Java tutorial
package com.ibm.watson.apis.conversation_enhanced.filters; import java.io.IOException; import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils; import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient; import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpException; import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethod; import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.GetMethod; public class LookUp { private HttpClient getHttpClient() { HttpClient client = new HttpClient(); client.getHttpConnectionManager().getParams().setConnectionTimeout(5000); return client; } private HttpMethod getHttpMethod(String url) { HttpMethod method = new GetMethod(url); method.setFollowRedirects(true); return method; } private String sendGetRequest(String url) throws HttpException, IOException { HttpMethod httpMethod = getHttpMethod(url); try { getHttpClient().executeMethod(httpMethod); return httpMethod.getResponseBodyAsString(); } finally { httpMethod.releaseConnection(); } } public String lookUpQuickQuote(String stockSymbol) throws HttpException, IOException { String url = "http://ws.cdyne.com/delayedstockquote/delayedstockquote.asmx/GetQuickQuote?StockSymbol=" + stockSymbol + "&LicenseKey=0"; return StringUtils.substringBetween(sendGetRequest(url), "<decimal xmlns=\"http://ws.cdyne.com/\">", "</decimal>"); } public String lookUpWeather(String city, String country) throws HttpException, IOException { String url = "http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=" + city + "," + country + "&APPID=d2168ab7520e1bcb8174223e4584d095"; String result = sendGetRequest(url); // System.out.println("sending "+url); // System.out.println("getting "+result); return result; } }