Groovy HTTP POST

GroovyHTTPPost.groovy

@Grab(group = 'org.codehaus.groovy.modules.http-builder', module = 'http-builder', version = '0.5.0')

import groovyx.net.http.*

def postBody = new File('req.xml').text
def http = new HTTPBuilder('http://localhost:8080/odisee/document/generate')
try {
    http.post(path: "generate", body: postBody, requestContentType: groovyx.net.http.ContentType.XML) { resp ->
        assert resp.statusLine.statusCode == 200
        println resp.statusLine
    }
} catch (e) {
    println e
}