public JSONObject get(String path) throws Exception {
    JSONObject result;
    HttpMethod method = new GetMethod(repoHostname + ":" + repoHostPort + "/api/data/" + path);
    method.getParams().setCookiePolicy(CookiePolicy.RFC_2109);
    method.setRequestHeader("Cookie", "jsonhub-store-key=" + getStoreKey());

    // client.getState().setCredentials(new AuthScope(null, repoHostPort, "authentication"), new
    // UsernamePasswordCredentials(memberId, memberPassword));

    // method.setDoAuthentication(true);

    int statusCode = client.executeMethod(method);

    if (statusCode != HttpStatus.SC_OK) {
      System.err.println("Method failed: " + method.getStatusLine());
      throw new GeneralException(method.getStatusLine().toString());
    } else {
      Reader reader = new InputStreamReader(method.getResponseBodyAsStream());
      CharArrayWriter cdata = new CharArrayWriter();
      char buf[] = new char[BUFFER_SIZE];
      int ret;
      while ((ret = reader.read(buf, 0, BUFFER_SIZE)) != -1) cdata.write(buf, 0, ret);

      reader.close();

      System.out.println("get response: " + cdata.toString());

      result = JSONObject.fromObject(cdata.toString());
    }

    method.releaseConnection();

    if (result.has("error")) throw new GeneralException(result.getString("error"));

    return result;
  }
  /**
   * Makes a rest request of any type at the specified urlSuffix. The urlSuffix should be of the
   * form /userService/users. If CS throws an exception it handled and transalated to a Openfire
   * exception if possible. This is done using the check fault method that tries to throw the best
   * maching exception.
   *
   * @param type Must be GET or DELETE
   * @param urlSuffix The url suffix of the rest request
   * @param xmlParams The xml with the request params, must be null if type is GET or DELETE only
   * @return The response as a xml doc.
   * @throws ConnectionException Thrown if there are issues perfoming the request.
   * @throws Exception Thrown if the response from Clearspace contains an exception.
   */
  public Element executeRequest(HttpType type, String urlSuffix, String xmlParams)
      throws ConnectionException, Exception {
    if (Log.isDebugEnabled()) {
      Log.debug("Outgoing REST call [" + type + "] to " + urlSuffix + ": " + xmlParams);
    }

    String wsUrl = getConnectionURI() + WEBSERVICES_PATH + urlSuffix;

    String secret = getSharedSecret();

    HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
    HttpMethod method;

    // Configures the authentication
    client.getParams().setAuthenticationPreemptive(true);
    Credentials credentials = new UsernamePasswordCredentials(OPENFIRE_USERNAME, secret);
    AuthScope scope = new AuthScope(host, port, AuthScope.ANY_REALM);
    client.getState().setCredentials(scope, credentials);

    // Creates the method
    switch (type) {
      case GET:
        method = new GetMethod(wsUrl);
        break;
      case POST:
        PostMethod pm = new PostMethod(wsUrl);
        StringRequestEntity requestEntity = new StringRequestEntity(xmlParams);
        pm.setRequestEntity(requestEntity);
        method = pm;
        break;
      case PUT:
        PutMethod pm1 = new PutMethod(wsUrl);
        StringRequestEntity requestEntity1 = new StringRequestEntity(xmlParams);
        pm1.setRequestEntity(requestEntity1);
        method = pm1;
        break;
      case DELETE:
        method = new DeleteMethod(wsUrl);
        break;
      default:
        throw new IllegalArgumentException();
    }

    method.setRequestHeader("Accept", "text/xml");
    method.setDoAuthentication(true);

    try {
      // Executes the request
      client.executeMethod(method);

      // Parses the result
      String body = method.getResponseBodyAsString();
      if (Log.isDebugEnabled()) {
        Log.debug("Outgoing REST call results: " + body);
      }

      // Checks the http status
      if (method.getStatusCode() != 200) {
        if (method.getStatusCode() == 401) {
          throw new ConnectionException(
              "Invalid password to connect to Clearspace.",
              ConnectionException.ErrorType.AUTHENTICATION);
        } else if (method.getStatusCode() == 404) {
          throw new ConnectionException(
              "Web service not found in Clearspace.", ConnectionException.ErrorType.PAGE_NOT_FOUND);
        } else if (method.getStatusCode() == 503) {
          throw new ConnectionException(
              "Web service not avaible in Clearspace.",
              ConnectionException.ErrorType.SERVICE_NOT_AVAIBLE);
        } else {
          throw new ConnectionException(
              "Error connecting to Clearspace, http status code: " + method.getStatusCode(),
              new HTTPConnectionException(method.getStatusCode()),
              ConnectionException.ErrorType.OTHER);
        }
      } else if (body.contains("Clearspace Upgrade Console")) {
        // TODO Change CS to send a more standard error message
        throw new ConnectionException(
            "Clearspace is in an update state.", ConnectionException.ErrorType.UPDATE_STATE);
      }

      Element response = localParser.get().parseDocument(body).getRootElement();

      // Check for exceptions
      checkFault(response);

      // Since there is no exception, returns the response
      return response;
    } catch (DocumentException e) {
      throw new ConnectionException(
          "Error parsing the response of Clearspace.", e, ConnectionException.ErrorType.OTHER);
    } catch (HttpException e) {
      throw new ConnectionException(
          "Error performing http request to Clearspace", e, ConnectionException.ErrorType.OTHER);
    } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
      throw new ConnectionException(
          "Unknown Host " + getConnectionURI() + " trying to connect to Clearspace",
          e,
          ConnectionException.ErrorType.UNKNOWN_HOST);
    } catch (IOException e) {
      throw new ConnectionException(
          "Error peforming http request to Clearspace.", e, ConnectionException.ErrorType.OTHER);
    } finally {
      method.releaseConnection();
    }
  }