// 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