Unirest-Java Documentation

Welcome to Unirest-Java!

About

Unirest is intended to be a simple and obvious library for HTTP requests. It provides a fluent interface that makes discovery of commands easy in a modern IDE. Some of the features it supports are:

• HTTP 1 and 2
• WebSockets
• JSON Patch (RFC-6902)
• Default Object mappers for both Jackson and GSON
• Easy request building including
  • Path parameters
  • Query param building
  • Headers including full suport for manipulating cookies
  • Multipart requests
  • Turning POJOs into string or binary bodies
  • Global request interceptors
• Easy response handling including
  • Global response interceptors
  • Turning bodies into POJOs
  • Error handling
• Mocking library for testing

History

Unirest-Java started off as just one of series of HTTP clients written in different languages which all conform to the same pattern.

From the original Unirest-Java though Unirest-Java 3 the library was essentially a wrapper around the excellent Apache HTTP