Question

I have this URL (which executes in a browser fine):

https://api-test.company.com/contacts/?q=email=[e-mail]

which I am trying to use HttpClient to execute. I’ve tried:

    String URL = "https://api-test.company.com/contacts?q=" + URLEncoder.encode("email=[e-mail]");
    DefaultHttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
    HttpGet c = new HttpGet(URL);
    HttpResponse response = client.execute(c);
    String resultContent = myRestCall.GetResponseText(response);

This returns the error:

QUERY_PARAMunable to parse query string ’email=[e-mail]’

And I’ve tried:

    GetMethod method = new GetMethod("https://api-test.company.com/contacts/?q=");
    method.setQueryString(new NameValuePair[] {new NameValuePair("email", "[e-mail]")});
    HttpGet c = new HttpGet(method.toString());
    DefaultHttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
    HttpResponse response = client.execute(c);

Which returns:

java.lang.IllegalStateException: Target host must not be null, or set in parameters.

So how exactly do I correctly parse this simple GET request?

Thanks.

Answer 1

In your example, you still have an parameter q which should be passed, too. Normaly, you have key/values. Why do you have such a constellation?

?q=email=[e-mail]

There is a value for “q” missing. Or do you want to set “email=[e-mail]” as value for “q” Then you should escape the “=”