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Apache HTTPClient POST request sample code

This extends the Apache HTTPClient Tutorial to invoke RESTFul service with a POST request.

The pom.xml

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <groupId>com.mytutorial</groupId>
    <artifactId>httpRestClient</artifactId>
    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>

    <name>httpRestClient</name>
    <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>

    <properties>
        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
    </properties>

    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>junit</groupId>
            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
            <version>3.8.1</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>


        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
            <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
            <version>4.2.1</version>
        </dependency>

    </dependencies>
</project>

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"

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Apache HTTPClient Tutorial to invoke RESTFul service

Apache HttpClient to invoke a RESTful Web Service. This is a GET request, and in the next post will extend this to use an HTTP POST with basic authentication.

Step 1: Create a Maven project say “httpRestClient”. Just press enter for all the prompts.

mvn archetype:generate -DgroupId=com.mytutorial -DartifactId=httpRestClient

1	mvn archetype:generate -DgroupId=com.

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Creating a simple Java Web project with Maven – part 1

Java beginners to create a simple web application (i.e. a Web ARchive file — i.e. a war file). Prerequisite is that you have set up Java, Maven, and Eclipse.

Step 1: Execute the Maven maven-archetype-webapp command to create the Maven web structure with the following command on a DOS command prompt.…

Creating a simple Java Web project with Maven – part 2 (Understanding war and pom.xml )

“Creating a simple Java Web project with Maven – part 1” covered developing a simple Java web application using Maven. This part is all about understanding the war and pom…