Java example source code file (ClientChunkEncodedPost.java)

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clientchunkencodedpost, defaulthttpclient, exception, file, fileinputstream, httpclient, httpentity, httppost, httpresponse, inputstreamentity, io

The ClientChunkEncodedPost.java example source code

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package org.apache.http.examples.client;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;

import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
import org.apache.http.entity.InputStreamEntity;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;

/**
 * Example how to use unbuffered chunk-encoded POST request.
 */
public class ClientChunkEncodedPost {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        if (args.length != 1)  {
            System.out.println("File path not given");
            System.exit(1);
        }
        HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();

        HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost("http://localhost:8080" +
                "/servlets-examples/servlet/RequestInfoExample");

        File file = new File(args[0]);

        InputStreamEntity reqEntity = new InputStreamEntity(
                new FileInputStream(file), -1);
        reqEntity.setContentType("binary/octet-stream");
        reqEntity.setChunked(true);
        // It may be more appropriate to use FileEntity class in this particular 
        // instance but we are using a more generic InputStreamEntity to demonstrate
        // the capability to stream out data from any arbitrary source
        // 
        // FileEntity entity = new FileEntity(file, "binary/octet-stream"); 
        
        httppost.setEntity(reqEntity);
        
        System.out.println("executing request " + httppost.getRequestLine());
        HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httppost);
        HttpEntity resEntity = response.getEntity();

        System.out.println("----------------------------------------");
        System.out.println(response.getStatusLine());
        if (resEntity != null) {
            System.out.println("Response content length: " + resEntity.getContentLength());
            System.out.println("Chunked?: " + resEntity.isChunked());
        }
        if (resEntity != null) {
            resEntity.consumeContent();
        }

        // When HttpClient instance is no longer needed, 
        // shut down the connection manager to ensure
        // immediate deallocation of all system resources
        httpclient.getConnectionManager().shutdown();        
    }
    
}