Package org.springframework.web.client

Class RestTemplate

java.lang.Object

org.springframework.http.client.support.HttpAccessor

org.springframework.http.client.support.InterceptingHttpAccessor

org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate

All Implemented Interfaces:

RestOperations

public class RestTemplate
extends InterceptingHttpAccessor
implements RestOperations

Synchronous client to perform HTTP requests, exposing a simple, template method API over underlying HTTP client libraries such as the JDK HttpURLConnection, Apache HttpComponents, and others. RestTemplate offers templates for common scenarios by HTTP method, in addition to the generalized exchange and execute methods that support less frequent cases.

RestTemplate is typically used as a shared component. However, its configuration does not support concurrent modification, and as such its configuration is typically prepared on startup. If necessary, you can create multiple, differently configured RestTemplate instances on startup. Such instances may use the same underlying ClientHttpRequestFactory if they need to share HTTP client resources.

NOTE: As of 6.1, RestClient offers a more modern API for synchronous HTTP access. For asynchronous and streaming scenarios, consider the reactive WebClient.

RestTemplate and RestClient share the same infrastructure (i.e. request factories, request interceptors and initializers, message converters, etc.), so any improvements made therein are shared as well. However, RestClient is the focus for new higher-level features.

Since:

3.0

Author:

Arjen Poutsma, Brian Clozel, Roy Clarkson, Juergen Hoeller, Sam Brannen, Sebastien Deleuze

See Also:

• HttpMessageConverter
• RequestCallback
• ResponseExtractor
• ResponseErrorHandler

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.springframework.http.client.support.HttpAccessor

logger

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
RestTemplate()	Create a new instance of the RestTemplate using default settings.
RestTemplate(List<HttpMessageConverter<?>> messageConverters)	Create a new instance of the RestTemplate using the given list of HttpMessageConverter to use.
RestTemplate(ClientHttpRequestFactory requestFactory)	Create a new instance of the RestTemplate based on the given ClientHttpRequestFactory.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
<T> RequestCallback	acceptHeaderRequestCallback(Class<T> responseType)	Return a RequestCallback that sets the request Accept header based on the given response type, cross-checked against the configured message converters.
void	delete(String url, Object... uriVariables)	Delete the resources at the specified URI.
void	delete(String url, Map<String,?> uriVariables)	Delete the resources at the specified URI.
void	delete(URI url)	Delete the resources at the specified URL.
protected <T> T	doExecute(URI url, String uriTemplate, HttpMethod method, RequestCallback requestCallback, ResponseExtractor<T> responseExtractor)	Execute the given method on the provided URI.
protected <T> T	doExecute(URI url, HttpMethod method, RequestCallback requestCallback, ResponseExtractor<T> responseExtractor)	Deprecated. in favor of doExecute(URI, String, HttpMethod, RequestCallback, ResponseExtractor)
<T> ResponseEntity<T>	exchange(String url, HttpMethod method, HttpEntity<?> requestEntity, Class<T> responseType, Object... uriVariables)	Execute the HTTP method to the given URI template, writing the given request entity to the request, and return the response as ResponseEntity.
<T> ResponseEntity<T>	exchange(String url, HttpMethod method, HttpEntity<?> requestEntity, Class<T> responseType, Map<String,?> uriVariables)	Execute the HTTP method to the given URI template, writing the given request entity to the request, and return the response as ResponseEntity.
<T> ResponseEntity<T>	exchange(String url, HttpMethod method, HttpEntity<?> requestEntity, ParameterizedTypeReference<T> responseType, Object... uriVariables)	Execute the HTTP method to the given URI template, writing the given request entity to the request, and return the response as ResponseEntity.
<T> ResponseEntity<T>	exchange(String url, HttpMethod method, HttpEntity<?> requestEntity, ParameterizedTypeReference<T> responseType, Map<String,?> uriVariables)	Execute the HTTP method to the given URI template, writing the given request entity to the request, and return the response as ResponseEntity.
<T> ResponseEntity<T>	exchange(URI url, HttpMethod method, HttpEntity<?> requestEntity, Class<T> responseType)	Execute the HTTP method to the given URI template, writing the given request entity to the request, and return the response as ResponseEntity.
<T> ResponseEntity<T>	exchange(URI url, HttpMethod method, HttpEntity<?> requestEntity, ParameterizedTypeReference<T> responseType)	Execute the HTTP method to the given URI template, writing the given request entity to the request, and return the response as ResponseEntity.
<T> ResponseEntity<T>	exchange(RequestEntity<?> entity, Class<T> responseType)	Execute the request specified in the given RequestEntity and return the response as ResponseEntity.
<T> ResponseEntity<T>	exchange(RequestEntity<?> entity, ParameterizedTypeReference<T> responseType)	Execute the request specified in the given RequestEntity and return the response as ResponseEntity.
<T> T	execute(String uriTemplate, HttpMethod method, RequestCallback requestCallback, ResponseExtractor<T> responseExtractor, Object... uriVariables)	Execute the HTTP method to the given URI template, preparing the request with the RequestCallback, and reading the response with a ResponseExtractor.
<T> T	execute(String uriTemplate, HttpMethod method, RequestCallback requestCallback, ResponseExtractor<T> responseExtractor, Map<String,?> uriVariables)	Execute the HTTP method to the given URI template, preparing the request with the RequestCallback, and reading the response with a ResponseExtractor.
<T> T	execute(URI url, HttpMethod method, RequestCallback requestCallback, ResponseExtractor<T> responseExtractor)	Execute the HTTP method to the given URL, preparing the request with the RequestCallback, and reading the response with a ResponseExtractor.
ResponseErrorHandler	getErrorHandler()	Return the error handler.
<T> ResponseEntity<T>	getForEntity(String url, Class<T> responseType, Object... uriVariables)	Retrieve an entity by doing a GET on the specified URL.
<T> ResponseEntity<T>	getForEntity(String url, Class<T> responseType, Map<String,?> uriVariables)	Retrieve a representation by doing a GET on the URI template.
<T> ResponseEntity<T>	getForEntity(URI url, Class<T> responseType)	Retrieve a representation by doing a GET on the URL.
<T> T	getForObject(String url, Class<T> responseType, Object... uriVariables)	Retrieve a representation by doing a GET on the specified URL.
<T> T	getForObject(String url, Class<T> responseType, Map<String,?> uriVariables)	Retrieve a representation by doing a GET on the URI template.
<T> T	getForObject(URI url, Class<T> responseType)	Retrieve a representation by doing a GET on the URL.
List<HttpMessageConverter<?>>	getMessageConverters()	Return the list of message body converters.
ClientRequestObservationConvention	getObservationConvention()	Return the configured ClientRequestObservationConvention, or null if not set.
io.micrometer.observation.ObservationRegistry	getObservationRegistry()	Return the configured ObservationRegistry.
UriTemplateHandler	getUriTemplateHandler()	Return the configured URI template handler.
protected void	handleResponse(URI url, HttpMethod method, ClientHttpResponse response)	Handle the given response, performing appropriate logging and invoking the ResponseErrorHandler if necessary.
protected ResponseExtractor<HttpHeaders>	headersExtractor()	Return a response extractor for HttpHeaders.
HttpHeaders	headForHeaders(String url, Object... uriVariables)	Retrieve all headers of the resource specified by the URI template.
HttpHeaders	headForHeaders(String url, Map<String,?> uriVariables)	Retrieve all headers of the resource specified by the URI template.
HttpHeaders	headForHeaders(URI url)	Retrieve all headers of the resource specified by the URL.
<T> RequestCallback	httpEntityCallback(Object requestBody)	Return a RequestCallback implementation that writes the given object to the request stream.
<T> RequestCallback	httpEntityCallback(Object requestBody, Type responseType)	Return a RequestCallback implementation that: Sets the request Accept header based on the given response type, cross-checked against the configured message converters.
Set<HttpMethod>	optionsForAllow(String url, Object... uriVariables)	Return the value of the Allow header for the given URI.
Set<HttpMethod>	optionsForAllow(String url, Map<String,?> uriVariables)	Return the value of the Allow header for the given URI.
Set<HttpMethod>	optionsForAllow(URI url)	Return the value of the Allow header for the given URL.
<T> T	patchForObject(String url, Object request, Class<T> responseType, Object... uriVariables)	Update a resource by PATCHing the given object to the URI template, and return the representation found in the response.
<T> T	patchForObject(String url, Object request, Class<T> responseType, Map<String,?> uriVariables)	Update a resource by PATCHing the given object to the URI template, and return the representation found in the response.
<T> T	patchForObject(URI url, Object request, Class<T> responseType)	Update a resource by PATCHing the given object to the URL, and return the representation found in the response.
<T> ResponseEntity<T>	postForEntity(String url, Object request, Class<T> responseType, Object... uriVariables)	Create a new resource by POSTing the given object to the URI template, and return the response as ResponseEntity.
<T> ResponseEntity<T>	postForEntity(String url, Object request, Class<T> responseType, Map<String,?> uriVariables)	Create a new resource by POSTing the given object to the URI template, and return the response as HttpEntity.
<T> ResponseEntity<T>	postForEntity(URI url, Object request, Class<T> responseType)	Create a new resource by POSTing the given object to the URL, and return the response as ResponseEntity.
URI	postForLocation(String url, Object request, Object... uriVariables)	Create a new resource by POSTing the given object to the URI template, and return the value of the Location header.
URI	postForLocation(String url, Object request, Map<String,?> uriVariables)	Create a new resource by POSTing the given object to the URI template, and return the value of the Location header.
URI	postForLocation(URI url, Object request)	Create a new resource by POSTing the given object to the URL, and return the value of the Location header.
<T> T	postForObject(String url, Object request, Class<T> responseType, Object... uriVariables)	Create a new resource by POSTing the given object to the URI template, and return the representation found in the response.
<T> T	postForObject(String url, Object request, Class<T> responseType, Map<String,?> uriVariables)	Create a new resource by POSTing the given object to the URI template, and return the representation found in the response.
<T> T	postForObject(URI url, Object request, Class<T> responseType)	Create a new resource by POSTing the given object to the URL, and return the representation found in the response.
void	put(String url, Object request, Object... uriVariables)	Create or update a resource by PUTting the given object to the URI.
void	put(String url, Object request, Map<String,?> uriVariables)	Creates a new resource by PUTting the given object to URI template.
void	put(URI url, Object request)	Creates a new resource by PUTting the given object to URL.
<T> ResponseExtractor<ResponseEntity<T>>	responseEntityExtractor(Type responseType)	Return a ResponseExtractor that prepares a ResponseEntity.
void	setDefaultUriVariables(Map<String,?> uriVars)	Configure default URI variable values.
void	setErrorHandler(ResponseErrorHandler errorHandler)	Set the error handler.
void	setMessageConverters(List<HttpMessageConverter<?>> messageConverters)	Set the message body converters to use.
void	setObservationConvention(ClientRequestObservationConvention observationConvention)	Configure an ObservationConvention that sets the name of the observation as well as its KeyValues extracted from the ClientRequestObservationContext.
void	setObservationRegistry(io.micrometer.observation.ObservationRegistry observationRegistry)	Configure an ObservationRegistry for collecting spans and metrics for request execution.
void	setUriTemplateHandler(UriTemplateHandler handler)	Configure a strategy for expanding URI templates.

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.http.client.support.InterceptingHttpAccessor

getInterceptors, getRequestFactory, setInterceptors, setRequestFactory

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.http.client.support.HttpAccessor

createRequest, getClientHttpRequestInitializers, setClientHttpRequestInitializers

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

RestTemplate

public RestTemplate()

Create a new instance of the RestTemplate using default settings. Default HttpMessageConverters are initialized.

RestTemplate

public RestTemplate(ClientHttpRequestFactory requestFactory)

Create a new instance of the RestTemplate based on the given ClientHttpRequestFactory.

Parameters:

requestFactory - the HTTP request factory to use

See Also:

• SimpleClientHttpRequestFactory
• HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory

RestTemplate

public RestTemplate(List<HttpMessageConverter<?>> messageConverters)

Create a new instance of the RestTemplate using the given list of HttpMessageConverter to use.

Parameters:

messageConverters - the list of HttpMessageConverter to use

Since:

3.2.7

Method Details

setMessageConverters

public void setMessageConverters(List<HttpMessageConverter<?>> messageConverters)

Set the message body converters to use.

These converters are used to convert from and to HTTP requests and responses.

getMessageConverters

public List<HttpMessageConverter<?>> getMessageConverters()

Return the list of message body converters.

The returned List is active and may get appended to.

setErrorHandler

public void setErrorHandler(ResponseErrorHandler errorHandler)

Set the error handler.

By default, RestTemplate uses a DefaultResponseErrorHandler.

getErrorHandler

public ResponseErrorHandler getErrorHandler()

Return the error handler.

setDefaultUriVariables

public void setDefaultUriVariables(Map<String,?> uriVars)

Configure default URI variable values. This is a shortcut for:

 DefaultUriBuilderFactory factory = new DefaultUriBuilderFactory();
 handler.setDefaultUriVariables(...);

 RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplate();
 restTemplate.setUriTemplateHandler(handler);
 

Parameters:

uriVars - the default URI variable values

Since:

4.3

setUriTemplateHandler

public void setUriTemplateHandler(UriTemplateHandler handler)

Configure a strategy for expanding URI templates.

By default, DefaultUriBuilderFactory is used and for backwards compatibility, the encoding mode is set to URI_COMPONENT. As of 5.0.8, prefer using TEMPLATE_AND_VALUES.

Parameters:

handler - the URI template handler to use

getUriTemplateHandler

public UriTemplateHandler getUriTemplateHandler()

Return the configured URI template handler.

setObservationRegistry

public void setObservationRegistry(io.micrometer.observation.ObservationRegistry observationRegistry)

Configure an ObservationRegistry for collecting spans and metrics for request execution. By default, observations are no-ops.

Parameters:

observationRegistry - the observation registry to use

Since:

6.0

getObservationRegistry

public io.micrometer.observation.ObservationRegistry getObservationRegistry()

Return the configured ObservationRegistry.

Since:

6.1

setObservationConvention

public void setObservationConvention(ClientRequestObservationConvention observationConvention)

Configure an ObservationConvention that sets the name of the observation as well as its KeyValues extracted from the ClientRequestObservationContext. If none set, the default convention will be used.

Parameters:

observationConvention - the observation convention to use

Since:

6.0

See Also:

• setObservationRegistry(ObservationRegistry)

getObservationConvention

@Nullable
public ClientRequestObservationConvention getObservationConvention()

Return the configured ClientRequestObservationConvention, or null if not set.

Since:

6.1

getForObject

@Nullable
public <T> T getForObject(String url,
 Class<T> responseType,
 Object... uriVariables)
                   throws RestClientException

Description copied from interface: RestOperations

Retrieve a representation by doing a GET on the specified URL. The response (if any) is converted and returned.

URI Template variables are expanded using the given URI variables, if any.

Specified by:

getForObject in interface RestOperations

Parameters:

url - the URL

responseType - the type of the return value

uriVariables - the variables to expand the template

Returns:

the converted object

Throws:

RestClientException

getForObject

@Nullable
public <T> T getForObject(String url,
 Class<T> responseType,
 Map<String,?> uriVariables)
                   throws RestClientException

Description copied from interface: RestOperations

Retrieve a representation by doing a GET on the URI template. The response (if any) is converted and returned.

URI Template variables are expanded using the given map.

Specified by:

getForObject in interface RestOperations

Parameters:

url - the URL

responseType - the type of the return value

uriVariables - the map containing variables for the URI template

Returns:

the converted object

Throws:

RestClientException

getForObject

@Nullable
public <T> T getForObject(URI url,
 Class<T> responseType)
                   throws RestClientException

Description copied from interface: RestOperations

Retrieve a representation by doing a GET on the URL. The response (if any) is converted and returned.

Specified by:

getForObject in interface RestOperations

Parameters:

url - the URL

responseType - the type of the return value

Returns:

the converted object

Throws:

RestClientException

getForEntity

public <T> ResponseEntity<T> getForEntity(String url,
 Class<T> responseType,
 Object... uriVariables)
                                   throws RestClientException

Description copied from interface: RestOperations

Retrieve an entity by doing a GET on the specified URL. The response is converted and stored in a ResponseEntity.

URI Template variables are expanded using the given URI variables, if any.

Specified by:

getForEntity in interface RestOperations

Parameters:

url - the URL

responseType - the type of the return value

uriVariables - the variables to expand the template

Returns:

the entity

Throws:

RestClientException

getForEntity

public <T> ResponseEntity<T> getForEntity(String url,
 Class<T> responseType,
 Map<String,?> uriVariables)
                                   throws RestClientException

Description copied from interface: RestOperations

Retrieve a representation by doing a GET on the URI template. The response is converted and stored in a ResponseEntity.

URI Template variables are expanded using the given map.

Specified by:

getForEntity in interface RestOperations

Parameters:

url - the URL

responseType - the type of the return value

uriVariables - the map containing variables for the URI template

Returns:

the converted object

Throws:

RestClientException

getForEntity

public <T> ResponseEntity<T> getForEntity(URI url,
 Class<T> responseType)
                                   throws RestClientException

Description copied from interface: RestOperations

Retrieve a representation by doing a GET on the URL. The response is converted and stored in a ResponseEntity.

Specified by:

getForEntity in interface RestOperations

Parameters:

url - the URL

responseType - the type of the return value

Returns:

the converted object

Throws:

RestClientException

headForHeaders

public HttpHeaders headForHeaders(String url,
 Object... uriVariables)
                           throws RestClientException

Description copied from interface: RestOperations

Retrieve all headers of the resource specified by the URI template.

URI Template variables are expanded using the given URI variables, if any.

Specified by:

headForHeaders in interface RestOperations

Parameters:

url - the URL

uriVariables - the variables to expand the template

Returns:

all HTTP headers of that resource

Throws:

RestClientException

headForHeaders

public HttpHeaders headForHeaders(String url,
 Map<String,?> uriVariables)
                           throws RestClientException

Description copied from interface: RestOperations

Retrieve all headers of the resource specified by the URI template.

URI Template variables are expanded using the given map.

Specified by:

headForHeaders in interface RestOperations

Parameters:

url - the URL

uriVariables - the map containing variables for the URI template

Returns:

all HTTP headers of that resource

Throws:

RestClientException

headForHeaders

public HttpHeaders headForHeaders(URI url)
                           throws RestClientException

Description copied from interface: RestOperations

Retrieve all headers of the resource specified by the URL.

Specified by:

headForHeaders in interface RestOperations

Parameters:

url - the URL

Returns:

all HTTP headers of that resource

Throws:

RestClientException

postForLocation

@Nullable
public URI postForLocation(String url,
 @Nullable
 Object request,
 Object... uriVariables)
                    throws RestClientException

Description copied from interface: RestOperations

Create a new resource by POSTing the given object to the URI template, and return the value of the Location header. This header typically indicates where the new resource is stored.

URI Template variables are expanded using the given URI variables, if any.

The request parameter can be a HttpEntity in order to add additional HTTP headers to the request.

The body of the entity, or request itself, can be a MultiValueMap to create a multipart request. The values in the MultiValueMap can be any Object representing the body of the part, or an HttpEntity representing a part with body and headers.

Specified by:

postForLocation in interface RestOperations

Parameters:

url - the URL

request - the Object to be POSTed (may be null)

uriVariables - the variables to expand the template

Returns:

the value for the Location header

Throws:

RestClientException

See Also:

• HttpEntity

postForLocation

@Nullable
public URI postForLocation(String url,
 @Nullable
 Object request,
 Map<String,?> uriVariables)
                    throws RestClientException

Description copied from interface: RestOperations

Create a new resource by POSTing the given object to the URI template, and return the value of the Location header. This header typically indicates where the new resource is stored.

URI Template variables are expanded using the given map.

The request parameter can be a HttpEntity in order to add additional HTTP headers to the request

The body of the entity, or request itself, can be a MultiValueMap to create a multipart request. The values in the MultiValueMap can be any Object representing the body of the part, or an HttpEntity representing a part with body and headers.

Specified by:

postForLocation in interface RestOperations

Parameters:

url - the URL

request - the Object to be POSTed (may be null)

uriVariables - the variables to expand the template

Returns:

the value for the Location header

Throws:

RestClientException

See Also:

• HttpEntity

postForLocation

@Nullable
public URI postForLocation(URI url,
 @Nullable
 Object request)
                    throws RestClientException

Description copied from interface: RestOperations

Create a new resource by POSTing the given object to the URL, and return the value of the Location header. This header typically indicates where the new resource is stored.

The request parameter can be a HttpEntity in order to add additional HTTP headers to the request.

The body of the entity, or request itself, can be a MultiValueMap to create a multipart request. The values in the MultiValueMap can be any Object representing the body of the part, or an HttpEntity representing a part with body and headers.

Specified by:

postForLocation in interface RestOperations

Parameters:

url - the URL

request - the Object to be POSTed (may be null)

Returns:

the value for the Location header

Throws:

RestClientException

See Also:

• HttpEntity

postForObject

@Nullable
public <T> T postForObject(String url,
 @Nullable
 Object request,
 Class<T> responseType,
 Object... uriVariables)
                    throws RestClientException

Description copied from interface: RestOperations

Create a new resource by POSTing the given object to the URI template, and return the representation found in the response.

URI Template variables are expanded using the given URI variables, if any.

The request parameter can be a HttpEntity in order to add additional HTTP headers to the request.

The body of the entity, or request itself, can be a MultiValueMap to create a multipart request. The values in the MultiValueMap can be any Object representing the body of the part, or an HttpEntity representing a part with body and headers.

Specified by:

postForObject in interface RestOperations

Parameters:

url - the URL

request - the Object to be POSTed (may be null)

responseType - the type of the return value

uriVariables - the variables to expand the template

Returns:

the converted object

Throws:

RestClientException

See Also:

• HttpEntity

postForObject

@Nullable
public <T> T postForObject(String url,
 @Nullable
 Object request,
 Class<T> responseType,
 Map<String,?> uriVariables)
                    throws RestClientException

Description copied from interface: RestOperations

Create a new resource by POSTing the given object to the URI template, and return the representation found in the response.

URI Template variables are expanded using the given map.

The request parameter can be a HttpEntity in order to add additional HTTP headers to the request.

The body of the entity, or request itself, can be a MultiValueMap to create a multipart request. The values in the MultiValueMap can be any Object representing the body of the part, or an HttpEntity representing a part with body and headers.

Specified by:

postForObject in interface RestOperations

Parameters:

url - the URL

request - the Object to be POSTed (may be null)

responseType - the type of the return value

uriVariables - the variables to expand the template

Returns:

the converted object

Throws:

RestClientException

See Also:

• HttpEntity

postForObject

@Nullable
public <T> T postForObject(URI url,
 @Nullable
 Object request,
 Class<T> responseType)
                    throws RestClientException

Description copied from interface: RestOperations

Create a new resource by POSTing the given object to the URL, and return the representation found in the response.

The request parameter can be a HttpEntity in order to add additional HTTP headers to the request.

The body of the entity, or request itself, can be a MultiValueMap to create a multipart request. The values in the MultiValueMap can be any Object representing the body of the part, or an HttpEntity representing a part with body and headers.

Specified by:

postForObject in interface RestOperations

Parameters:

url - the URL

request - the Object to be POSTed (may be null)

responseType - the type of the return value

Returns:

the converted object

Throws:

RestClientException

See Also:

• HttpEntity

postForEntity

public <T> ResponseEntity<T> postForEntity(String url,
 @Nullable
 Object request,
 Class<T> responseType,
 Object... uriVariables)
                                    throws RestClientException

Description copied from interface: RestOperations

Create a new resource by POSTing the given object to the URI template, and return the response as ResponseEntity.

URI Template variables are expanded using the given URI variables, if any.

The request parameter can be a HttpEntity in order to add additional HTTP headers to the request.

The body of the entity, or request itself, can be a MultiValueMap to create a multipart request. The values in the MultiValueMap can be any Object representing the body of the part, or an HttpEntity representing a part with body and headers.

Specified by:

postForEntity in interface RestOperations

Parameters:

url - the URL

request - the Object to be POSTed (may be null)

uriVariables - the variables to expand the template

Returns:

the converted object

Throws:

RestClientException

See Also:

• HttpEntity

postForEntity

public <T> ResponseEntity<T> postForEntity(String url,
 @Nullable
 Object request,
 Class<T> responseType,
 Map<String,?> uriVariables)
                                    throws RestClientException

Description copied from interface: RestOperations

Create a new resource by POSTing the given object to the URI template, and return the response as HttpEntity.

URI Template variables are expanded using the given map.

The request parameter can be a HttpEntity in order to add additional HTTP headers to the request.

The body of the entity, or request itself, can be a MultiValueMap to create a multipart request. The values in the MultiValueMap can be any Object representing the body of the part, or an HttpEntity representing a part with body and headers.

Specified by:

postForEntity in interface RestOperations

Parameters:

url - the URL

request - the Object to be POSTed (may be null)

uriVariables - the variables to expand the template

Returns:

the converted object

Throws:

RestClientException

See Also:

• HttpEntity

postForEntity

public <T> ResponseEntity<T> postForEntity(URI url,
 @Nullable
 Object request,
 Class<T> responseType)
                                    throws RestClientException

Description copied from interface: RestOperations

Create a new resource by POSTing the given object to the URL, and return the response as ResponseEntity.

The request parameter can be a HttpEntity in order to add additional HTTP headers to the request.

The body of the entity, or request itself, can be a MultiValueMap to create a multipart request. The values in the MultiValueMap can be any Object representing the body of the part, or an HttpEntity representing a part with body and headers.

Specified by:

postForEntity in interface RestOperations

Parameters:

url - the URL

request - the Object to be POSTed (may be null)

Returns:

the converted object

Throws:

RestClientException

See Also:

• HttpEntity

put

public void put(String url,
 @Nullable
 Object request,
 Object... uriVariables)
         throws RestClientException

Description copied from interface: RestOperations

Create or update a resource by PUTting the given object to the URI.

URI Template variables are expanded using the given URI variables, if any.

The request parameter can be a HttpEntity in order to add additional HTTP headers to the request.

Specified by:

put in interface RestOperations

Parameters:

url - the URL

request - the Object to be PUT (may be null)

uriVariables - the variables to expand the template

Throws:

RestClientException

See Also:

• HttpEntity

put

public void put(String url,
 @Nullable
 Object request,
 Map<String,?> uriVariables)
         throws RestClientException

Description copied from interface: RestOperations

Creates a new resource by PUTting the given object to URI template.

URI Template variables are expanded using the given map.

The request parameter can be a HttpEntity in order to add additional HTTP headers to the request.

Specified by:

put in interface RestOperations

Parameters:

url - the URL

request - the Object to be PUT (may be null)

uriVariables - the variables to expand the template

Throws:

RestClientException

See Also:

• HttpEntity

put

public void put(URI url,
 @Nullable
 Object request)
         throws RestClientException

Description copied from interface: RestOperations

Creates a new resource by PUTting the given object to URL.

The request parameter can be a HttpEntity in order to add additional HTTP headers to the request.

Specified by:

put in interface RestOperations

Parameters:

url - the URL

request - the Object to be PUT (may be null)

Throws:

RestClientException

See Also:

• HttpEntity

patchForObject

@Nullable
public <T> T patchForObject(String url,
 @Nullable
 Object request,
 Class<T> responseType,
 Object... uriVariables)
                     throws RestClientException

Description copied from interface: RestOperations

Update a resource by PATCHing the given object to the URI template, and return the representation found in the response.

URI Template variables are expanded using the given URI variables, if any.

The request parameter can be a HttpEntity in order to add additional HTTP headers to the request.

NOTE: The standard JDK HTTP library does not support HTTP PATCH. You need to use e.g. the Apache HttpComponents request factory.

Specified by:

patchForObject in interface RestOperations

Parameters:

url - the URL

request - the object to be PATCHed (may be null)

responseType - the type of the return value

uriVariables - the variables to expand the template

Returns:

the converted object

Throws:

RestClientException

See Also:

• HttpEntity
• InterceptingHttpAccessor.setRequestFactory(org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpRequestFactory)
• HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory

patchForObject

@Nullable
public <T> T patchForObject(String url,
 @Nullable
 Object request,
 Class<T> responseType,
 Map<String,?> uriVariables)
                     throws RestClientException

Description copied from interface: RestOperations

Update a resource by PATCHing the given object to the URI template, and return the representation found in the response.

URI Template variables are expanded using the given map.

The request parameter can be a HttpEntity in order to add additional HTTP headers to the request.

NOTE: The standard JDK HTTP library does not support HTTP PATCH. You need to use e.g. the Apache HttpComponents request factory.

Specified by:

patchForObject in interface RestOperations

Parameters:

url - the URL

request - the object to be PATCHed (may be null)

responseType - the type of the return value

uriVariables - the variables to expand the template

Returns:

the converted object

Throws:

RestClientException

See Also:

• HttpEntity
• InterceptingHttpAccessor.setRequestFactory(org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpRequestFactory)
• HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory

patchForObject

@Nullable
public <T> T patchForObject(URI url,
 @Nullable
 Object request,
 Class<T> responseType)
                     throws RestClientException

Description copied from interface: RestOperations

Update a resource by PATCHing the given object to the URL, and return the representation found in the response.

The request parameter can be a HttpEntity in order to add additional HTTP headers to the request.

NOTE: The standard JDK HTTP library does not support HTTP PATCH. You need to use e.g. the Apache HttpComponents request factory.

Specified by:

patchForObject in interface RestOperations

Parameters:

url - the URL

request - the object to be PATCHed (may be null)

responseType - the type of the return value

Returns:

the converted object

Throws:

RestClientException

See Also:

• HttpEntity
• InterceptingHttpAccessor.setRequestFactory(org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpRequestFactory)
• HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory

delete

public void delete(String url,
 Object... uriVariables)
            throws RestClientException

Description copied from interface: RestOperations

Delete the resources at the specified URI.

URI Template variables are expanded using the given URI variables, if any.

Specified by:

delete in interface RestOperations

Parameters:

url - the URL

uriVariables - the variables to expand in the template

Throws:

RestClientException

delete

public void delete(String url,
 Map<String,?> uriVariables)
            throws RestClientException

Description copied from interface: RestOperations

Delete the resources at the specified URI.

URI Template variables are expanded using the given map.

Specified by:

delete in interface RestOperations

Parameters:

url - the URL

uriVariables - the variables to expand the template

Throws:

RestClientException

delete

public void delete(URI url)
            throws RestClientException

Description copied from interface: RestOperations

Delete the resources at the specified URL.

Specified by:

delete in interface RestOperations

Parameters:

url - the URL

Throws:

RestClientException

optionsForAllow

public Set<HttpMethod> optionsForAllow(String url,
 Object... uriVariables)
                                throws RestClientException

Description copied from interface: RestOperations

Return the value of the Allow header for the given URI.

URI Template variables are expanded using the given URI variables, if any.

Specified by:

optionsForAllow in interface RestOperations

Parameters:

url - the URL

uriVariables - the variables to expand in the template

Returns:

the value of the Allow header

Throws:

RestClientException

optionsForAllow

public Set<HttpMethod> optionsForAllow(String url,
 Map<String,?> uriVariables)
                                throws RestClientException

Description copied from interface: RestOperations

Return the value of the Allow header for the given URI.

URI Template variables are expanded using the given map.

Specified by:

optionsForAllow in interface RestOperations

Parameters:

url - the URL

uriVariables - the variables to expand in the template

Returns:

the value of the Allow header

Throws:

RestClientException

optionsForAllow

public Set<HttpMethod> optionsForAllow(URI url)
                                throws RestClientException

Description copied from interface: RestOperations

Return the value of the Allow header for the given URL.

Specified by:

optionsForAllow in interface RestOperations

Parameters:

url - the URL

Returns:

the value of the Allow header

Throws:

RestClientException

exchange

public <T> ResponseEntity<T> exchange(String url,
 HttpMethod method,
 @Nullable
 HttpEntity<?> requestEntity,
 Class<T> responseType,
 Object... uriVariables)
                               throws RestClientException

Description copied from interface: RestOperations

Execute the HTTP method to the given URI template, writing the given request entity to the request, and return the response as ResponseEntity.

URI Template variables are expanded using the given URI variables, if any.

Specified by:

exchange in interface RestOperations

Parameters:

url - the URL

method - the HTTP method (GET, POST, etc)

requestEntity - the entity (headers and/or body) to write to the request may be null)

responseType - the type to convert the response to, or Void.class for no body

uriVariables - the variables to expand in the template

Returns:

the response as entity

Throws:

RestClientException

exchange

public <T> ResponseEntity<T> exchange(String url,
 HttpMethod method,
 @Nullable
 HttpEntity<?> requestEntity,
 Class<T> responseType,
 Map<String,?> uriVariables)
                               throws RestClientException

Description copied from interface: RestOperations

Execute the HTTP method to the given URI template, writing the given request entity to the request, and return the response as ResponseEntity.

URI Template variables are expanded using the given URI variables, if any.

Specified by:

exchange in interface RestOperations

Parameters:

url - the URL

method - the HTTP method (GET, POST, etc)

requestEntity - the entity (headers and/or body) to write to the request (may be null)

responseType - the type to convert the response to, or Void.class for no body

uriVariables - the variables to expand in the template

Returns:

the response as entity

Throws:

RestClientException

exchange

public <T> ResponseEntity<T> exchange(URI url,
 HttpMethod method,
 @Nullable
 HttpEntity<?> requestEntity,
 Class<T> responseType)
                               throws RestClientException

Description copied from interface: RestOperations

Execute the HTTP method to the given URI template, writing the given request entity to the request, and return the response as ResponseEntity.

Specified by:

exchange in interface RestOperations

Parameters:

url - the URL

method - the HTTP method (GET, POST, etc)

requestEntity - the entity (headers and/or body) to write to the request (may be null)

responseType - the type to convert the response to, or Void.class for no body

Returns:

the response as entity

Throws:

RestClientException

exchange

public <T> ResponseEntity<T> exchange(String url,
 HttpMethod method,
 @Nullable
 HttpEntity<?> requestEntity,
 ParameterizedTypeReference<T> responseType,
 Object... uriVariables)
                               throws RestClientException

Description copied from interface: RestOperations

Execute the HTTP method to the given URI template, writing the given request entity to the request, and return the response as ResponseEntity. The given ParameterizedTypeReference is used to pass generic type information:

 ParameterizedTypeReference<List<MyBean>> myBean =
     new ParameterizedTypeReference<List<MyBean>>() {};

 ResponseEntity<List<MyBean>> response =
     template.exchange("https://example.com",HttpMethod.GET, null, myBean);
 

Specified by:

exchange in interface RestOperations

Parameters:

url - the URL

method - the HTTP method (GET, POST, etc)

requestEntity - the entity (headers and/or body) to write to the request (may be null)

responseType - the type to convert the response to, or Void.class for no body

uriVariables - the variables to expand in the template

Returns:

the response as entity

Throws:

RestClientException

exchange

public <T> ResponseEntity<T> exchange(String url,
 HttpMethod method,
 @Nullable
 HttpEntity<?> requestEntity,
 ParameterizedTypeReference<T> responseType,
 Map<String,?> uriVariables)
                               throws RestClientException

Description copied from interface: RestOperations

Execute the HTTP method to the given URI template, writing the given request entity to the request, and return the response as ResponseEntity. The given ParameterizedTypeReference is used to pass generic type information:

 ParameterizedTypeReference<List<MyBean>> myBean =
     new ParameterizedTypeReference<List<MyBean>>() {};

 ResponseEntity<List<MyBean>> response =
     template.exchange("https://example.com",HttpMethod.GET, null, myBean);
 

Specified by:

exchange in interface RestOperations

Parameters:

url - the URL

method - the HTTP method (GET, POST, etc)

requestEntity - the entity (headers and/or body) to write to the request (may be null)

responseType - the type to convert the response to, or Void.class for no body

uriVariables - the variables to expand in the template

Returns:

the response as entity

Throws:

RestClientException

exchange

public <T> ResponseEntity<T> exchange(URI url,
 HttpMethod method,
 @Nullable
 HttpEntity<?> requestEntity,
 ParameterizedTypeReference<T> responseType)
                               throws RestClientException

Description copied from interface: RestOperations

Execute the HTTP method to the given URI template, writing the given request entity to the request, and return the response as ResponseEntity. The given ParameterizedTypeReference is used to pass generic type information:

 ParameterizedTypeReference<List<MyBean>> myBean =
     new ParameterizedTypeReference<List<MyBean>>() {};

 ResponseEntity<List<MyBean>> response =
     template.exchange("https://example.com",HttpMethod.GET, null, myBean);
 

Specified by:

exchange in interface RestOperations

Parameters:

url - the URL

method - the HTTP method (GET, POST, etc)

requestEntity - the entity (headers and/or body) to write to the request (may be null)

responseType - the type to convert the response to, or Void.class for no body

Returns:

the response as entity

Throws:

RestClientException

exchange

public <T> ResponseEntity<T> exchange(RequestEntity<?> entity,
 Class<T> responseType)
                               throws RestClientException

Description copied from interface: RestOperations

Execute the request specified in the given RequestEntity and return the response as ResponseEntity. Typically used in combination with the static builder methods on RequestEntity, for instance:

 MyRequest body = ...
 RequestEntity request = RequestEntity
     .post(URI.create("https://example.com/foo"))
     .accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
     .body(body);
 ResponseEntity<MyResponse> response = template.exchange(request, MyResponse.class);
 

Specified by:

exchange in interface RestOperations

Parameters:

entity - the entity to write to the request

responseType - the type to convert the response to, or Void.class for no body

Returns:

the response as entity

Throws:

RestClientException

exchange

public <T> ResponseEntity<T> exchange(RequestEntity<?> entity,
 ParameterizedTypeReference<T> responseType)
                               throws RestClientException

Description copied from interface: RestOperations

Execute the request specified in the given RequestEntity and return the response as ResponseEntity. The given ParameterizedTypeReference is used to pass generic type information:

 MyRequest body = ...
 RequestEntity request = RequestEntity
     .post(URI.create("https://example.com/foo"))
     .accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
     .body(body);
 ParameterizedTypeReference<List<MyResponse>> myBean =
     new ParameterizedTypeReference<List<MyResponse>>() {};
 ResponseEntity<List<MyResponse>> response = template.exchange(request, myBean);
 

Specified by:

exchange in interface RestOperations

Parameters:

entity - the entity to write to the request

responseType - the type to convert the response to, or Void.class for no body

Returns:

the response as entity

Throws:

RestClientException

execute

@Nullable
public <T> T execute(String uriTemplate,
 HttpMethod method,
 @Nullable
 RequestCallback requestCallback,
 @Nullable
 ResponseExtractor<T> responseExtractor,
 Object... uriVariables)
              throws RestClientException

Execute the HTTP method to the given URI template, preparing the request with the RequestCallback, and reading the response with a ResponseExtractor.

URI Template variables are expanded using the given URI variables, if any.

To provide a RequestCallback or ResponseExtractor only, but not both, consider using:

• acceptHeaderRequestCallback(Class)
• httpEntityCallback(Object)
• httpEntityCallback(Object, Type)
• responseEntityExtractor(Type)

Specified by:

execute in interface RestOperations

Parameters:

uriTemplate - the URI template

method - the HTTP method (GET, POST, etc)

requestCallback - object that prepares the request

responseExtractor - object that extracts the return value from the response

uriVariables - the variables to expand in the template

Returns:

an arbitrary object, as returned by the ResponseExtractor

Throws:

RestClientException

execute

@Nullable
public <T> T execute(String uriTemplate,
 HttpMethod method,
 @Nullable
 RequestCallback requestCallback,
 @Nullable
 ResponseExtractor<T> responseExtractor,
 Map<String,?> uriVariables)
              throws RestClientException

Execute the HTTP method to the given URI template, preparing the request with the RequestCallback, and reading the response with a ResponseExtractor.

URI Template variables are expanded using the given URI variables map.

To provide a RequestCallback or ResponseExtractor only, but not both, consider using:

• acceptHeaderRequestCallback(Class)
• httpEntityCallback(Object)
• httpEntityCallback(Object, Type)
• responseEntityExtractor(Type)

Specified by:

execute in interface RestOperations

Parameters:

uriTemplate - the URI template

method - the HTTP method (GET, POST, etc)

requestCallback - object that prepares the request

responseExtractor - object that extracts the return value from the response

uriVariables - the variables to expand in the template

Returns:

an arbitrary object, as returned by the ResponseExtractor

Throws:

RestClientException

execute

@Nullable
public <T> T execute(URI url,
 HttpMethod method,
 @Nullable
 RequestCallback requestCallback,
 @Nullable
 ResponseExtractor<T> responseExtractor)
              throws RestClientException

Execute the HTTP method to the given URL, preparing the request with the RequestCallback, and reading the response with a ResponseExtractor.

To provide a RequestCallback or ResponseExtractor only, but not both, consider using:

• acceptHeaderRequestCallback(Class)
• httpEntityCallback(Object)
• httpEntityCallback(Object, Type)
• responseEntityExtractor(Type)

Specified by:

execute in interface RestOperations

Parameters:

url - the URL

method - the HTTP method (GET, POST, etc)

requestCallback - object that prepares the request

responseExtractor - object that extracts the return value from the response

Returns:

an arbitrary object, as returned by the ResponseExtractor

Throws:

RestClientException

doExecute

@Nullable
@Deprecated
protected <T> T doExecute(URI url,
 @Nullable
 HttpMethod method,
 @Nullable
 RequestCallback requestCallback,
 @Nullable
 ResponseExtractor<T> responseExtractor)
                   throws RestClientException

Deprecated.

in favor of doExecute(URI, String, HttpMethod, RequestCallback, ResponseExtractor)

Execute the given method on the provided URI.

The ClientHttpRequest is processed using the RequestCallback; the response with the ResponseExtractor.

Parameters:

url - the fully-expanded URL to connect to

method - the HTTP method to execute (GET, POST, etc.)

requestCallback - object that prepares the request (can be null)

responseExtractor - object that extracts the return value from the response (can be null)

Returns:

an arbitrary object, as returned by the ResponseExtractor

Throws:

RestClientException

doExecute

@Nullable
protected <T> T doExecute(URI url,
 @Nullable
 String uriTemplate,
 @Nullable
 HttpMethod method,
 @Nullable
 RequestCallback requestCallback,
 @Nullable
 ResponseExtractor<T> responseExtractor)
                   throws RestClientException

Execute the given method on the provided URI.

The ClientHttpRequest is processed using the RequestCallback; the response with the ResponseExtractor.

Parameters:

url - the fully-expanded URL to connect to

uriTemplate - the URI template that was used for creating the expanded URL

method - the HTTP method to execute (GET, POST, etc.)

requestCallback - object that prepares the request (can be null)

responseExtractor - object that extracts the return value from the response (can be null)

Returns:

an arbitrary object, as returned by the ResponseExtractor

Throws:

RestClientException

Since:

6.0

handleResponse

protected void handleResponse(URI url,
 HttpMethod method,
 ClientHttpResponse response)
                       throws IOException

Handle the given response, performing appropriate logging and invoking the ResponseErrorHandler if necessary.

Can be overridden in subclasses.

Parameters:

url - the fully-expanded URL to connect to

method - the HTTP method to execute (GET, POST, etc.)

response - the resulting ClientHttpResponse

Throws:

IOException - if propagated from ResponseErrorHandler

Since:

4.1.6

See Also:

• setErrorHandler(org.springframework.web.client.ResponseErrorHandler)

acceptHeaderRequestCallback

public <T> RequestCallback acceptHeaderRequestCallback(Class<T> responseType)

Return a RequestCallback that sets the request Accept header based on the given response type, cross-checked against the configured message converters.

httpEntityCallback

public <T> RequestCallback httpEntityCallback(@Nullable
 Object requestBody)

Return a RequestCallback implementation that writes the given object to the request stream.

httpEntityCallback

public <T> RequestCallback httpEntityCallback(@Nullable
 Object requestBody,
 Type responseType)

Return a RequestCallback implementation that:

1. Sets the request Accept header based on the given response type, cross-checked against the configured message converters.
2. Writes the given object to the request stream.

responseEntityExtractor

public <T> ResponseExtractor<ResponseEntity<T>> responseEntityExtractor(Type responseType)

Return a ResponseExtractor that prepares a ResponseEntity.

headersExtractor

protected ResponseExtractor<HttpHeaders> headersExtractor()

Return a response extractor for HttpHeaders.