imgix Java purge example (1.8 w/o dependencies)

ImgixPurgeExample.java

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Base64;
import java.io.OutputStream;

public class ImgixPurgeExample {

	// find your api key on the bottom of page @ https://webapp.imgix.com
	private static final String API_KEY = "";

	public static void purgeImage(String imgUrl) {
		try {
			URL url = new URL("https://api.imgix.com/v2/image/purger");
			String authString = API_KEY + ":";
			String encodedAuthString = Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(authString.getBytes("utf-8"));

			HttpsURLConnection connection = (HttpsURLConnection) url.openConnection();
			connection.setRequestMethod("POST");
			connection.setDoOutput(true);
			connection.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Basic " + encodedAuthString);
			connection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json");

			String str = "{\"url\":\"" + imgUrl + "\"}";
			byte[] outputInBytes = str.getBytes("UTF-8");
			OutputStream os = connection.getOutputStream();
			os.write( outputInBytes );
			os.close();

			InputStream content = (InputStream)connection.getInputStream();
			BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader (content));
			String line;
			while ((line = in.readLine()) != null) {
				System.out.println(line);
			}
		} catch(Exception e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
	}

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		String urlToPurge = "http://yoursource.imgix.net/cat.png";
		purgeImage(urlToPurge);
	}

}

Thank you for this code snippet. It saved me time and effort.