Sample REST shell interaction

rest_shell_example.txt

+-( restsh ):> bin/restsh

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Welcome to the REST shell. For assistance hit TAB or type "help".
http://localhost:8080:> discover 
rel                href                                 
========================================================
child              http://localhost:8080/child          
address            http://localhost:8080/address        
family             http://localhost:8080/family         
parent             http://localhost:8080/parent         
customerTracker    http://localhost:8080/customerTracker
customer           http://localhost:8080/customer       
peeps              http://localhost:8080/people         
profile            http://localhost:8080/profile        

http://localhost:8080:> baseUri people
Base URI set to 'http://localhost:8080/people'
http://localhost:8080/people:> discover 
rel             href                               
===================================================
peeps.Person    http://localhost:8080/people/1     
peeps.Person    http://localhost:8080/people/2     
peeps.Person    http://localhost:8080/people/3     
peeps.Person    http://localhost:8080/people/4     
peeps.search    http://localhost:8080/people/search

http://localhost:8080/people:> get 1
> GET http://localhost:8080/people/1

< 200 OK
< Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:31:48 GMT
< ETag: "2"
< Content-Length: 391
< Content-Type: application/json
< Server: Jetty(8.1.5.v20120716)
< 
{
  "links" : [ {
    "rel" : "self",
    "href" : "http://localhost:8080/people/1"
  }, {
    "rel" : "peeps.Person.profiles",
    "href" : "http://localhost:8080/people/1/profiles"
  }, {
    "rel" : "peeps.Person.addresses",
    "href" : "http://localhost:8080/people/1/addresses"
  }, {
    "rel" : "added-link",
    "href" : "http://localhost:8080/people"
  } ],
  "name" : "John Doe"
}
http://localhost:8080/people:> header --name Accept --value application/x-spring-data-compact+json
{
  "Accept" : "application/x-spring-data-compact+json"
}
http://localhost:8080/people:> get
> GET http://localhost:8080/people/
> Accept: application/x-spring-data-compact+json

< 200 OK
< Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:32:16 GMT
< Content-Length: 546
< Content-Type: application/json
< Server: Jetty(8.1.5.v20120716)
< 
{
  "links" : [ {
    "rel" : "peeps.Person",
    "href" : "http://localhost:8080/people/1"
  }, {
    "rel" : "peeps.Person",
    "href" : "http://localhost:8080/people/2"
  }, {
    "rel" : "peeps.Person",
    "href" : "http://localhost:8080/people/3"
  }, {
    "rel" : "peeps.Person",
    "href" : "http://localhost:8080/people/4"
  }, {
    "rel" : "peeps.search",
    "href" : "http://localhost:8080/people/search"
  } ],
  "content" : [ ],
  "page" : {
    "size" : 20,
    "totalElements" : 4,
    "totalPages" : 1,
    "number" : 1
  }
}
http://localhost:8080/people:> post --data "{name:"Janice Doe"}"
> POST http://localhost:8080/people/
> Accept: application/x-spring-data-compact+json

< 201 CREATED
< Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:32:41 GMT
< Location: http://localhost:8080/people/5
< Content-Length: 0
< Content-Type: application/x-spring-data-compact+json
< Server: Jetty(8.1.5.v20120716)
< 

http://localhost:8080/people:> get 5
> GET http://localhost:8080/people/5
> Accept: application/x-spring-data-compact+json

< 200 OK
< Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:32:43 GMT
< ETag: "0"
< Content-Length: 393
< Content-Type: application/json
< Server: Jetty(8.1.5.v20120716)
< 
{
  "links" : [ {
    "rel" : "peeps.Person.addresses",
    "href" : "http://localhost:8080/people/5/addresses"
  }, {
    "rel" : "self",
    "href" : "http://localhost:8080/people/5"
  }, {
    "rel" : "peeps.Person.profiles",
    "href" : "http://localhost:8080/people/5/profiles"
  }, {
    "rel" : "added-link",
    "href" : "http://localhost:8080/people"
  } ],
  "name" : "Janice Doe"
}
http://localhost:8080/people:>