How to send post request with x-www-form-urlencoded body

Question

How in java, can I send a request with x-www-form-urlencoded header. I don\

Answer 1

For HttpEntity, the below answer works

HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
headers.setContentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_FORM_URLENCODED);

MultiValueMap map= new LinkedMultiValueMap();
map.add("email", "first.last@example.com");

HttpEntity> request = new HttpEntity>(map, headers);

ResponseEntity response = restTemplate.postForEntity( url, request , String.class );

For reference: How to POST form data with Spring RestTemplate?