Sending HTTP Post request with SOAP action using org.apache.http
apache, http, httpwebrequest, java, post
Solution
The soapAction must passed as a http-header parameter - when used, it's not part of the http-body/payload.
Look here for an example with apache httpclient: http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/oac.hc3x/trunk/src/examples/PostSOAP.java
Problem
I'm trying to write a hard-coded HTTP Post request with SOAP action, using the org.apache.http api. My problem is I didn't find a way to add a request body (in my case - SOAP action). I'll be glad for some guidance. ``` import java.net.URI; import org.apache.http.HttpResponse; import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient; import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost; import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity; import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient; import org.apache.http.impl.client.RequestWrapper; import org.apache.http.protocol.HTTP; public class HTTPRequest { @SuppressWarnings("unused") public HTTPRequest() { try { HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient(); String body="DataDataData"; String bodyLength=new Integer(body.length()).toString(); System.out.println(bodyLength); // StringEntity stringEntity=new StringEntity(body); URI uri=new URI("SOMEURL?Param1=1234&Param2=abcd"); HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost(uri); httpPost.addHeader("Test", "Test_Value"); // httpPost.setEntity(stringEntity); StringEntity entity = new StringEntity(body, "text/xml",HTTP.DEFAULT_CONTENT_CHARSET); httpPost.setEntity(entity); RequestWrapper requestWrapper=new RequestWrapper(httpPost); requestWrapper.setMethod("POST"); requestWrapper.setHeader("LuckyNumber", "77"); requestWrapper.removeHeaders("Host"); requestWrapper.setHeader("Host", "GOD_IS_A_DJ"); // requestWrapper.setHeader("Content-Length",bodyLength); HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(requestWrapper); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } } ```