gistfile1.java

import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
import org.apache.http.entity.mime.*;
import org.apache.http.entity.mime.content.*;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
import org.apache.http.Header;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;
import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity;
import javax.net.ssl.*;
import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
import org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLSocketFactory;
import java.security.SecureRandom;
import org.apache.http.conn.scheme.*;
import org.apache.http.conn.ClientConnectionManager;
import org.apache.http.conn.scheme.Scheme;
import org.apache.http.impl.conn.SingleClientConnManager;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import java.io.*;
import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64;


public class Arpit {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

        // Build our authorization header
        String authenticationToken = "54de7a8c750357f87c4738e717fa6580";
        authenticationToken = authenticationToken + ":X";
        authenticationToken = new String(Base64.encodeBase64(authenticationToken.getBytes()));
        String authorization = "Basic " + authenticationToken;

        // The API call we want to make
        StringEntity xml = new StringEntity("<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8' ?><request method=\"invoice.list\"></request>", "UTF-8");

        // Prepare our request
        HttpPost request = new HttpPost( "https://notapplicable-accounts.freshbooks.com/api/2.1/xml-in" );
        request.addHeader( "Authorization", authorization);
        request.addHeader( "Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
        request.addHeader( "User-Agent", "FreshBooks-Java" );
        request.removeHeaders( "Content-Length" );
        request.setEntity( xml );

        // Make a request
        DefaultHttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
        HttpResponse response = client.execute(request);

        // Examine the response
        String inputLine ;
        BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(response.getEntity().getContent()));
        try {
           while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
                  System.out.println(inputLine);
           }
           in.close();
        } catch (IOException e) {
           e.printStackTrace();
        }
        System.out.println("RESPONSE END");
    }
}