ClientMultipartFormPost.java

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package org.apache.hc.client5.http.examples;

import java.io.File;

import org.apache.hc.client5.http.classic.methods.HttpPost;
import org.apache.hc.client5.http.entity.mime.FileBody;
import org.apache.hc.client5.http.entity.mime.MultipartEntityBuilder;
import org.apache.hc.client5.http.entity.mime.StringBody;
import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.classic.CloseableHttpClient;
import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.classic.HttpClients;
import org.apache.hc.core5.http.ContentType;
import org.apache.hc.core5.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.hc.core5.http.message.StatusLine;

/**
 * Example how to use multipart/form encoded POST request.
 */
public class ClientMultipartFormPost {

    public static void main(final String[] args) throws Exception {
        if (args.length != 1) {
            System.out.println("File path not given");
            System.exit(1);
        }
        try (final CloseableHttpClient httpclient = HttpClients.createDefault()) {
            final HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost("http://httpbin.org/post");

            final FileBody bin = new FileBody(new File(args[0]));
            final StringBody comment = new StringBody("A binary file of some kind", ContentType.TEXT_PLAIN);

            final HttpEntity reqEntity = MultipartEntityBuilder.create()
                    .addPart("bin", bin)
                    .addPart("comment", comment)
                    .build();


            httppost.setEntity(reqEntity);

            System.out.println("executing request " + httppost);
            httpclient.execute(httppost, response -> {
                System.out.println("----------------------------------------");
                System.out.println(httppost + "->" + new StatusLine(response));
                final HttpEntity resEntity = response.getEntity();
                if (resEntity != null) {
                    resEntity.writeTo(System.out);
                }
                System.out.flush();
                return null;
            });
        }
    }

}