Example #1
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  // postToRestfulApi -
  // Note: params in the addr field need to be URLEncoded
  private String postToRestfulApi(
      String addr, String data, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) {
    if (localCookie) CookieHandler.setDefault(cm);
    String result = "";
    try {
      URLConnection connection = new URL(API_ROOT + addr).openConnection();
      String cookieVal = getBrowserInfiniteCookie(request);
      if (cookieVal != null) {
        connection.addRequestProperty("Cookie", "infinitecookie=" + cookieVal);
        connection.setDoInput(true);
      }
      connection.setDoOutput(true);
      connection.setRequestProperty("Accept-Charset", "UTF-8");

      // Post JSON string to URL
      OutputStream os = connection.getOutputStream();
      byte[] b = data.getBytes("UTF-8");
      os.write(b);

      // Receive results back from API
      InputStream is = connection.getInputStream();
      result = IOUtils.toString(is, "UTF-8");

      String newCookie = getConnectionInfiniteCookie(connection);
      if (newCookie != null && response != null) {
        setBrowserInfiniteCookie(response, newCookie, request.getServerPort());
      }
    } catch (Exception e) {
      // System.out.println("Exception: " + e.getMessage());
    }
    return result;
  } // TESTED
Example #2
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  // callRestfulApi - Calls restful API and returns results as a string
  public String callRestfulApi(
      String addr, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) {
    if (localCookie) CookieHandler.setDefault(cm);

    try {
      ByteArrayOutputStream output = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
      URL url = new URL(API_ROOT + addr);
      URLConnection urlConnection = url.openConnection();
      String cookieVal = getBrowserInfiniteCookie(request);
      if (cookieVal != null) {
        urlConnection.addRequestProperty("Cookie", "infinitecookie=" + cookieVal);
        urlConnection.setDoInput(true);
        urlConnection.setDoOutput(true);
        urlConnection.setRequestProperty("Accept-Charset", "UTF-8");
      }
      IOUtils.copy(urlConnection.getInputStream(), output);
      String newCookie = getConnectionInfiniteCookie(urlConnection);
      if (newCookie != null && response != null) {
        setBrowserInfiniteCookie(response, newCookie, request.getServerPort());
      }
      return output.toString();
    } catch (IOException e) {
      System.out.println(e.getMessage());
      return null;
    }
  } // TESTED