## 1.2.3:

 - add "mavenLocal", for local repository. enables to check this dependency locally
 - Handle correctly Exceptions in http requsts/responses
 - support Encoding type (other than utf8) in http responses

README.md

+### general utils
+## 1.2.3:
+ - add "mavenLocal", for local repository. enables to check this dependency locally
+ - Handle correctly Exceptions in http requsts/responses
+ - support Encoding type (other than utf8) in http responses

build.gradle

 group 'com.ipgallery.common'
-version '1.1.2'
+version '1.1.3'
 
 apply plugin: 'java'
 apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
+//for mavenLocal
+//apply plugin: 'maven'
+
 
 sourceCompatibility = 1.8
 
 repositories {
     //mavenCentral()
+    //use mavenLocal in cases you want to create this jar on your local machine
+    //or to be able to use one
+    //mavenLocal()
     maven { url "http://172.16.1.132:8081/repository/internal" }
     maven { url "http://mandubian-mvn.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/mandubian-mvn/repository" }
 }
@@ -27,6 +33,18 @@ dependencies {
     testCompile group: 'junit', name: 'junit', version: '4.11'
 }
 
+//1. use this install task (under "other" section)to create this jar localy on your machine.
+// version will be extended with the Postfix "-LOCAL"
+//2. in order to use this jar in a project:
+// in the build.gradle add "mavenLocal()" as first repository
+//and the dependency with correct version number ended with "-LOCAL"
+//install {
+//    repositories.mavenInstaller {
+//        pom.version = version + '-LOCAL'
+//    }
+//}
+
+
 publishing {
     publications {
 

src/main/java/http/simpleHttpClient/SimpleHttpClient.java

@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ public class SimpleHttpClient {
 	public void shutdown() throws Throwable
 	{
 		defaulthttpClient.getConnectionManager().shutdown();
-	}	
-	
+	}
+
 	public SimpleHttpResponse processRequest(SimpleHttpRequest request) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
-		
+
 		HttpUriRequest uriRequest = request.build();
 		org.apache.http.HttpResponse resultResp = null;
-		SimpleHttpResponse  response = null;		
+		SimpleHttpResponse  response = null;
 		try {
 			// add cookies
 			if (request.getCookies().size() > 0) {
@@ -63,19 +63,22 @@ public class SimpleHttpClient {
 					cookieStore.addCookie(cookie);
 				}
 			}
-			defaulthttpClient.setCookieStore(cookieStore);	
-			
-			
+			defaulthttpClient.setCookieStore(cookieStore);
+
+
 			// send the request
 			resultResp = defaulthttpClient.execute(uriRequest);
 			if (resultResp != null) {
 				response = ParseResponseAndCookies(resultResp, defaulthttpClient.getCookieStore());
 				return response;
-			}				        
-		} catch (Exception e) {	
+			}else
+			{
+				return new SimpleHttpResponse(500, "request execution failed");
+			}
+		} catch (Exception e) {
 			return new SimpleHttpResponse(500, e.toString());
 		}
-		return null;
+
 	}
 	
 	public SimpleHttpResponse ParseResponseAndCookies(org.apache.http.HttpResponse response, CookieStore cookieStore) {
@@ -99,7 +102,17 @@ public class SimpleHttpClient {
 		try {
 			HttpEntity httpEntity = response.getEntity();
 	        if (httpEntity != null) {
-	        	BufferedReader rd = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(response.getEntity().getContent()));
+				BufferedReader rd;
+				Header contentEncoding = response.getEntity().getContentEncoding();
+				String contentEncodingValue = null;
+				if (contentEncoding != null)
+					contentEncodingValue = contentEncoding.getValue();
+				if (contentEncodingValue!= null)
+					rd = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(response.getEntity().getContent(),
+							contentEncodingValue));
+				else
+					rd = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(response.getEntity().getContent()));
+
 	        	StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer();
 	        	String line = "";
 	        	while ((line = rd.readLine()) != null) {

src/main/java/http/simpleHttpClient/SimpleHttpRequest.java

@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ public class SimpleHttpRequest {
 		return getRequest;
 	}
 	
-	protected HttpUriRequest buildPostRequest() {
+	protected HttpUriRequest buildPostRequest() throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
 				
 		// build URI
 		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();				
@@ -206,19 +206,15 @@ public class SimpleHttpRequest {
 		
 		// add content
 		if (content != null) {
-			try {				
-				StringEntity contentEntity =  new StringEntity(content,"UTF-8");
-				contentEntity.setContentType(contentType);
-				postRequest.setEntity(contentEntity);				
-			} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {				
-				e.printStackTrace();
-			}
-		}		
+			StringEntity contentEntity =  new StringEntity(content,"UTF-8");
+			contentEntity.setContentType(contentType);
+			postRequest.setEntity(contentEntity);
+		}
 		
 		return postRequest;
 	}
 		
-	protected HttpUriRequest buildPutRequest() {
+	protected HttpUriRequest buildPutRequest() throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
 		
 		// build URI
 		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();				
@@ -246,15 +242,11 @@ public class SimpleHttpRequest {
 		
 		// add content
 		if (content != null) {
-			try {
 				StringEntity contentEntity =  new StringEntity(content);
 				//contentEntity.setContentType("application/json");
 				contentEntity.setContentType(contentType);
 				putRequest.setEntity(contentEntity);
-			} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {				
-				e.printStackTrace();
-			}
-		}		
+		}
 		
 		return putRequest;
 	}

src/main/java/http/simpleHttpClient/SimpleHttpResponse.java

@@ -26,5 +26,24 @@ public class SimpleHttpResponse {
 	public Map<String, String> getHeaders() { return headers; }
 	public void setHeaders(Map<String, String> headers) { this.headers = headers; }
 	public String getContent() { return content; }
-	public void setContent(String content) { this.content = content; }	
+	public void setContent(String content) { this.content = content; }
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		StringBuilder respString;
+		try {
+			respString = new StringBuilder("statusCode=").append(statusCode).append(" content=");
+			if (content == null)
+				respString.append("null");
+			else
+				respString.append(content);
+		}
+		catch (Exception e){
+			return super.toString();
+		}
+
+		return respString.toString();
+
+
+	}
 }

src/test/java/TestSimpleRestClient.java

+import http.simpleRestClient.SimpleRestClient;
+import http.simpleRestClient.SimpleRestResponse;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Created by eli on 7/26/16.
+ */
+public class TestSimpleRestClient {
+    @Test
+    public void testSimpleRestClient(){
+        SimpleRestClient restClient = new SimpleRestClient("mde", "172.16.1.56:50040");
+        SimpleRestResponse resp;
+        restClient.Initialize(100);
+        //wrong params to get 404
+
+        resp = restClient.get("\"/api/v1/\"", "chicago/transportation/routes", "key=gT2nciTKwRv6Jy5njqm8fe7LW");
+        System.out.println("resp for get is: "+resp.toString());
+        resp = restClient.post("\"/api/v1/\"", "chicago/transportation/routes", "key=gT2nciTKwRv6Jy5njqm8fe7LW",null);
+        System.out.println("resp for post is: "+resp.toString());
+        resp = restClient.get("/api/v1/", "chicago/transportation/routes", "key=gT2nciTKwRv6Jy5njqm8fe7LW");
+        System.out.println("resp for get is: "+resp.toString());
+
+//domain for http tests        http://httpbin.org/post
+        restClient = new SimpleRestClient("post", "httpbin.org:80");
+        restClient.Initialize(100);
+        resp = restClient.post(null, (String)null, null,null);
+        System.out.println("resp for get is: "+resp.toString());
+
+
+    }
+}