[httpclient] output http-request as String

[Lukas Benberg]

hi all,
how can i output a as a string (for debugging)?

 
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.*;
 
...
 
NameValuePair pair1 = new NameValuePair("param1", a);
NameValuePair pair2 = new NameValuePair("param2", "b");
NameValuePair[] data = {pair1, pair2};
HttpClient httpClient = new HttpClient();
PostMethod postMethod = new PostMethod("http://www.server.net/script.php");
postMethod.setRequestBody(data);
 
// this is what i would like to output as String:
// <a href="http://www.server.net/script.php?param1=a¶m2=b[/CODE" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">]http://www.server.net/script.php?param1=a¶m2=b

thank you L
[ July 18, 2007: Message edited by: Ben Souther ]

[Freddy Wong]

I don't think you can output it like that because the request parameters are actually inside the HTTP body (it's POST and not GET). If you really want to output it like that, the easiest way is to do this (it's a hack, though).

    
public static void debugURL(String url, NameValuePair[] nameValuePairs) throws URIException
{
    PostMethod postMethod = new PostMethod(url);
    postMethod.setQueryString(nameValuePairs);
    System.out.println(postMethod.getURI().toString());
}

[steve souza]

You could also inherit from HttpClient and add the behaviour you want.

[Lukas Benberg]

thanks freddy and steve,
the hack is perfectly ok for my needs!

L