Hi, On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 2:34 AM, Jacques Poulin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > I have been using HttpClient 3.1 for a while now, and am looking for an > alternative. > > I found a few options, Jetty Client is one of them. > > I think that it would fulfill my requirements : I basically want to be able > to reproduce the behaviour of <insert browser name> while navigating through > an authenticated session on any web site. An example would be a class that > would login on my bank's web site and download all transaction data. > > I would want the class(es) to be able to : > > - send GET requests > - send POST requests > - add POST parameters > - add request headers (Referer, etc...) > - manage cookies (keep received cookies, but also allow the caller to > manually remove/add cookies) > - manage GET and POST redirects automatically > - manage compressed responses > - handle multiple callers, for multiple web sites, at the same time > > The interface would probably expose one public method, with the following > parameters : > > - target url > - method type (GET or POST) > - map of request headers > - map of post parameters > > It would return the resulting HTML. > > I've coded such a library with HttpClient, it works for most purposes, but > it's far from perfect. I've spent a significant amount of time coding it, > and want to avoid spending that much time on a new library using Jetty > Client. > > Does anyone know of a project that does what I'm looking for ? > > Or, are there already wrapper classes in Jetty Client that provides this > functionality ? > > Or, maybe there's some kind soul that has already coded this and is willing > to share ?
You should look at Jetty 9's new HttpClient. It has a totally rewritten API, it's way faster, non-blocking, with a lot more features and fully configurable. Documentation is coming soon, but you can look at this class for examples of how to use it: http://git.eclipse.org/c/jetty/org.eclipse.jetty.project.git/tree/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/api/Usage.java Oh, and it's JDK 8's lambda ready. Simon -- http://cometd.org http://webtide.com Developer advice, training, services and support from the Jetty & CometD experts. ---- Finally, no matter how good the architecture and design are, to deliver bug-free software with optimal performance and reliability, the implementation technique must be flawless. Victoria Livschitz _______________________________________________ jetty-users mailing list [email protected] https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/jetty-users
