Spring Data REST Batch Insertion

I can POST (insert) one entity at a time. I want to POST collect objects in one api call.

CrudRepository has

<S extends T> Iterable<S> save(Iterable<S> entities);

      

        
        
        
      

    

How do I call the method above from Spring Data REST? Having already tried posting multiple objects as an array, it didn't work.

Does the batch insert function provide a HATEOAS violation priniciple? If not, Spring Data REST provides any default way to do this.