Example of making an API request to a Chef server to get the Cookbooks list

GetCookbooks.java

String Path = "/cookbooks";
this.httpget = new HttpGet(this.ChefURL + Path);

List <NameValuePair> Headers = ChefAuth.GetHeaders(Path, "");
for(int i = 0; i < Headers.size(); i++)
{
    	this.httpget.setHeader(Headers.get(i).getName(),Headers.get(i).getValue());
}
String jsonTempString = httpClient.execute(this.httpget, responseHandler);