Jquery – HTTP Status 415 – Unsupported Media Type for AJAX call in JQUERY to Restful WS implemented with JERSEY

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Hi I am trying to post json data to Restful WS implemented with Jersey. I am posting data through jquery-ajax. Why am I geting HTTP Status-415 unsupported Media type? Thank you.
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 //post method handler 
      @Path("/newentry")
        public class NewEntry {

            @POST
            @Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
            public Response newEntry(String data) {
                    //doStuff
        }
    }
    // ajax call 
         $.ajax({
                 url: "http://localhost:8080/FirstRestWebService/rest/newentry",
                 type: "post",
                 data: formToJSON(),
                 dataType : "json",
                 success: function(data){
                alert("success");
                  },
               error:function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
                    alert("failure");
                  }   
            }); 

         function formToJSON() {
                return JSON.stringify({
                    "name": $("input#emp_name").val(),
                    ...
                    "username": $('input#username').val(),
                    "password": $('input#password').val()
                    });

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I was able to test the WS successfully by Jersey Client. What is wrong in the above AJAX call? Thank you.

Best Answer

In your AJAX call you need to set your content type:

contentType: "application/json"
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