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Creating a JSON post in Java

Here’s a simple bit of code to create a JSON post in Java…

URL url = new URL("http:://www.someUrl.com/someService");
String newRequest = "Whatever the Request you are trying to create is :)";
DefaultHttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
StatusLine responseStatusLine = null;

try {
	HttpPost request = new HttpPost(url.toURI());
	StringEntity params = new StringEntity(newRequest);
	
	request.addHeader("content-type","text/plain");
	request.setEntity(params);
	HttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(request);
					
	responseStatusLine = response.getStatusLine();
		
} catch (IOException e){
	System.err.println(e);
} finally {
	httpClient.getConnectionManager().shutdown();
}