PostFileExample.java

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 * Copyright 2005 Tim O'Brien.
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package com.discursive.jccook.httpclient;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpException;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.PostMethod;

public class PostFileExample {

	public static void main(String[] args) throws HttpException, IOException {

		// Configure Logging
		System.setProperty("org.apache.commons.logging.Log", 
			"org.apache.commons.logging.impl.SimpleLog");
		System.setProperty("org.apache.commons.logging.simplelog.showdatetime", 
			"true");
		System.setProperty("org.apache.commons.logging.simplelog.log.httpclient.wire", 
			"debug");
		System.setProperty("org.apache.commons.logging.simplelog.log.org.apache.commons.httpclient", 
			"debug");

		HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
		
		// Create POST method
		String weblintURL = "http://ats.nist.gov/cgi-bin/cgi.tcl/echo.cgi";
		PostMethod method = new PostMethod( weblintURL );

		File file = new File( "project.xml" );
		method.setRequestBody( new FileInputStream( file ) );
		method.setRequestContentLength( (long)file.length() );

		// Execute and print response
		client.executeMethod( method );
		String response = method.getResponseBodyAsString();
		System.out.println( response );

		method.releaseConnection();
	}
}