How to ignore PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException?

Question

I got the following exception when try to post a request to a http server:

Here is the code I used

URL url = new URL(
        \"https://www.abc.com\"         


        

Answer 1

I also faced this issue. I was having JDK 1.8.0_121. I upgraded JDK to 1.8.0_181 and it worked like a charm.