Spring Mvc and MediaType for consumes in @RequestMapping for a get rest request

Question

I'm implementing a REST application using Spring Boot. I want to specify the consumes parameter for the @RequestMapping annotation. The rest call should be something like:

http: // mysite.com/resource/123

In the controller I handle this as follows:

    @RequestMapping(value = "/resource/{id}", method = RequestMethod.GET, 
consumes = XXX, produces = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
    @ResponseBody
    public Scenario getResource(@PathVariable("id") final long id) {
        //...
    }

The default value, i.e. all, is obvious and not specific. So, which should be the correct MediaType for consumes?

Solution

According to the documentation, consumes has to match the value of Content-Type header so the value you need to send for the mapping depends on what the client sets in the header.

Comments

[JeanValjean]

What about the example with the id? Which would be the correct MediaType?

[jny]

What are you trying to achieve? Are you askig what is the right way from the REST point of view?

[JeanValjean]

Yes, exactly. Any idea?