gistfile1.java

// Java example
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.net.Authenticator;
import java.net.PasswordAuthentication;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;

public class Api {
  static final String kuser = "emily@socialcast.com";
  static final String kpass = "demo";

  static class SocialcastAuthenticator extends Authenticator {
      public PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() {
          return (new PasswordAuthentication(kuser, kpass.toCharArray()));
      }
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) throws java.net.MalformedURLException, java.io.IOException{
      Authenticator.setDefault(new SocialcastAuthenticator());
      
      URL url = new URL("https://demo.socialcast.com/api/messages.xml");
      HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
      
      con.setRequestMethod("POST");
      con.setDoOutput(true);
      String data = "message[title]=trying%20out%20the%20api&message[body]=hello&message[attachment_ids][]=120&message[attachment_ids][]=121";
      OutputStreamWriter writer = new OutputStreamWriter(con.getOutputStream());
      writer.write(data);
      writer.flush();
            
      InputStream ins = con.getInputStream();
      BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(ins));
      
      String str;
      while((str = reader.readLine()) != null)
        System.out.println(str);

      reader.close();
      writer.close();
  }
}