How do I create a “restful web service” for current weather using an API?

lawrence281 · 3 Apr 2017 at 14:11

I’ve found a website that gives unique API key’s to their data. http://openweathermap.org/appid

I’m trying to create a simple web service in netbeans using java, any insight on how to go about this and get a good start. is fine, just need guidance in the right direction.

I'm fairly new to this, and only know the core basics, any help is appreciated, you lovely people <3

Also just displaying the location and weather in xml/json would be more than enough, nothing flashy, just want to try get something up and running!

sb89 · 3 Apr 2017 at 15:56

You could have a look at https://jersey.java.net.

PaulStat · 3 Apr 2017 at 17:21

What he said, you might want to look at the client part of jersey to consume that web service and something like gson or jackson to serialize deserialize the json

niroe · 4 Apr 2017 at 07:36

Could give Spring Boot a try, can get a basic rest api up and running in a few lines.

Dj_Jestar · 4 Apr 2017 at 13:59

I'm not sure what it is you want to make.. it already is a "restful webservice".