Can spring webclient be used with RESTful API which is not reactive based?

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Is there any issues with using WebClient for fetching responses from multiple REST APIs which are not reactive based.

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Yes, you definitely can, and in fact, the use of WebClient is encouraged by Spring officially. Also, the RestTemplate which is generally the preferred way of communication for REST-based services has already been deprecated.

Also, there are no issues when using WebClient in a non-reactive context

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https://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/5.2.8.RELEASE/spring-framework-reference/web.html#webmvc-client

However, you'll explicitly have to call subscribe or block when using WebClient in a non-reactive context.

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