Post Method Example

PostMethodExample.java

import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;


public class PostMethodExample {

  public static void main(String args[]) {

    try {
        // Construct data
        String data = URLEncoder.encode("key1", "UTF-8") + "=" + URLEncoder.encode("value1", "UTF-8");
        data += "&" + URLEncoder.encode("key2", "UTF-8") + "=" + URLEncoder.encode("value2", "UTF-8");
        
        System.out.println("Posting data: " + data);

        // Send data
        URL url = new URL("http://localhost:8080/");
        URLConnection conn = url.openConnection();
        conn.setDoOutput(true);
        OutputStreamWriter wr = new OutputStreamWriter(conn.getOutputStream());
        wr.write(data);
        wr.flush();

        // Get the response
        BufferedReader rd = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream()));
        String line;
        while ((line = rd.readLine()) != null) {
          System.out.println(line);
        }
        wr.close();
        rd.close();
    } catch (Exception e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
    
  }
}