Question

I unable to use put method to send data to particular link.. Please find below the code.Let me know if i have to make any change

public class test {
    private static String url = "http://semldvw0728.google.net/.svc/web/testrequests/";
    private static String urlconnection;

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {

    StringBuffer xmlString = new StringBuffer();

    xmlString.append("<TestRequest>");
    xmlString.append("<DateRequested>2011-12-20</DateRequested>");
    xmlString.append("<DemCapID>893467</DemCapID>");
    xmlString.append("<DemCapVersion>1</DemCapVersion>");
    xmlString.append("<IBIS_ID>13530</IBIS_ID>");
    xmlString.append("<ProjectName>LTS</ProjectName>");
    xmlString.append("<RequestedBy>ktmq331</RequestedBy>");
    xmlString.append("<SampleNumber>SN1033645061</SampleNumber>");
    xmlString.append("<Status>Sample Ordered</Status>");
    xmlString.append("</TestRequest>");

    System.out.println("xmlString :" + xmlString.toString());
    url = url + 893467;
    System.out.println("URL : " + url);

    try {
        System.out.println("URL : " + url);
        HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
        PutMethod putMethod = new PutMethod(url);
        client.setConnectionTimeout(8000);
        putMethod.setRequestBody(xmlString.toString());
        System.out.println("statusLine>>>" + putMethod.getStatusLine());
        System.out.println("statusLine>>>"+           putMethod.getResponseBodyAsString());
        putMethod.releaseConnection();
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}

Answer 1

I think you need to make a call to execute, or you could use the HttpClient object you’ve created to call this.

So maybe add this line after you’re setting the request body for your putMethod…

client.executMethod(putMethod);