Grails REST 404 when hitting anything other than index - rest

Question

When following http://grails.org/doc/latest/guide/webServices.html#restfulControllers in order to create RESTful webservices, I am getting 404 error when I hit anything other than index.
in my Bootstrap.groovy I have
def init = { servletContext ->
new Restaurant(title:"mourne seafood").save()
new Restaurant(title:"RBG").save()
}
in my Restaurant.groovy domain class i have
class Restaurant {
String title
static constraints = {
}
}
and in my RestaurantController.groovy REST controller I have
import grails.rest.*;
class RestaurantController extends RestfulController {
static responseFormats = ['json', 'xml']
RestaurantController() {
super(Restaurant)
}
}
I thought when reading the above link that if I call
GET <domain>/restaurant
It would call the index method, which is fine, this works, however when I call
GET <domain>/restaurant/1
I thought it should call the show method with 1 as the id? However I am getting a 404. It works correctly when I hit GET <domain>/restaurant/show/2 am I wrong in thinking that when the docs say
GET /books/${id} show in the mapping table that I shouldnt have to explicitly put show in the URL?

Answer 1

I know It sucks but here it is:
You need to create a generic rest controller and annotate the domain class pointing to it.
First delete the RestaurantController.groovy
Then create a BaseRestController (inside the src/main/groovy folder)
src/main/groovy/BaseRestController.groovy
import grails.rest.*;
class BaseRestController<T> extends RestfulController<T> {
BaseRestController(Class<T> domainClass) {
this(domainClass, false)
}
BaseRestController(Class<T> domainClass, boolean readOnly) {
super(domainClass, readOnly)
}
#Override
def show() {
println 'showing...'
respond queryForResource(params.id)
}
}
Ps. I just override the index action to show it works
Now you can annotate the domain class
grails-app/domain/Restaurant.groovy
import grails.rest.*
#Resource(uri='/restaurants', formats=['json', 'xml'], superClass=BaseRestController)
class Restaurant {
String title
static constraints = {
}
}
You need to specify the formats in the domain class and not in the controller. Otherwise it will be ignored and XML will be default.
I named the api endpoint as restaurants instead of the grails default restaurant
Now you can HTTP your RestFull app e.g. http://localhost:8080/restaurants/1