protected String postRallyXML(String apiUrl, String requestXML) throws Exception {
String responseXML = "";
DefaultHttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
Base64 base64 = new Base64();
String encodeString =
new String(base64.encode((rallyApiHttpUsername + ":" + rallyApiHttpPassword).getBytes()));
HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost(apiUrl);
httpPost.addHeader("Authorization", "Basic " + encodeString);
httpPost.setEntity(new StringEntity(requestXML));
HttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(httpPost);
HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
responseXML = getEntityString(entity);
return responseXML;
}
