gradle plugin dependencies not found under buildSrc - gradle

Question

I have a working build.gradle that I'd like to refactor into the buildSrc directory but I'm having trouble finding the dependencies.
Working build.gradle:
import groovyx.net.http.HTTPBuilder
buildscript {
repositories {
mavenCentral()
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
classpath 'org.codehaus.groovy.modules.http-builder:http-builder:0.7.2'
}
}
plugins {
id 'groovy'
}
group "com.example"
version "0.0.1"
class Foo {
Foo() {
new HTTPBuilder('http://www.example.com')
}
}
Non-working refactored build.gradle:
However, when I try to split into the following:
build.gradle
buildscript {
repositories {
mavenCentral()
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
classpath 'org.codehaus.groovy.modules.http-builder:http-builder:0.7.2'
}
}
plugins {
id 'groovy'
}
group "com.example"
version "0.0.1"
and buildSrc/src/main/groovy/Foo.groovy
import groovyx.net.http.HTTPBuilder
class Foo {
Foo() {
new HTTPBuilder('http://www.example.com')
}
}
Gives the error:
C:\Project\buildSrc\src\main\groovy\Foo.groovy: 7: unable to resolve
class HTTPBuilder # line 5, column 26.
HTTPBuilder client = new HTTPBuilder('http://www.example.com')
How can I get gradle to recognise the dependencies?

Answer 1

You need to create a build.gradle file for buildSrc directory. Try this:
C:\Project\buildSrc\build.gradle
apply plugin: 'groovy'
repositories {
mavenCentral()
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
compile 'org.codehaus.groovy.modules.http-builder:http-builder:0.7.2'
}
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