WebClient makes it possible to perform reactive non-blocking HTTP requests in Spring applications. Use this tag for any questions involving its usage.
Questions tagged [spring-webclient]
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        Spring boot Webclient's retrieve vs exchange
I have started using WebClient in my Spring boot project recently.
Can somebody throw some light on the differences/usages between exchange and retrieve methods in WebClient.
I understand that exchange returns Mono and retrieve… 
         
    
    
        Abdullah Khan
        
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        Spring WebClient: How to stream large byte[] to file?
It seems like it the Spring RestTemplate isn't able to stream a response directly to file without buffering it all in memory. What is the proper to achieve this using the newer Spring 5 WebClient? 
WebClient client =…
         
    
    
        Dave L.
        
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        How to set multiple headers at once in Spring WebClient?
I was trying to set headers to my rest client but every time I have to write 
webclient.get().uri("blah-blah")
         .header("key1", "value1")
         .header("key2", "value2")...
How can I set all headers at the same time using headers()…
         
    
    
        Amit Kumar
        
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        How to post request with spring boot web-client for Form data for content type application/x-www-form-urlencoded
How To use spring boot webclient for posting request with  content type application/x-www-form-urlencoded
sample curl request with content type `application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
--header 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded'…
         
    
    
        Niraj Sonawane
        
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        spring webclient: retry with backoff on specific error
i'd like to retry the request 3 times after waiting 10sec when response is 5xx. but i don't see a method that I can use. On object
WebClient.builder()
                .baseUrl("...").build().post()
                .retrieve().bodyToMono(...)
i can…
         
    
    
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        Does the use of Spring Webflux's WebClient in a blocking application design cause a larger use of resources than RestTemplate
I am working on several spring-boot applications which have the traditional pattern of thread-per-request. We are using Spring-boot-webflux to acquire WebClient to perform our RESTful integration between the applications. Hence our application…
         
    
    
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        PrematureCloseException: Connection prematurely closed
im using Web-flux/Reactive and Webclient, running it on tomcat and spring-boot.
Everything works fine. I read a lot about it. The problem seems to be that whenever you use webclient, you have to return or use the response, otherwise it will close…
         
    
    
        Douglas Santos
        
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        Adding a retry all requests of WebClient
we have a server to retrieve a OAUTH token, and the oauth token is added to each request via WebClient.filter method
e.g
webClient
                .mutate()
                .filter((request, next) -> tokenProvider.getBearerToken()
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        Kevin Hussey
        
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        Spring WebFlux 5.3.0 - WebClient.exchangeToMono()
I've just upgraded to Webflux 5.3.0, and noticed that WebClient.exchange() method is now deprecated (link) in favor of new methos .exchangeToMono() and .exchangeToFlux()
I had this code:
webClient
   .method(request.method)
   .uri(request.path)
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        Larik Borts
        
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        Proxy setting not working with Spring WebClient
My following WebClient is working fine with internet connection but not through our proxy connection.
WebClient webClient = WebClient.builder()
        .baseUrl("https://targetsite.com")
        .build();
webClient.post()
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        Krishna
        
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        SpringBoot FeignClient vs WebClient
I want to consume a couple of rest services. Before, I used RestTemplate, but now I want to know The main differences between Spring Boot FeignClient and WebClient.
When should they be used?
         
    
    
        Tohid Makari
        
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        WebClient - how to get request body?
I've started using WebClient and I'm adding logging of request/response using filter method:
WebClient.builder()
    .baseUrl(properties.getEndpoint())
    .filter((request, next) -> {
        // logging
        request.body()
    })
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        Marcin Szulc
        
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        Spring WebClient set Bearer auth token in header
Following scenario:
I have two Microservices A and B. Service A is a Bearer client that has an open api and receives requests from clients that have to be authorized by keycloak. Now I want to send an authorized Request from Service A to Service B,…
         
    
    
        FishingIsLife
        
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        Add query parameter in WebClient request
I am using Spring WebFlux where I am taking request and using same request to call another service. But I am not sure how to add query parameters. This is my code
@RequestMapping(value= ["/ptta-service/**"])
suspend fun executeService(request:…
         
    
    
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        Looking for an alternative of retryWhen which is now Deprecated
I'm facing an issue with WebClient and reactor-extra. Indeed, I have the following method :
public Employee getEmployee(String employeeId) {
            return webClient.get()
                    .uri(FIND_EMPLOYEE_BY_ID_URL, employeeId)
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