Template:Base Code for Consuming API Using Java

   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;
   }