How to call servlet from java code?

Question

Now I am forming the URL in the browser, and execute it via REST api like

localhost:9043/api/json?apiKey=699cccc3dcfb348fd369e083bcd7f2a4&Severity=all

and will get some JSON Object output.

Instead of working on browser, I need to give the URL in the java code itself and to get the json object output also in java code itself. I have searched but not found yet. Need some experts answer for my question.

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/networking/urls/connecting.html — Suresh Atta, Feb 06 '14 at 12:00
Google GSON example consuming rest or similar, there's loads of documentation on this. — David, Feb 06 '14 at 12:00

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 06 '14 at 12:58

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it's just an HTTP call like any other, so you call it like any other HTTP call from a Java application, and get the results from that call like that as well.
So look up HttpURLConnection and go from there.

answered Feb 06 '14 at 12:58

jwenting

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This is half an answer. The OP will still need to take the JSON and turn it into something they can work with, though. – Ian McLaird Feb 06 '14 at 14:33
@IanMcLaird of course, but that's out of scope of his question on how to call a servlet from Java code. For that he'd need to call a JSON parser and work with the result of that, another thing he can find with a quick Google call. – jwenting Feb 06 '14 at 14:39

How to call servlet from java code?

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