JavaLite HTTP is a tiny library for making HTTP requests and returning responses. It has no dependencies other than the JDK.
How to GET
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| Get get = Http.get("http://yahoo.com");
System.out.println(get.text());
System.out.println(get.headers());
System.out.println(get.responseCode())
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How to POST
POST binary content
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byte[] content = ...; // fill with your data
Post post = Http.post("http://yahoo.com", content)
.header(headerName, headerValue);
System.out.println(post.text());
System.out.println(post.headers());
System.out.println(post.responseCode())
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POST JSON content
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| Post post = Http.post(url, content)
.header("Accept", "application/json")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json");
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How to POST a form
Posting a single value is easy:
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| Post post = Http.post("http://example.com/hello")
.param("name", "John");
System.out.println(post.text());
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Posting multiple values can be done:
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| Post post = Http.post("http://example.com/hello")
.param("first_name", "John")
.param("last_name", "Doe");
System.out.println(post.text());
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or even better:
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| Post post = Http.post("http://example.com/hello").params("first_name", "John", "last_name", "Doe");
System.out.println(post.text());
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How to PUT and DELETE
Similar to the above. You can find full JavaDoc here: JavaLite HTTP JavaDoc
Basic authentication
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| String response = Http.get(url).basic(user, password).text();
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Sending multipart requests
In case you need to send multipart messages, you can do so simply by executing one line of code:
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| Multipart mp = Http.multipart("http://myserver.com/upload/")
.field("name1", "val1")
.file("file1", "/home/johndoe/test.txt");
System.out.println(mp.text());
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You can use any combination of other methods to modify timeouts, basic authentication, headers, etc.
How to get the dependency
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| <dependency>
<groupId>org.javalite</groupId>
<artifactId>javalite-common</artifactId>
<version>LATEST_VERSION</version>
</dependency>
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For latest version and download, refer to Maven Central
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