> -----Original Message----- > From: KARR, DAVID > Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 12:32 PM > To: users@cxf.apache.org > Subject: RE: How to pass POST parameters with WebClient.post()? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Sergey Beryozkin [mailto:sberyoz...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 2:06 AM > > To: users@cxf.apache.org > > Subject: Re: How to pass POST parameters with WebClient.post()? > > > > Hi > > On 05/03/12 23:52, KARR, DAVID wrote: > > > I'm working with a developer who is trying to call a REST service > > from his code. The service can accept a query parameter that could > > potentially be very long. It's easy enough to make this call with a > > GET, but we'd like to avoid the risk of a too-long URL by using a > POST > > instead. I don't understand how to add POST parameters. > > > > You can get the query parameters added with POST too, but most likely > > in > > this case the requirement is to POST the data using the > > "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" media type. > > With WebClient you can do it like this: > > > > import org.apache.cxf.jaxrs.ext.form.Form; > > > > WebClient wc = WebClient.create(address); > > wc.form(new Form().set("a", aValue).set("b", bValue)); > > Continuing with this, if the only data we have to send are in the form > parameters, what would we send in the final "post()" call? It takes an > Object. What is sent there?
Actually, I guess I figured this out. We would just pass "null" for that parameter.
