sayan dutta [https://community.jboss.org/people/neokiing] created the discussion "Create a new asset in Guvnor through REST API (POST method)" To view the discussion, visit: https://community.jboss.org/message/794494#794494 -------------------------------------------------------------- Hi All, I am trying to create an asset (.txt file ) in GUVNOR through REST API in JAVA. But the problem is when using the post method to create asset .. program is executing with no error but i am having SERVER_ERROR(http 500  error..) as a response. Steps I followed :- 1.Created an asset named SayanFileTest2.Got the Asset Info in Atom -XML format .. 3.Replaced the asset name With new one (FileUploadTest1) 4.Called the post method to create a new entry in GUVNOR.  Can anybody please help me with this one?  I am providing the code.. Please tell me what i am doing wrong in this and how to solve it. (N.B. - I am using jboss-as-7.1.1.Final and drools-guvnor 5.3.0)  *********************** //package imported.. AbderaClient client = **new** AbderaClient(abdera); UsernamePasswordCredentials userpass = **new** UsernamePasswordCredentials("admin","admin"); client.addCredentials(url.toExternalForm(), **null**,"Basic",userpass);   ClientResponse resp = client.get(new URL("http://localhost:8080/drools-guvnor/rest/packages/defaultPackage/assets/SayanFileTest").toExternalForm (http://localhost:8080/drools-guvnor/rest/packages/defaultPackage/assets/S...; Document<Entry> doc = resp.getDocument();         Entry prevEntry = doc.getRoot();  // have done this to get the atom-entry at the first place         Entry newEntry = abdera.newEntry(); // copied the prevEntry to populate the below string         String newResponse ="<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?><atom:entry xmlns:atom=\" http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom\ http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom\" xmlns=\" http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace\ http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace\" xml:base=\" http://localhost:8080/drools-guvnor/rest/packages/defaultPackage/assets/S... http://localhost:8080/drools-guvnor/rest/packages/defaultPackage/assets/S... xmlns:atom=\" http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom\ http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom\" type=\"text\">SayanFileTest</atom:title><atom:id xmlns:atom=\" http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom/ http://localhost:8080/drools-guvnor/rest/packages/defaultPackage/assets/S... xmlns:atom=\" http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom/ 2013-01-23T14:10:33.173+05:30http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom\">2013-0... xmlns:atom=\" http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom/ http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom\"><atom:name xmlns:atom=\" http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom/ adminhttp://www.w3.org/2005/Atom\">admin</atom:name></at... xmlns:atom=\" http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom\ http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom\" type=\"application/octet-stream\" src=\" http://localhost:8080/drools-guvnor/rest/packages/defaultPackage/assets/S... http://localhost:8080/drools-guvnor/rest/packages/defaultPackage/assets/S... xmlns:atom=\" http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom\ http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom\" type=\"text\"></atom:summary><metadata xmlns=\"\"><uuid><value></value></uuid><categories></categories><format><value>.txt</value></format><state><value>Draft</value></state><versionNumber><value>2</value></versionNumber><checkinComment><value></value></checkinComment><archived><value>false</value></archived></metadata></atom:entry>"; // replaced the name of the previous asset     newResponse=newResponse.replaceAll("SayanFileTest","FileUploadTest1");         System.out.println(newResponse);         newEntry.setContent(newResponse);          client = new AbderaClient(abdera);         client.addCredentials(new URL("http://localhost:8080/drools-guvnor/").toExternalForm (http://localhost:8080/drools-guvnor/&quot;).toExternalForm)(), null,"Basic",new org.apache.commons.httpclient.UsernamePasswordCredentials("admin", "admin"));                   RequestOptions  options = client.getDefaultRequestOptions();         options.setContentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_ATOM_XML);         ClientResponse clientResponsePost = client.post(new URL("http://localhost:8080/drools-guvnor/rest/packages/defaultPackage/assets").toExternalForm (http://localhost:8080/drools-guvnor/rest/packages/defaultPackage/assets&a..., newEntry, options);            System.out.println(clientResponsePost.getType()+ "__________ " + clientResponsePost.getStatus()); *****************  I am a newbie in this. Any help will be really appreciated. Thanks in advance , Sayan import org.apache.abdera.model.Document; import org.apache.abdera.model.Entry; import org.apache.abdera.protocol.Response.ResponseType; import org.apache.abdera.protocol.client.AbderaClient; import org.apache.abdera.protocol.client.ClientResponse; import org.apache.abdera.protocol.client.RequestOptions; ******** *** ******// post method..****** ****************** Abdera abdera= **new** Abdera();***** -------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message by going to Community [https://community.jboss.org/message/794494#794494] Start a new discussion in jBPM at Community [https://community.jboss.org/choose-container!input.jspa?contentType=1&...]