Java - sending HTTP parameters via POST method easily

Question

I am successfully using this code to send HTTP requests with some parameters via GET method

void sendRequest(String request)
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Answer 1

Appears that you also have to callconnection.getOutputStream() "at least once" (as well as setDoOutput(true)) for it to treat it as a POST.

So the minimum required code is:

    URL url = new URL(urlString);
    HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
    //connection.setRequestMethod("POST"); this doesn't seem to do anything at all..so not useful
    connection.setDoOutput(true); // set it to POST...not enough by itself however, also need the getOutputStream call...
    connection.connect();
    connection.getOutputStream().close(); 

You can even use "GET" style parameters in the urlString, surprisingly. Though that might confuse things.

You can also use NameValuePair apparently.