FluentRequests.java

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package org.apache.http.client.fluent;

import org.apache.http.HttpHost;
import org.apache.http.HttpVersion;
import org.apache.http.entity.ContentType;

import java.io.File;

/**
 * This example demonstrates basics of request execution with the HttpClient fluent API.
 */
public class FluentRequests {

    public static void main(String[] args)throws Exception {
        // Execute a GET with timeout settings and return response content as String.
        Request.Get("http://somehost/")
                .connectTimeout(1000)
                .socketTimeout(1000)
                .execute().returnContent().asString();

        // Execute a POST with the 'expect-continue' handshake, using HTTP/1.1,
        // containing a request body as String and return response content as byte array.
        Request.Post("http://somehost/do-stuff")
                .useExpectContinue()
                .version(HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1)
                .bodyString("Important stuff", ContentType.DEFAULT_TEXT)
                .execute().returnContent().asBytes();

        // Execute a POST with a custom header through the proxy containing a request body
        // as an HTML form and save the result to the file
        Request.Post("http://somehost/some-form")
                .addHeader("X-Custom-header", "stuff")
                .viaProxy(new HttpHost("myproxy", 8080))
                .bodyForm(Form.form().add("username", "vip").add("password", "secret").build())
                .execute().saveContent(new File("result.dump"));
    }

}