Http Post request with content type application/x-www-form-urlencoded not working in Spring

Question

Am new to spring currently am trying to do HTTP POST request application/x-www-form-url encoded but when i keep this in my headers then spring not recognizing it an

Answer 1

Remove @ResponseBody annotation from your use parameters in method. Like this;

   @Autowired
    ProjectService projectService;

    @RequestMapping(path = "/add", method = RequestMethod.POST)
    public ResponseEntity createNewProject(Project newProject){
        Project project = projectService.save(newProject);

        return new ResponseEntity(project,HttpStatus.CREATED);
    }