[FIXED] How to get raw JSON body in Spring REST controller?

Issue

The API below accept a json string from client, and the map it into a Email object. How can I get request body (email) as a raw String? (I want both raw-string and typed version of email parameter)

PS: This question is NOT a duplicate of: How to access plain json body in Spring rest controller?

@PostMapping(value = "/mailsender")
public ResponseEntity<Void> sendMail(@RequestBody Email email) {
    //...
    return new ResponseEntity<>(HttpStatus.OK);
}

Solution

You can do it in more than one way, listing two

 1. **Taking string as the paramater**,
     @PostMapping(value = "/mailsender")
        public ResponseEntity<Void> sendMail(@RequestBody String email) {
            //... the email is the string can be converted to Json using new JSONObject(email) or using jackson.
            return new ResponseEntity<>(HttpStatus.OK);
        }

 2. **Using Jackson** 
         @PostMapping(value = "/mailsender")
            public ResponseEntity<Void> sendMail(@RequestBody Email email) {
                //...
                ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper(); 
                String email = mapper.writeValueAsString(email); //this is in string now
                return new ResponseEntity<>(HttpStatus.OK);
            }

Answered By - Ankush Sharma