SIMPLE REST CLIENT
package com.bmc.rest;
import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.Reader;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
public class Client {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
try {
GETclient();
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public static void GETclient() throws IOException {
// creating a URL object
//Your REST Web URL
URL url = new URL(
"http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=London,uk&appid=44db6a862fba0b067b1930da0d769e98");
// creating connection object
HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
// setting the connection as GET it can be POST/ PUT / DELETE etc
conn.setRequestMethod("GET");
// I am accepting the media type as JSON you can do XML .
conn.setRequestProperty("Accept", "application/json");
// If the response has no error read the response
if (conn.getResponseCode() != HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {
System.out.println(conn.getResponseCode());
}
BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(conn.getInputStream());
while (bis.available() > 0) {
System.out.print((char) bis.read());
}
conn.disconnect();
}
}
