RESTful Java Client using HttpURLConnection

In this tutorials we are going to see the how to access the RESTful web service using Java built-in client library .
Here i am going to create two clients to access GET and POST request
GET Request
Refer this example for creating service http://www.javatutorialcorner.com/2014/01/jax-rs-get-using-restful-webservice.html
After create and run the service then create java client as given below
RSETJavaClient.java

package com.javatutorialscorner.jaxrs.client;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;

public class RSETJavaClient {
 public static void main(String[] args) {
  URL url;
  try {
   url = new URL(
     "http://localhost:8080/RESTful-WebService/rest/getservice/javatutorialscorner.com");
   HttpURLConnection httpsURLConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url
     .openConnection();
   httpsURLConnection.setRequestMethod("GET");
   if (httpsURLConnection.getResponseCode() == 200) {
    BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(
      new InputStreamReader(
        httpsURLConnection.getInputStream()));
    String response = null;
    while ((response = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null) {
     System.out.println(response);
    }
   } else {
    throw new RuntimeException("Failed to connect service"
      + httpsURLConnection.getResponseCode());
   }
httpsURLConnection.disconnect();
  } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
   // TODO Auto-generated catch block
   e.printStackTrace();
  } catch (IOException e) {
   // TODO Auto-generated catch block
   e.printStackTrace();
  }
 }

}

Now run the client program see the following output in console

Web Site : javatutorialscorner.com

POST Request

Refer this example for creating service http://www.javatutorialcorner.com/2014/01/jax-rx-post-using-restful-web-service.html

After create and run the service then create java client as given below

RSETJavaClient.java

package com.javatutorialscorner.jaxrs.client;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;

public class RSETJavaClient {
 public static void main(String[] args) {
  URL url;
  try {
   url = new URL(
     "http://localhost:8080/RESTful-WebService/rest/restfulpost/post");
   HttpURLConnection httpsURLConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url
     .openConnection();
   httpsURLConnection.setDoOutput(true);
   httpsURLConnection.setRequestMethod("POST");
   httpsURLConnection.addRequestProperty("Content-Type",
     "application/json");
   String json = "{\"name\":\"Ram\",\"id\":33,\"department\":\"EEE\",\"year\":2011}";
   OutputStream outputStream = httpsURLConnection.getOutputStream();
   outputStream.write(json.getBytes());
   outputStream.flush();
   // outputStream.close();

   if (httpsURLConnection.getResponseCode() != HttpURLConnection.HTTP_CREATED) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Failed to connect service"
      + httpsURLConnection.getResponseCode());
   } else {
    BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(
      new InputStreamReader(
        httpsURLConnection.getInputStream()));
    String response = null;
    while ((response = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null) {
     System.out.println(response);
    }

   }
   httpsURLConnection.disconnect();
  } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
   // TODO Auto-generated catch block
   e.printStackTrace();
  } catch (IOException e) {
   // TODO Auto-generated catch block
   e.printStackTrace();
  }
 }

}

Now run the client program see the following output in console