Send http request using google-http-client

Something.java

// Related to https://gist.github.com/tfnico/5926374 
// and http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14464486/guava-input-output-suppliers-and-urlconnection

static final HttpTransport HTTP_TRANSPORT = new NetHttpTransport();

public void sendMessage(String url, String params){
    final HttpURLConnection connection;
    try {

        HttpRequestFactory requestFactory = HTTP_TRANSPORT.createRequestFactory();
        GenericUrl url = new GenericUrl(url);
        HttpContent content = new ByteArrayContent("application/x-www-form-urlencoded", params.getBytes());
        HttpRequest request = requestFactory.buildPostRequest(url, content);
        HttpResponse response = request.execute();
        System.out.println("Sent parameters: " + paramsToSend + " - Received response: " + response.getStatusMessage());
        System.out.println("Response content: " + CharStreams.toString(new InputStreamReader(response.getContent())));
    } catch (IOException e) {
        throw Throwables.propagate(e);
    }
}

A more modern version of https://gist.github.com/tfnico/5926374

See https://github.com/google/google-http-java-client for more info

link looping .. which one is the more modern version ?

link looping .. which one is the more modern version ?

That's a really good question... But there is no answser since more than 4 years, which is ridiculous...

Code does not work anymore with current version

A more modern version of https://gist.github.com/tfnico/5926374

-> That has nothing to do with the google http client library