How to parse gzip encoded response with RestTemplate in Spring-Web

Question

After I modified Consuming a RESTful Web Service example to call get users by id from api.stackexchange.com I get JsonParseException:

com.fasterxml.jackson.cor

Answer 1

Replace the default requestFactory with one from Apache HttpClient (which decodes GZIP on the fly):

HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory clientHttpRequestFactory = new HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory(
            HttpClientBuilder.create().build());
RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplate(clientHttpRequestFactory);

Add Apache Http Client into pom.xml

    org.apache.httpcomponents
    httpclient
    
    4.5.1