// 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
