Spring MVC 3.1 REST services post method return 415 - rest

Question

I'm doing a Spring MVC controller and I still get problem with POST operation.
I've read many solutions on stackoverflow without to fix my problem.
My achievement at the moment :
I sent a GET request with an Id and return an Object converted to JSON successfully.
I failed to send a POST request with a JSON body, return = 415 UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE
1) I added to my pom.xml the Jackson API : 1.8.5
2) My Spring configuration file:
I added all necessary parts :
viewResolver
org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter
MappingJacksonHttpMessageConverter
mvc:annotation-driven
scan my controllers
3) My model object is simple : an Account with Id, Name and an amount
#Document
public class Account implements Serializable {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 9058933587701674803L;
#Id
private String id;
private String name;
private Double amount=0.0;
// and all get and set methods
4) and finally my simplified Controller class :
#Controller
public class AdminController {
#RequestMapping(value="/account", method=RequestMethod.POST,
headers = {"content-type=application/json"})
#ResponseStatus( HttpStatus.CREATED )
public void addAccount(#RequestBody Account account){
log.debug("account from json request " + account);
}
#RequestMapping(value="/account/{accountId}", method=RequestMethod.GET)
#ResponseBody
public Account getAccount(#PathVariable("accountId") long id){
log.debug("account from json request " + id);
return new Account();
}
}
5) On client side I've just executed curl commands :
The successfully GET command :
curl -i -GET -H 'Accept: application/json' http://myhost:8080/compta/account/1
The POST command which failed:
curl -i -POST -H 'Accept: application/json' -d '{"id":1,"name":"test",amount:"0.0"}' http://myhost:8080/compta/account
Any ideas where I'm going wrong?

Answer 1

Well, "UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE" should be a hint. Your curl command is actually sending:
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Simply add explicit Content-Type header and you're good to go:
curl -v -i -POST -H 'Accept: application/json' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"id":1,"name":"test",amount:"0.0"}' http://myhost:8080/compta/account

Answer 2

Try this :
curl -i -POST -H "Accept: application/json" -H "Content-type: application/json" -d '{"id":1,"name":"test",amount:"0.0"}' http://myhost:8080/compta/account