Re: POSTing to a servlet

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Date:
Thu, 13 Dec 2012 19:50:09 -0500
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On 12/13/2012 8:59 AM, RVic wrote:

I have a JUnit test that tests a servlet. The code is straightforward:

HttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
List<NameValuePair> nvps = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost("http://myaerver.com:8080/servlets/json");
addParameter(nvps, "query", "engagementByFacility");
addParameter(nvps, "surveyId", 681150);
httpPost.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(nvps));
ResponseHandler<String> responseHandler = new BasicResponseHandler();
String responseBody = httpClient.execute(httpPost, responseHandler);

On this last line however, httpClient.execute(), things fail and I am at an utter loss as to why. The URL is good. Examination of the stack shows:

org.apache.http.client.HttpResponseException: Moved Temporarily
at org.apache.http.impl.client.BasicResponseHandler.handleResponse(BasicResponseHandler.java:68)
at org.apache.http.impl.client.BasicResponseHandler.handleResponse(BasicResponseHandler.java:54)
at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:1070)
at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:1044)
at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:1035)
at ees.cmn.web.servlet.JSONServletTest.testFindOrgs(JSONServletTest.java:75)
at org.eclipse.ant.internal.launching.remote.EclipseDefaultExecutor.executeTargets(EclipseDefaultExecutor.java:32)
at org.eclipse.ant.internal.launching.remote.InternalAntRunner.run(InternalAntRunner.java:424)
at org.eclipse.ant.internal.launching.remote.InternalAntRunner.main(InternalAntRunner.java:138)

"Moved Temporarily?" What in the world might be going on here? TIA


The URL has moved.

Your browser probably redirect automatically.

But HttpClient should actually do the same.

See:
 
http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/tutorial/html/httpagent.html

Could you check the actual response getting back
with a tool like TCPMon?

Arne

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