Spring HTTP Client

Question

I am new to Spring and I need my Java app to connect to another API over HTTP (JSON, RESTful). Does the Spring Framework have anything like a JSON HTTP Rest Client? What do Spri

Answer 1

The simplest is to use the RestTemplate, check this article on the official Spring blog:

The RestTemplate is the central Spring class for client-side HTTP access.

This is an example of a GET:

String result = restTemplate.getForObject("http://example.com/hotels/{hotel}/bookings/{booking}", String.class, "42", "21");