Re: http: submit a form from a Java class through a .bat file
On 14-01-2011 04:32, Spendius wrote:
I have a small NAS device that I can switch off once I'm logged on
to it: I just have to open the management page using my favorite
browser, type my login/pwd, then click on a 'Shutdown' button and
that's it - no need to get back down to my basement to manually
switch the contraption off.
=> I'd like write a small Java class that will
1 perform the http connection to this device web server,
2 then run/submit the 'shutdown' action to its small web server too...
Is there an easy way to perform these 2 steps (using Struts maybe) ?
I'd really like to be able to type something like:
C:\temp> java -cp %CLASSPATH% SwitchOffMyNAS
in a DOS window and have my external device to shut down...
Feasible ?
Yes - use Jakarta Commons HttpClient - it has a convenient API
for this.
You could do it using the standard Java classes
URLConnection and HttpURLConnection, but maintaining the
login session is just extra work you save by using HttpClient.
Arne
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