RESTlet Return Type Difference

Set the Content-Type in a RESTlet header to application/json. For example, the following sample RESTlet script and sample code for calling the RESTlet.

                    /**
 /**
 * @NApiVersion 2.x
 * @NScriptType restlet
 */
define([], function() {
        function get() {
                var x = {name:"jane", age:20};
                return JSON.stringify(x);
        }
        return {
                get: get
        }
}); 

                  

                    var host = window.location.host;
var url = 'https://' + host + '/app/site/hosting/restlet.nl?script=customscript296&deploy=customdeploy1';
var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
    if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
       alert(typeof xhttp.response);
 alert(typeof JSON.parse(xhttp.response));
    }
};
xhttp.open("GET", url, true);
xhttp.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json');
xhttp.send(); 

                  

The response is automatically converted to a string and that string is returned instead of an object.

In the example scenario, the alert output is a string, SS2.0 gives string; but in SS2.1 it comes as object.

The return type for JSON will be an object.

In the example scenario, the alert output is an object.