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Version: v11.6.0

Accessing REST APIs from Java Service


Learn how to access REST APIs using Java Service.

The steps include:

  1. How to create a Java Service method to access a Rest Service.
  2. How the Java Service can invoke the Rest Service to get the response.

Files Imported to Java Service

The following files were imported into the Java Service:

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import com.wavemaker.runtime.security.SecurityService;
import com.wavemaker.runtime.service.annotations.ExposeToClient;
import com.wavemaker.runtime.service.annotations.HideFromClient;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import org.json.JSONObject;

Java Service Method

We will be using the following Java Service Method:

public ArrayList<String> restService(String origin, String destination) {
ArrayList<String> directionList = new ArrayList<String>();
try {
URL url = new URL("http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/xml?origin="+origin+"&destination="+destination+"&sensor=false");
HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
conn.setRequestMethod("GET");
if (conn.getResponseCode() != 200) {
throw new RuntimeException("Failed : HTTP error code : "+ conn.getResponseCode());
}
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader((conn.getInputStream())));
String output;
while ((output = br.readLine()) != null) {while ((output = br.readLine()) != null) {
if(output.contains("<html_instructions>"))
{
output = output.substring(output.indexOf(">")+1, output.indexOf("</html_instructions>"));
directionList.add(output);
}
}} conn.disconnect();}
catch (MalformedURLException e) {
e.printStackTrace();}
catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();}
return directionList;
}

See Also

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How to implement forgot password feature using Java Service
How to schedule a Java Service
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