Jersey client exception: A message body writer was not found

Question

I am using Jersey client to hit a PHP web service for image uploading functionality. I am getting the following exception:

Caused by: com.sun.jersey.api.clie         


        

Answer 1

I faced the same issue. It got solved by changing maven dependency for jersey-multipart jar from 1.0.2 to 1.8 version (Used the same dependency in client side as well as provider side.

             
                com.sun.jersey.contribs
                jersey-multipart
                1.8
             

Here's the complete piece of code I'm using

File file = new File("E:/Goodies/tmp/sparrow.jpg");
byte[] logo = FileUtils.readFileToByteArray(file);

MultiPart multiPart = new MultiPart().bodyPart(new BodyPart(logo, MediaType.APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM_TYPE));

// POST the request
try{
ClientResponse response = service.type("multipart/mixed").post(ClientResponse.class, multiPart);
System.out.println("Response Status : " + response.getEntity(String.class));
}catch(Exception e){
    e.printStackTrace();
}

and in the webservice:

@POST
@Consumes("multipart/mixed")
@Path("/upload")
public Response post(MultiPart multiPart) {

    BodyPartEntity bpe = (BodyPartEntity) multiPart.getBodyParts().get(0)
            .getEntity();

    boolean isProcessed = false;
    String message = null;
    try {
        InputStream source = bpe.getInputStream();
        BufferedImage bi = ImageIO.read(source);

        File file = new File("E:/Goodies/tmp" + "123.jpg");

        // storing the image to file system.
        if (file.isDirectory()) {
            ImageIO.write(bi, "jpg", file);
        } else {
            file.mkdirs();
            ImageIO.write(bi, "jpg", file);
        }
        isProcessed = true;
    } catch (Exception e) {
        message = e.getMessage();
    }