reading JSON response as string using jersey client

Question

I am using jersey client to post a file to a REST URI that returns response as json. My requirement is to read the response as is(json) to a string.

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Answer 1

Although the above answer is correct, using Jersey API v2.7 it is slightly different with Response:

Client client = ClientBuilder.newClient();
WebTarget target = client.target("http://localhost:8080");
Response response = target.path("api").path("server").path("ping").request(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN_TYPE).get();
System.out.println("Response: " + response.getStatus() + " - " + response.readEntity(String.class));