Java tutorial
package it.av.wikipedia.client; /* * 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. */ import it.av.wikipedia.client.parameters.QueryParameters; import java.io.IOException; import java.util.logging.Level; import java.util.logging.Logger; 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.config.CookieSpecs; import org.apache.http.client.config.RequestConfig; import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet; import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient; import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients; import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils; /** * * @author Diogo Regateiro <diogoregateiro@ua.pt> */ public class WikipediaClient { private final static String ENDPOINT = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"; public static String Query(QueryParameters params) { try (CloseableHttpClient httpclient = HttpClients.custom() .setDefaultRequestConfig(RequestConfig.custom().setCookieSpec(CookieSpecs.STANDARD).build()) .build()) { StringBuilder url = new StringBuilder(ENDPOINT); url.append(params.toURLQueryString()); //System.out.println("GET: " + url); HttpGet request = new HttpGet(url.toString()); request.setHeader("User-Agent", "FACWikiTool"); // Create a custom response handler ResponseHandler<String> responseHandler = (final HttpResponse response) -> { int status = response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode(); if (status >= 200 && status < 300) { HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity(); return entity != null ? EntityUtils.toString(entity) : null; } else { throw new ClientProtocolException("Unexpected response status: " + status); } }; return httpclient.execute(request, responseHandler); } catch (IOException ex) { Logger.getLogger(WikipediaClient.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex); return null; } } }