httpPostRequest.groovy

/*
Suggested by ChatGPT
Here's an example Groovy script that uses the `HttpURLConnection` class 
to connect to a web service, send a JSON payload via HTTP POST, and record the response:
*/
import java.net.HttpURLConnection
import java.net.URL

// Define the URL of the web service
def url = new URL("http://example.com/myservice")

// Define the JSON payload to send
def payload = '{"DatabaseID":"BooHoo","Paths":["Path1","Path2"]}'

// Create an HttpURLConnection object
def connection = url.openConnection() as HttpURLConnection

// Set the request method to POST
connection.requestMethod = "POST"

// Set the content type to JSON
connection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json")

// Enable output and disable input
connection.doOutput = true
connection.doInput = false

// Write the payload to the request body
def outputStream = connection.outputStream
outputStream.write(payload.getBytes("UTF-8"))
outputStream.flush()
outputStream.close()

// Read the response from the server
def responseCode = connection.responseCode
def inputStream = responseCode < HttpURLConnection.HTTP_BAD_REQUEST ? connection.inputStream : connection.errorStream
def response = new StringBuffer()

def reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream))
def line = null
while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
    response.append(line)
}

reader.close()
inputStream.close()
connection.disconnect()

// Print the response to the console
println("Response code: ${responseCode}")
println("Response body: ${response.toString()}")