Example usage for org.apache.commons.httpclient HttpMethodBase getResponseBody

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In this page you can find the example usage for org.apache.commons.httpclient HttpMethodBase getResponseBody.

Prototype

public byte[] getResponseBody(int maxlen) throws IOException 

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Returns the response body of the HTTP method, if any, as an array of bytes.

Usage

From source file:org.deri.pipes.utils.HttpResponseCache.java

private static HttpResponseData getDataFromRequest(HttpClient client, String location,
        Map<String, String> requestHeaders) throws IOException, HttpException {
    HttpMethodBase method = new GetMethod(location);
    method.setFollowRedirects(true);/*from   ww w  .ja  va  2  s.c  o  m*/
    try {
        if (location.length() > 2000 && location.indexOf('?') >= 0) {
            logger.info("Using post method because request location is very long");
            PostMethod postMethod = new PostMethod(location.substring(0, location.indexOf('?')));
            String urlDecoded = URLDecoder.decode(location.substring(location.indexOf('?') + 1), "UTF-8");
            String[] parts = urlDecoded.split("\\&");
            for (String part : parts) {
                String[] keyval = part.split("=", 2);
                if (keyval.length == 2) {
                    postMethod.addParameter(keyval[0], keyval[1]);
                } else {
                    postMethod.addParameter(keyval[0], "");
                }
            }
            method = postMethod;
        }
        addRequestHeaders(method, requestHeaders);
        int response = client.executeMethod(method);
        HttpResponseData data = new HttpResponseData();
        setExpires(data, method);
        data.setResponse(response);
        data.setCharSet(method.getResponseCharSet());
        Header lastModifiedHeader = method.getResponseHeader(HEADER_LAST_MODIFIED);
        if (lastModifiedHeader != null) {
            data.setLastModified(lastModifiedHeader.getValue());
        }
        Header contentTypeHeader = method.getResponseHeader(HEADER_CONTENT_TYPE);
        if (contentTypeHeader != null) {
            data.setContentType(contentTypeHeader.getValue());
        }
        data.setBody(method.getResponseBody(MAX_CONTENT_SIZE));

        return data;
    } finally {
        method.releaseConnection();
    }
}

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