How can I generate WADL for REST services

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I have a web application providing more than 30 REST services (using Jersey) to clients. Is it possible to automatically create a WADL document for my application?

I need this, so that I can have it configured in SoapUI for testing various scenarios and save it for later use.

Jersey will do that too. https://wikis.oracle.com/display/Jersey/WADL — BillRobertson42, Sep 13 '12 at 13:26
if you are using jersey then url to wadl would be http://localhost:8080/applicationname/application.wadl — Prabash B, Sep 13 '12 at 15:12

BillRobertson42 · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-26T18:27:20.673

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If you are using Jersey then url to wadl would be something like

http://localhost:8080/applicationname/application.wadl

You may need to add the resource base into the url e.g.

http://localhost:8080/applicationname/resources/application.wadl

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answered Sep 25 '12 at 22:26

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In jersy who will create this WADL, if it is automatically generated then what environment and API needed for this ? – Atul Kumar Sep 21 '15 at 05:23
I think it needs to be specified as a parameter to your build system (e.g. in the pom.xml file for Maven). https://stackoverflow.com/a/14742322/714112 – Sridhar Sarnobat Jul 12 '17 at 21:30

score 9 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 06 '16 at 21:39

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http://{host}:{port}/{context_root}/{resource}/application.wadl

substitute values for host, port, context root and resource.

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score 7 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 20 '18 at 10:59

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In the past I've used Enunciate (GitHub repository).

It's a build-time tool that generates Interface Definition Documents (WADL, WSDL, etc) automatically for you. It's really easy to integrate it in your Maven build.

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answered Sep 13 '12 at 13:16

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Yes, and it also integrates with Spring which separate well the processing layer (@Service) from the exposition layer (REST, SOAP). The enunciate documentation of the service is very well generated. – рüффп Aug 30 '13 at 12:44
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The codehaus link is dead. The code is on GitHub https://github.com/stoicflame/enunciate and it links to the site http://enunciate.webcohesion.com/ – Gonfi den Tschal Nov 09 '15 at 14:19

How can I generate WADL for REST services

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