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jpmyob
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February 16, 2014
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coldfusion REST service, 404 not found

  • February 16, 2014
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I cannot seem to get my REST service to work... I get a 404 when I call the URL.

Im running Win 7, CF 10 developer, Apache webserver. I've developed on this for years, so the setup works - but this is my first go at REST services thru CF...

I mention that because CF is working, the dir and webserver are working etc.

Directory looks like this

C:\wwwroot\restTest

CODE - saved as "obj1.cfc" - ( Note: I've tried restpath with and without the / )

<cfcomponent restpath="/restTest" rest="true" >  
    <cffunction name="getMethod" access="remote" returntype="String" httpmethod="GET" >  
        <cfreturn "this is a string returned" />  
    </cffunction>  
</cfcomponent>

The coldfusion ADMIN setup looks like this

Root path: 'C:\wwwroot\restTest' Service Mapping: 'test'

I'm using the service mapping because I don't have an associated application name - no Application.cfc - I was trying to keep this super simple.

I get a green 'success' message when I set that path

Browse to - 

127.0.0.1/rest/test/restTest

result - 404

What am I doing wrong? It is my understanding that "/rest/" is a default mapped path in CF for routing the service - I may be wrong, but I know I read it somewhere - and the examples all use it.

I also believe I can change that either in the admin or in some XML file...

 
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BKBK
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BKBKCommunity Expert
Community Expert
February 17, 2014

C:\wwwroot\restTest

Move the directory to a location under the webroot, and it should then work.

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jpmyobAuthor
Inspiring
February 17, 2014

@BKBK - it is under the web root - I thought c:\wwwroot would be clear on that - my apache is mapped to c:\wwwroot..

Are you trying to say that is HAS to be under the CF default webroot??? because THAT seems 'propriatary' and silly -
As a production site would rarely (never, that I've seen) use CFs webserver - apache, or IIS or any other has their own root location
and mappings occure.

BKBK
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BKBKCommunity Expert
Community Expert
February 18, 2014

jpmyob wrote:

... Are you trying to say that is HAS to be under the CF default webroot???

No. I was just suggesting the simplest way to get REST working. Incidentally, by 'webroot' I mean webroot, not 'CF default webroot'.

I agree with you that any path to a directory containing a REST-enabled CFC should work. Let's debug your settings, one by one.

Directory looks like this

C:\wwwroot\restTest

CODE - saved as "obj1.cfc" - ( Note: I've tried restpath with and without the / )

<cfcomponent restpath="/restTest" rest="true" >  
    <cffunction name="getMethod" access="remote" 
                returntype="String" httpmethod="GET" >  
        <cfreturn "this is a string returned" />  
    </cffunction>  
</cfcomponent>

That is OK. However, try testing the alternative, <cfcomponent restpath="/myRestPath">. I remember once encountering some difficulties with both restpath and rest. For clarity, at least, you should also distinguish the directory name from the restpath name, hence myRestPath.

The coldfusion ADMIN setup looks like this

Root path: 'C:\wwwroot\restTest' Service Mapping: 'test'

That is OK, too. Now, to start anew, go to the Caching page of the ColdFusion Administrator and press the button to 'Clear Component Cache Now'.

Restart ColdFusion. Create and run a CFM page containing the following code:

<!--- Maintain case-sensitivity in the URL, just in case. Pun unintended--->

<cfhttp url="http://localhost/rest/test/myRestPath" method="get" result="restResult">

</cfhttp>

<cfdump var="#restResult#">

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