Java API

import org.apache.commons.httpclient.*;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.*;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.params.HttpMethodParams;
import org.json.JSONObject;
import java.io.*;

public class MetanumberApiExample {

  private static String url = "http://tyson.rci.sc.edu/metanumber/api/v1.0/engine/";

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    //Create metanumber equation to be evaluated.
    String equation = "3*m + 5*ft + 25*inch";
    //Replace all / with |
    equation = equation.replace('/','|');

    HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
    
    GetMethod method = new GetMethod(url+equation);
    
    method.getParams().setParameter(HttpMethodParams.RETRY_HANDLER, 
        	new DefaultHttpMethodRetryHandler(3, false));
    
    try {
      int statusCode = client.executeMethod(method);
      if (statusCode != HttpStatus.SC_OK) {
        System.err.println("Method failed: " + method.getStatusLine());
      }
      byte[] responseBody = method.getResponseBody();

      JSONObject result = new JSONObject(new String(responseBody));

      System.out.println(result.getString("result"));


    } catch (HttpException e) {
      System.out.println("Fatal protocol violation: " + e.getMessage());
      e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (IOException e) {
      System.out.println("Fatal transport error: " + e.getMessage());
      e.printStackTrace();
    } finally {
      // Release the connection.
      method.releaseConnection();
    }  
  }
}