Connecting to https urls from Java

[Reddy Prashanth]

Hi,

I could access the https urls using HttpClient API but the code is failing when the url prompts for certificate pop-up .

I am using the below code to get the content of the https url page.

  
HttpClient httpclient = new HttpClient();
		httpclient.getHostConfiguration().setProxy(PROXY_HOST,PROXY_PORT);
		httpget = new GetMethod(url);
		try {
			httpclient.executeMethod(httpget);
			htmlBody = httpget.getResponseBodyAsString();
			//***System.out.println("Content : "+htmlBody);
		} catch (Exception e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		} finally {
			if (httpget != null) {
				httpget.releaseConnection();
			}
		}
		return htmlBody;
	}
  

This is working for some urls , but for some urls , it is not. Could someone please guide how to handle ssl certificates while accessing https urls.

Example url that is failing : https://passport.gov.in/

[Ankit Garg]

I think you are using Apache HTTP Client API. I've never used that library myself, but I found a few pages that might help

Authentication Guide
SSL Guide

Aren't you supposed to authenticate your request...

[Deepak Bala]

The connection fails because the certificate is not trusted. You can get around that by importing the certificate to the keystore that the client uses. You can follow a discussion on that topic here -> https://coderanch.com/t/463562/BEA-Weblogic/Weblogic-SSL-certificate

[Ankit Garg]

I was once connecting to a HTTPS web service and the certificate was a test certificate. So I used this utility to solve my problem...