import ballerina/http;

// Service declaration specifies base path for the resource names. The base path is `/` in this example.
service / on new http:Listener(8080) {
    // Resource method is associated with combination of accessor (`get`) and resource name (`hello`). 
    // Accessors are determined by the network protocol.
    // In HTTP resources, function parameters come from query parameters.
    resource function get hello(string name) returns string {
        return "Hello, " + name;
    }

}

Resource methods

Service objects use remote methods to expose services in procedural style: remote methods are named by verbs.

Service objects use resource methods to expose services in an RESTful style: resources are named by nouns.

Resources are motivated by HTTP, but are general enough also to work for GraphQL. resource methods are a network-oriented generalization of OO getter/setter concept.

 
import ballerina/http;

service / on new http:Listener(8080) {

Service declaration specifies base path for the resource names. The base path is / in this example.

    resource function get hello(string name) returns string {
        return "Hello, " + name;
    }

Resource method is associated with combination of accessor (get) and resource name (hello). Accessors are determined by the network protocol. In HTTP resources, function parameters come from query parameters.

}

bal run resource_methods.bal

# Run this cURL command to invoke the resource.
curl "localhost:8080/hello?name=Ballerina"
Hello, Ballerina