HTTP Request

Published 02/20/2023 Updated 02/26/2023

HTTP Request is an easy-to-use zero dependency Java wrapper to read from a URL.

What Does It Do?

Small Java Library that provides an API for reading from URLs.
- Proxies
- User Agent
- Cookies
- Post Data

Requirements

Java 8 or greater

How To Integrate as a Dependency

Add the following to your pom.xml as a maven dependency, or just download the latest release and import it with your IDE.

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.konloch</groupId>
  <artifactId>HTTPRequest</artifactId>
  <version>2.2.0</version>
</dependency>

How To Use (Simple Request)

HTTPRequest request = new HTTPRequest(new URL("https://google.com/"));

ArrayList<String> webpage = request.read();

for(String line : webpage)
    System.out.println(line);

How To Use (Complex Request)

HTTPRequest request = new HTTPRequest(new URL("https://google.com/"));
request.setTimeout(10000);
request.setPostData("postdata=yes&awesome=yup");
request.setReferer("http://google.com/");
request.setCookie("cookies=yes;cool=sure");
request.setProxy(new Proxy(Proxy.Type.HTTP, new InetSocketAddress("127.0.0.1", 81)));

ArrayList<String> webpage = request.read();
for(String line : webpage)
    System.out.println(line);

for (Map.Entry<String, List<String>> k : request.getLastConnectionHeaders())
    System.out.println("Header Value:" + k.toString());