Play Framework 2.x always send single response code - web

Question

Hopefully you guys can help me with this! I have a problem where I need to send a constant response code no matter what the request contains. If the request has bad JSON etc. The response I need to send is a 204 (No Content)
Here's my code where I try to send back a no content header.
public Result response(){
RequestBody body = request().body();
System.out.println(body.asJson());
return noContent();
}
Now if I try and send a request containing JSON like below. It returns a 400 (Bad request). I want to send a 204 no matter what. Please let me know what you guys come up with.
JSON POST
{
"mike":"mike
}
Thanks
Edit:
Sorry I replaced one of these lines of code and forgot to update this. Above I only return 204's, but if my client sends me bad JSON then I still return a 400.

Answer 1

You need to modify the global settings for play.
Create a class that extends Global Settings and override whichever method you want.
public class Global extends GlobalSettings {
#Override
public Promise<Result> onBadRequest(RequestHeader arg0, String arg1) {
super.onBadRequest(arg0, arg1);
return F.Promise.promise(()->{return play.mvc.Results.noContent();});
}
}
For more information : https://www.playframework.com/documentation/2.4.x/JavaGlobal

Answer 2

To return 204, you can use noContent method
For that replace ok() by noContent()

Answer 3

Try this,
#BodyParser.Of(BodyParser.Json.class)
public static Result response() {
JsonNode json = request().body().asJson();
if(json == null){
return noContent();
}else{
// Get json content from request and process rest..
}
return ok("");
}
By using above approach, a 204 HTTP response will be automatically returned for non JSON requests.