A Simple Java client for REST

The Rest Client offers a simplified interface to an underlying implementation of an HTTP client, specifically geared to operate REST resources.

Maven dependency

<dependency>
	<groupId>smartrics.restfixture</groupId>
	<artifactId>smartrics-RestClient</artifactId>
	<version>2.0</version>
</dependency>

Links

Release: https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/releases/smartrics/restfixture/smartrics-RestClient/

Continuous Integration: http://jenkins.fazend.com:8080/job/RestClient

Maven Site: http://jenkins.fazend.com:8080/job/RestClient/site/index.html

Getting started

The current implementation of '''RestClient''' wraps Apache HttpClient 3.1.

org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient = new org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient();
RestClient client = new RestClientImpl(httpClient);
client.setBaseUrl("http://mydomain.com:8080/orders");
RestRequest request = new RestRequest().setMethod(RestRequest.Method.Get).setResource("/resource");
RestResponse response = client.execute(request);
String body = response.getBody();
Header h = response.getHeader("Content-Type");
// ...