Groovy built-in REST/HTTP client?

Question

I heard that Groovy has a built-in REST/HTTP client. The only library I can find is HttpBuilder, is this it?

Basically I\'m looking for a way to do

Answer 1

HTTPBuilder is it. Very easy to use.

import groovyx.net.http.HTTPBuilder

def http = new HTTPBuilder('https://google.com')
def html = http.get(path : '/search', query : [q:'waffles'])

It is especially useful if you need error handling and generally more functionality than just fetching content with GET.