Template:Base Code for Consuming API Using Java
From Updox API
private HttpResponse SendReceiveJSON(String jsonData, String uri) throws Exception { HttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient(); HttpResponse response = null; StringEntity params = new StringEntity(jsonData); try { HttpPost request = new HttpPost(uri); request.addHeader("content-type", "application/json"); request.setEntity(params); response = httpClient.execute(request); } catch (Exception ex) { // handle exception here } finally { httpClient.getConnectionManager().shutdown(); } return response; }