How do you send data in a Request body using HttpURLConnection?

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I am using HttpURLConnection to make a POST request to a local service deployed locally and created using JAVA Spark. I want to send some data in request body when I make the POST call using the HttpURLConnection but every time the request body in JAVA Spark is null. Below is the code I am using for this

Java Spark POST Service Handler

post("/", (req, res) -> {
    System.out.println("Request Body: " + req.body());
    return "Hello!!!!";
});

HTTPClass making the POST call

public class HTTPClassExample{
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try{
            URL url = new URL("http://localhost:4567/");
            HttpURLConnection httpCon = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
            httpCon.setDoOutput(true);
            httpCon.setRequestMethod("POST");
            httpCon.connect();
            OutputStream os = httpCon.getOutputStream();
            OutputStreamWriter osw = new OutputStreamWriter(os, "UTF-8");    
            osw.write("Just Some Text");
            System.out.println(httpCon.getResponseCode());
            System.out.println(httpCon.getResponseMessage());
            osw.flush();
            osw.close();  
        } catch(Exception ex){
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}
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2 Answers

I posted with the requested data in XML format and the code look like this. You should add the request property Accept and Content-Type also.

URL url = new URL("....");
HttpURLConnection httpConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();

httpConnection.setRequestMethod("POST");
httpConnection.setRequestProperty("Accept", "application/xml");
httpConnection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/xml");

httpConnection.setDoOutput(true);
OutputStream outStream = httpConnection.getOutputStream();
OutputStreamWriter outStreamWriter = new OutputStreamWriter(outStream, "UTF-8");
outStreamWriter.write(requestedXml);
outStreamWriter.flush();
outStreamWriter.close();
outStream.close();

System.out.println(httpConnection.getResponseCode());
System.out.println(httpConnection.getResponseMessage());

InputStream xml = httpConnection.getInputStream();
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