Java tutorial
package dk.statsbiblioteket.doms.licensemodule.integrationtest; import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.InputStreamReader; import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient; import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.PostMethod; public class HttpClientPoster { public static String postJSON(String url, String content) throws Exception { HttpClient client = new HttpClient(); client.getParams().setParameter("http.useragent", "Dokumentleveringweb XML client"); BufferedReader br = null; //TODO property PostMethod method = new PostMethod(url); method.addRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json;charset=UTF-8"); method.setRequestBody(content); // How to do this a non-deprecated way? try { int httpCode = client.executeMethod(method); br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(method.getResponseBodyAsStream())); String readLine; StringBuilder response = new StringBuilder(); while (((readLine = br.readLine()) != null)) { response.append(readLine); } return response.toString(); } catch (Exception e) { throw e; } finally { method.releaseConnection(); if (br != null) try { br.close(); } catch (Exception fe) { fe.printStackTrace(); } } } }