Java tutorial
/* * To change this license header, choose License Headers in Project Properties. * To change this template file, choose Tools | Templates * and open the template in the editor. */ package com.javaquery.apache.httpclient; import java.io.IOException; import org.apache.http.HttpEntity; import org.apache.http.HttpResponse; import org.apache.http.client.ClientProtocolException; import org.apache.http.client.ResponseHandler; import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPut; import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity; import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient; import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients; import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils; /** * Example: Apache HttpPut. * * @author javaQuery * @date 26th January, 2016 * @Github: https://github.com/javaquery/Examples */ public class HttpPutExample { public static void main(String[] args) { /* Create object of CloseableHttpClient */ CloseableHttpClient httpClient = HttpClients.createDefault(); /* Prepare put request */ HttpPut httpPut = new HttpPut("http://www.example.com/api/customer"); /* Add headers to get request */ httpPut.addHeader("Authorization", "value"); /* Prepare StringEntity from JSON */ StringEntity jsonData = new StringEntity("{\"id\":\"123\", \"name\":\"Vicky Thakor\"}", "UTF-8"); /* Body of request */ httpPut.setEntity(jsonData); /* Response handler for after request execution */ ResponseHandler<String> responseHandler = new ResponseHandler<String>() { @Override public String handleResponse(HttpResponse httpResponse) throws ClientProtocolException, IOException { /* Get status code */ int httpResponseCode = httpResponse.getStatusLine().getStatusCode(); System.out.println("Response code: " + httpResponseCode); if (httpResponseCode >= 200 && httpResponseCode < 300) { /* Convert response to String */ HttpEntity entity = httpResponse.getEntity(); return entity != null ? EntityUtils.toString(entity) : null; } else { return null; /* throw new ClientProtocolException("Unexpected response status: " + httpResponseCode); */ } } }; try { /* Execute URL and attach after execution response handler */ String strResponse = httpClient.execute(httpPut, responseHandler); /* Print the response */ System.out.println("Response: " + strResponse); } catch (IOException ex) { ex.printStackTrace(); } } }