Question

As per title really I’m wanting to send a custom HTTP post request to a web server and I have little experience in this area. The web server uses an LDAP server for access control (not sure if that’s important) for which of course I know the username and password. Could anyone flesh out some code to do this or at least get me started?

Edit for one of the comments, the server is running a LAMP stack with PhP 5+ and Apache 2+

Answer 1

You can use HttpClient module from Apache.

Although the java.net package provides
basic functionality for accessing
resources via HTTP, it doesn’t provide
the full flexibility or functionality
needed by many applications.
HttpClient seeks to fill this void by
providing an efficient, up-to-date,
and feature-rich package implementing
the client side of the most recent
HTTP standards and recommendations.

Designed for extension while providing
robust support for the base HTTP
protocol, HttpClient may be of
interest to anyone building HTTP-aware
client applications such as web
browsers, web service clients, or
systems that leverage or extend the
HTTP protocol for distributed
communication.