How to encode space as in UrlEncodedFormEntity while executing apache HttpPost?

Question

The web serive i am hitting requires the parameters as URLEncodedFormEntity. I am unable to change space to %20 as per requirement of the web service, instead space is conve

Answer 1

The UrlEncodedFormEntity is basically a StringEntity with a custom constructor, you don't actually have to use it in order to create a usuable entity.

String entityValue = URLEncodedUtils.format(parameters, HTTP.UTF_8);
// Do your replacement here in entityValue
StringEntity entity = new StringEntity(entityValue, HTTP.UTF_8);
entity.setContentType(URLEncodedUtils.CONTENT_TYPE);
// And now do your posting of this entity