© Kishori Sharan 2019
K. SharanJava 13 Revealedhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5407-3_3

3. The HTTP Client API

Kishori Sharan1 
(1)
Montgomery, AL, USA
 
In this chapter, you will learn

  • What the HTTP Client API is

  • How to create HTTP clients

  • How to make HTTP requests

  • How to receive and process HTTP responses

  • How to push unsolicited data from server to client using server push

  • How to use HTTP basic authentication to authenticate access to resources on the server

  • How to create WebSocket client endpoints

JDK 9 and 10 delivered the HTTP Client API as an incubator module. JDK 11 included it as a standard module named java.net.http. The types are in the java.net.http package.

What Is the HTTP Client API?

Java has supported HTTP Client API from very early releases. ...

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