Java tutorial
/* * AutoSIM - Internet of Things Simulator * Copyright (C) 2014, Aditya Yadav <aditya@automatski.com> * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.InputStreamReader; import org.apache.http.HttpResponse; import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost; import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity; import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient; public class RestPostClient { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { DefaultHttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient(); HttpPost postRequest = new HttpPost("http://localhost:10080/example/json/product/post"); StringEntity input = new StringEntity("{\"qty\":100,\"name\":\"iPad 4\"}"); input.setContentType("application/json"); postRequest.setEntity(input); HttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(postRequest); //if (response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode() != 201) { // throw new RuntimeException("Failed : HTTP error code : " // + response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode()); //} BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader((response.getEntity().getContent()))); String output; System.out.println("Output from Server .... \n"); while ((output = br.readLine()) != null) { System.out.println(output); } httpClient.getConnectionManager().shutdown(); } }