Send content body with HTTP GET Request in Java

Question

I have a third party API which needs content body in a http GET request and doesn't accept any other forms of input.I cant make any changes to this API and the owners are not taking change requests to the API. I know that this is a bad design and all but is there any way this could be done ? I have tried apache httpurlconnection and java url apis, but haven't been able to achieve the same.

your question is not clear. Please provide more details, show what have you already tried. — DimaSan, Sep 02 '16 at 14:33
Perhaps [This answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/27319285/4385713) can be of any help. — Cas, Sep 02 '16 at 14:35
Possible duplicate of [http get request with body](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27180431/http-get-request-with-body) — talex, Sep 02 '16 at 14:51

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 02 '16 at 17:23

You need to use the below

public class HttpGetWithBody extends HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase {

    @Override
    public String getMethod() {
        return "GET";
    }
}

HttpGetWithBody getWithBody = new HttpGetWithBody ();
getWithBody.setEntity(y(new ByteArrayEntity(
            "<SOMEPAYLOAD FOR A GET ???>".toString().getBytes("UTF8"))););
getResponse = httpclient.execute(getWithBody );

Import needed will be org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase;

Send content body with HTTP GET Request in Java

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