How to request POST using RestTemplate, authorized using user password - spring

Question

Can some one tell how I can use RestTemplate to POST a HttpEntity object using Authorization. I am using below code in test application
Client Side :
public class FifthWay extends Thread {
public void run() {
String plainCreds = "anuj:khare";
byte[] plainCredsBytes = plainCreds.getBytes();
byte[] base64CredsBytes = Base64.encodeBase64(plainCredsBytes);
String base64Creds = new String(base64CredsBytes);
HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
headers.add("Authorization", "Basic " + base64Creds);
HttpEntity<String> postRequest = new HttpEntity<String>("FifthWay",headers);
RestTemplate rt = new RestTemplate();
rt.getMessageConverters().add(new MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter());
rt.getMessageConverters().add(new StringHttpMessageConverter());
String postUri = new String("http://169.194.48.182:8080/trade-capture-service/deals/persist");
ResponseEntity<String> responseForPost = rt.exchange(postUri,HttpMethod.POST, postRequest, String.class);
String responseStringForPost = responseForPost.getBody();
System.out.println(responseStringForPost);
}
}
Server side :
#Controller
#RequestMapping("/deals")
public class RestController {
...
...
#RequestMapping(value = "/check", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public #ResponseBody
String justACheck() {
System.out.println("It Works");
return "It works";
}
Getting errors like :
Exception in thread "Thread-4" org.springframework.web.client.HttpClientErrorException: 415 Unsupported Media Type
OR
Exception in thread "Thread-4" org.springframework.web.client.HttpClientErrorException: 400 Bad Request
Please help

Answer 1

Here is the example of RestTemplate exchange :
RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplate();
restTemplate.getMessageConverters().add(new MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter());
HttpHeaders requestHeaders = new HttpHeaders();
final HttpEntity entity = new HttpEntity(restCanvas, requestHeaders);
return restTemplate.exchange(canvasAddUrl + value, HttpMethod.POST, entity, Integer.class);
Here canvasAddURL is the URL you wish to call with context-path. If you want to add a cookie to it, lemme know, i have removed that code as it is most of the time not necessary. The return value for this is ResponseEntity<Integer> . Check it out.