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HttpClient Quick Start

    [[1]] Download 'Binary with dependencies' package of the latest official release from 
    the {{{http://hc.apache.org/downloads.cgi} project download page}}. 
  
    There should be 6 jars in total (components marked with (*) are optional if MIME multipart 
    support is not required)
  
    * commons-logging-<x.x.x>.jar
  
    * commons-codec-<x.x.x>.jar
  
    * httpcore-<x.x.x>.jar
  
    * httpclient-<x.x.x>.jar
  
    * apache-mime4j-<x.x.x>.jar (*)
  
    * httpmime-<x.x.x>.jar (*)
    
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    [[2]] Take a look at the HttpClient tutorial shipped with the release package or avaialble
    {{{tutorial/html/}online}} to learn HttpClient API.
    
    [[3]] Another good way of getting started with HttpClient is by seeing it in action. Take 
    a look at the samples shipped with the release package or available {{{examples.html}online}}.
    
    [[4]] Please note that HttpClient is not a browser. Importantly it lacks UI, cache, HTML 
    renderer and a JavaScript engine. To learn more about the scope of HttpClient please refer to 
    {{{primer.html}HttpClient Primer}}