RestTemplate: How to send URL and query parameters together

Solution 1:

I would use buildAndExpand from UriComponentsBuilder to pass all types of URI parameters.

For example:

String url = "http://test.com/solarSystem/planets/{planet}/moons/{moon}";

// URI (URL) parameters
Map<String, String> urlParams = new HashMap<>();
urlParams.put("planet", "Mars");
urlParams.put("moon", "Phobos");

// Query parameters
UriComponentsBuilder builder = UriComponentsBuilder.fromUriString(url)
        // Add query parameter
        .queryParam("firstName", "Mark")
        .queryParam("lastName", "Watney");

System.out.println(builder.buildAndExpand(urlParams).toUri());
/**
 * Console output:
 * http://test.com/solarSystem/planets/Mars/moons/Phobos?firstName=Mark&lastName=Watney
 */

restTemplate.exchange(builder.buildAndExpand(urlParams).toUri() , HttpMethod.PUT,
        requestEntity, class_p);

/**
 * Log entry:
 * org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate Created PUT request for "http://test.com/solarSystem/planets/Mars/moons/Phobos?firstName=Mark&lastName=Watney"
 */

Solution 2:

An issue with the answer from Michal Foksa is that it adds the query parameters first, and then expands the path variables. If query parameter contains parenthesis, e.g. {foobar}, this will cause an exception.

The safe way is to expand the path variables first, and then add the query parameters:

String url = "http://test.com/Services/rest/{id}/Identifier";
Map<String, String> params = new HashMap<String, String>();
params.put("id", "1234");
URI uri = UriComponentsBuilder.fromUriString(url)
        .buildAndExpand(params)
        .toUri();
uri = UriComponentsBuilder
        .fromUri(uri)
        .queryParam("name", "myName")
        .build()
        .toUri();
restTemplate.exchange(uri , HttpMethod.PUT, requestEntity, class_p);