I have a file with the \'.pfx\' extension and a password to this certificate.
What I need to do is to send a simple GET request to a webservice and read the response
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HTTPClient-1.4.2: Explanation needed for Custom SSL Context Example
You need to use httpclient to create the request and then use a key manager.
I finally found a good solution (without creating custom SSL context):
String getHttpResponseWithSSL(String url) throws Exception {
//default truststore parameters
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStore", "/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/securitycacerts");
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword", "changeit");
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStoreType", "JKS");
//my certificate and password
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStore", "mycert.pfx");
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStorePassword", "mypass");
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStoreType", "PKCS12");
HttpClient httpclient = new HttpClient();
GetMethod method = new GetMethod();
method.setPath(url);
int statusCode = httpclient.executeMethod(method);
System.out.println("Status: " + statusCode);
method.releaseConnection();
return method.getResponseBodyAsString();
}