import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;
public class RestApiPostExample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
// Replace this URL with the actual endpoint you want to call
String apiUrl = "https://api.example.com/create";
// Create a URL object
URL url = new URL(apiUrl);
// Open a connection to the URL
HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
// Set the request method to POST
connection.setRequestMethod("POST");
// Enable input/output streams
connection.setDoOutput(true);
// Set the content type to JSON
connection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json");
// Create JSON data to send in the request body
String jsonData = "{ \"key\": \"value\" }";
// Get the output stream of the connection
try (OutputStream outputStream = connection.getOutputStream()) {
// Write the JSON data to the output stream
outputStream.write(jsonData.getBytes("UTF-8"));
}
// Get the response code
int responseCode = connection.getResponseCode();
// Read the response from the API
if (responseCode == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream()));
String line;
StringBuilder response = new StringBuilder();
while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
response.append(line);
}
reader.close();
// Print the response
System.out.println("Response: " + response.toString());
} else {
System.out.println("API call failed. Response Code: " + responseCode);
}
// Close the connection
connection.disconnect();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
