Sending HTTP POST Request In Java

Question

lets assume this URL...

http://www.example.com/page.php?id=10            

(Here id needs to be sent in a POST request)

I want to se

Answer 1

simplest way to send parameters with the post request:

String postURL = "http://www.example.com/page.php";

HttpPost post = new HttpPost(postURL);

List params = new ArrayList();
params.add(new BasicNameValuePair("id", "10"));

UrlEncodedFormEntity ent = new UrlEncodedFormEntity(params, "UTF-8");
post.setEntity(ent);

HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpResponse responsePOST = client.execute(post);

You have done. now you can use responsePOST. Get response content as string:

BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new  InputStreamReader(responsePOST.getEntity().getContent()), 2048);

if (responsePOST != null) {
    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
    String line;
    while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
        System.out.println(" line : " + line);
        sb.append(line);
    }
    String getResponseString = "";
    getResponseString = sb.toString();
//use server output getResponseString as string value.
}