Is there any other way that we can send an XML file to a RESTful Web Service other than as a FORMPARAM?
My requirement is to develop a webservice which Consumes a XML file, stores it in my local machine and returns a statement saying that the file was downloaded/saved.
Here's the code to post, way easier than SOAP...
// POST the XML string as text/xml via HTTPS
public static String postRequest(String strRequest, String strURL) throws Exception {
String responseXML = null;
try {
URL url = new URL(strURL);
URLConnection connection = url.openConnection();
HttpURLConnection httpConn = (HttpURLConnection) connection;
byte[] requestXML = strRequest.getBytes();
// Set the appropriate HTTP parameters.
httpConn.setRequestProperty("Content-Length", String.valueOf(requestXML.length));
httpConn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "text/xml; charset=utf-8");
httpConn.setRequestMethod("POST");
httpConn.setDoOutput(true);
httpConn.setDoInput(true);
// Send the String that was read into postByte.
OutputStream out = httpConn.getOutputStream();
out.write(requestXML);
out.close();
// Read the response and write it to standard out.
InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(httpConn.getInputStream());
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(isr);
String temp;
String tempResponse = "";
//Create a string using response from web services
while ((temp = br.readLine()) != null)
tempResponse = tempResponse + temp;
responseXML = tempResponse;
br.close();
isr.close();
} catch (java.net.MalformedURLException e) {
System.out.println("Error in postRequest(): Secure Service Required");
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Error in postRequest(): " + e.getMessage());
}
return responseXML;
}