on SO
And I think it is good practise to return Json (not PartialView) in your action (for ajax). If you want to return PartialView, you could use this technique

You don't need to explictly tell the HttpGet, By Default, it takes it as HttpGet, but if you put HttpPost attribute, then it does not work on Get Requests.
Same is the case for Jquery ajax, if you don't tell it, its get or post request, it by default makes a get request to server

Remove contentType and dataType: 'json' (this indicates you are returning json, but your code returns a partial view). And Remove JSON.stringify as jQuery accept your JS object directly. Haven't tested it, but it should work.

Getting JSON Object Result from $.post()

I'm attempting to call a web service via AJAX in a WebForms application.
My script looks something like this:
$.post('UpdateServer.asmx/ProcessItem',
'itemId=' + $(this).text(),
function (result) {
alert(result);
});
My web service looks something like this.
[WebService(Namespace = "http://tempuri.org/")]
[WebServiceBinding(ConformsTo = WsiProfiles.BasicProfile1_1)]
[System.ComponentModel.ToolboxItem(false)]
[System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptService]
public class UpdateServer : System.Web.Services.WebService
{
[WebMethod]
public string ProcessItem(int itemId)
{
return new JavaScriptSerializer().Serialize(
new { Success = true, Message = "Here I am!" });
}
}
The web method is called as expected and with the expected argument. However, the argument passed to my success function (last parameter to $.post()) is of type document and does not contain the Success and Message members that I'm expecting.
What's are the magic words so that I can get back the object I'm expecting?
EDIT
On closer inspection, I can find the data I'm looking for as follows:
result.childNodes[0].childNodes[0].data:
"{"Success":true,"Message":"Server successfully updated!"}"

The reason you're seeing that odd structure of nodes that end with JSON is because you're not calling the service the necessary way to coax JSON out of ASMX ScriptServices and then returning a JSON string anyway. So, the end result is that you're returning an XML document that contains a single value of that JSON string.
The two specific problems you're running into right now are that you're manually JSON serializing your return value and you're not calling the service with a Content-Type of application/json (.NET needs that to switch to JSON serializing the response).
Once you fixed those issues, you'd also run into an "invalid JSON primitive" error due to the data parameter being URL encoded instead of a valid JSON string.
To get it working, do this on the server-side:
[ScriptService]
public class UpdateServer : System.Web.Services.WebService
{
[WebMethod]
public object ProcessItem(int itemId)
{
return new { Success = true, Message = "Here I am!" };
}
}
You could also create a data transfer object (aka ViewModel) to return instead of using an anonymous type and object, if you want.
To successfully get raw JSON out of that, do this on the client-side:
$.ajax({
url: 'UpdateServer.asmx/ProcessItem',
type: 'post',
contentType: 'application/json',
data: '{"itemId":' + $(this).text() + '}',
success: function(result) {
// This will be { d: { Success: true, Message: "Here I am!" } }.
console.log(result);
}
});
If you have a few minutes, read through the posts in the communication section of jQuery for the ASP.NET developer. You'll find a lot of that information helpful as you continue down this path.
Note: The links that helmus left were relevant. Nothing has fundamentally changed between 2.0 and present with regards to using ASMX ScriptServices to communicate via JSON. If you're interested in the truly cutting edge approach to this problem in .NET, ASP.NET Web API is the way to go.

Add this attribute to your ProcessItem method:
[ScriptMethod(ResponseFormat = ResponseFormat.Json)]

Be more explicit in your $.post call.
$.ajax({
type:'post',
url:'UpdateServer.asmx/ProcessItem',
data: {'itemId':$(this).text()}
}).done(function (result) {
alert(result);
});

ASP.NET MVC submitting json array to controller as regular post request (nonajax)

All the examples of json I can find online only show how to submit json arrays w/ the jquery command $.ajax(). I'm submitting some data from a custom user control as a json array. I was wondering if it's possible to submit a json array as a regular post request to the server (like a normal form) so the browser renders the page returned.
Controller:
[JsonFilter(Param = "record", JsonDataType = typeof(TitleViewModel))]
public ActionResult SaveTitle(TitleViewModel record)
{
// save the title.
return RedirectToAction("Index", new { titleId = tid });
}
Javascript:
function SaveTitle() {
var titledata = GetData();
$.ajax({
url: "/Listing/SaveTitle",
type: "POST",
data: titledata,
contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
});
}
Which is called from a save button. Everything works fine but the browser stays on the page after submitting. I was thinking of returning some kind of custom xml from the server and do javascript redirect but it seems like a very hacky way of doing things. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

This is an old question but this might be useful for anyone finding it --
You could return a JsonResult with your new titleId from the web page
public ActionResult SaveTitle(TitleViewModel record) {
string tId = //save the title
return Json(tId)
}
and then on your ajax request add a success function:
function SaveTitle() {
var titledata = GetData();
$.ajax({
url: "/Listing/SaveTitle",
type: "POST",
data: titledata,
contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
success: function(data) { window.location = "/Listing/Index?titleId=" + data; }
});
}
That would redirect the page after a successful ajax request.
I just saw that you mentioned this at the end of your post but I think it is an easy and quick way of getting around the issue.

Phil Haack has a nice post discussing this scenario and shows the usage of a custom value provider instead of an action filter.

I don't understand why you would want to post Json if you're wanting to do a full page post. Why not just post normal form variables from the Html form element?