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    copied!<p>I am writing a client for one of my REST API using jersey(org.glassfish.jersey.client.*).</p> <p>api url is : <code>http://localhost:5676/searchws/search/getresults</code> (POST)</p> <p>this api returns a json response. i need to provide a payload using jersey client and thats where i am stuck. FOllowing is a sample extract of payload which i need to provide (preferably as string)</p> <p>Question is how can i provide a payload (XML/JSON) as string or entity to my webtarget.</p> <p>I saw the answer to providing payload mentioned by calden <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15570656/how-to-send-request-payload-to-rest-api-in-java">How to send Request payload to REST API in java?</a> but i am looking for a way to do it in jersey client.</p> <p>Here is my code till now which does not work fully for post requests.</p> <pre><code>public class RequestGenerator { private WebTarget target; private ClientConfig config; private Client client; private Response response; public RequestGenerator(Method RequestSendingMethod) throws Exception { switch (RequestSendingMethod) { case POST : config = new ClientConfig(); client = ClientBuilder.newClient(config); target = client.target("http://localhost:5676/searchws").path("search").path("getresults"); String payload = "{\"query\":\"(filter:(\\\"google\\\")) AND (count_options_availbale:[1 TO *])\"}"; //This is just a sample json payload actual one is pretty large response = target.request(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_TYPE).post(Entity.json("")); // What to do here String jsonLine = response.readEntity(String.class); System.out.println(jsonLine); } } </code></pre>
 

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