REST Context

A simple yet very powerful API to integrate with any 3rd party REST / HTTP services.
Context Variable: rest

Supported HTTP Methods

GET
POST
PUT
DELETE
HEAD
OPTIONS
PATCH

Usage

For detailed examples please visit Unirest API

Get Example

rest.get("http://httpbin.org").asString();

Post Example

rest.post("http://httpbin.org/post")
      .field("parameter", "value")
      .field("firstname", "Gary")
      .asJson();

Route Parameters

rest.get("http://httpbin.org/{fruit}")
     .routeParam("fruit", "apple")
     .asString();

Query Parameters

rest.get("http://httpbin.org")
                .queryString("fruit", "apple")
                .queryString("droid", "R2D2")
                .asString();

Header Parameters

rest.get("http://httpbin.org")
            .header("Accept", "application/json")
            .header("x-custom-header", "hello")
            .asString();

Basic Authentication

rest.get("http://httpbin.org")
            .basicAuth("user", "password1!")
            .asString();

Body Data

rest.post("http://httpbin.org")
                .body("This is the entire body")
                .asEmpty();

Basic Forms

rest.post("http://httpbin.org")
       .field("fruit", "apple")
       .field("droid", "R2D2")
       .asEmpty();

File Uploads

InputStream stream = new ByteArrayInputStream("file content data".getBytes());

rest.post("http://httpbin.org")
       .field("upload", stream, "MyFile.txt")
       .asEmpty();

API Interface

//See http://kong.github.io/unirest-java/#route-parameters
GetRequest get(String url);

//HTTP PUT Request, See: http://kong.github.io/unirest-java
HttpRequestWithBody put(String url);

//HTTP DELETE Request, See: http://kong.github.io/unirest-java
HttpRequestWithBody delete(String url);

//Closes all connection(s) and release resources
void close();

//HTTP OPTIONS Request, See: http://kong.github.io/unirest-java
GetRequest options(String url);

//HTTP HEAD Request, See: http://kong.github.io/unirest-java
GetRequest head(String url);

//See http://kong.github.io/unirest-java/#configuration
Config config();

//HTTP PATCH Request, See: http://kong.github.io/unirest-java
HttpRequestWithBody patch(String url);

//HTTP POST Request, See: http://kong.github.io/unirest-java
HttpRequestWithBody post(String url);

APIs Inherited From

Context Base