How to set RequestBody for Http Delete method.
- by Tushar Tarkas
I am writing a client code for a server which Delete API. The API specification requires data to be sent. I am using HttpComponents v3.1 library for writing client code. Using the HtpDelete class I could not find a way to add request data to it. Is there a way to do so ? Below is the code snippet.
HttpDelete deleteReq = new HttpDelete(uriBuilder.toString());
List<NameValuePair> postParams = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
postParams.add(new BasicNameValuePair(RestConstants.POST_DATA_PARAM_NAME,
postData.toString()));
try {
UrlEncodedFormEntity entity = new UrlEncodedFormEntity(postParams);
entity.setContentEncoding(HTTP.UTF_8);
//deleteReq.setEntity(entity); // There is no method setEntity()
deleteReq.setHeader(RestConstants.CONTENT_TYPE_HEADER, RestConstants.CONTENT_TYPE_HEADER_VAL);
} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
logger.error("UnsupportedEncodingException: " + e);
}
Thanks in advance.
