Sending a GET http request freezes my window

Asked Dec 19 '21 at 18:57

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I was messing around, tried to make a multiplayer game in java, made a window, a player, etc... I then proceeded to send a request to my server to get the player positions, send them too

HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
        .uri(URI.create(url))
        .build();

HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request,
         HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());

But whenever I send a get request, I get the response successfully, but the window freezes when it's getting the response, Any help please?

asked Dec 19 '21 at 18:57

Steven Rafft

Is this code executed in the main thread? – f1sh Dec 19 '21 at 19:03
Yeah, it is, may i ask why? – Steven Rafft Dec 19 '21 at 19:09
You should be sending the request [asynchronously](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3142915/how-do-you-create-an-asynchronous-http-request-in-java) / in a separate thread – Nowhere Man Dec 19 '21 at 19:55
So, that still freezes the window, here's my code on pastebin https://pastebin.com/raw/AkkCT1tB (different file) && https://pastebin.com/raw/eAGTgMFD (main file) – Steven Rafft Dec 19 '21 at 20:22
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You're not doing an async request as @AlexRudenko suggested. You're creating an async object and doing a synchronous `get()` call on it, so essentially what you were doing before. Follow the SO post he linked to. – dominicoder Dec 19 '21 at 22:39
That worked, Thank you so much! – Steven Rafft Dec 20 '21 at 22:39

Sending a GET http request freezes my window

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