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Java - API Sample Code

Abstract

Java - API Sample Code

In this section you find code samples for an Apache HttpClient dependency and for suggesting a concept.

For the following code snippets Java 7 was used. You can use different implementations of HTTP clients in Java. See the following examples to find different approaches:

Suggest a New Concept

Maven Dependency Snippet

<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
        <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
        <version>4.5.2</version>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>

Download: SuggestConceptSampleRequest.java

POST Suggest Concept Sample Code

package biz.poolparty.api.sample;

import org.apache.http.auth.AuthScope;
import org.apache.http.auth.UsernamePasswordCredentials;
import org.apache.http.client.CredentialsProvider;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.CloseableHttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.BasicCredentialsProvider;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClientBuilder;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import java.util.logging.*;

/**
 * Sample request to show functionality of PoolParty API in Java code.
 */
public class SuggestConceptSampleRequest {

    private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getAnonymousLogger();

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // logger setting, printing output to console
        LOGGER.setLevel(Level.ALL);
        ConsoleHandler handler = new ConsoleHandler();
        handler.setFormatter(new VerySimpleFormatter());
        handler.setLevel(Level.FINE);
        LOGGER.addHandler(handler);

        SuggestConceptSampleRequest suggestConceptSampleRequest = new SuggestConceptSampleRequest();

        suggestConceptSampleRequest.suggestConcept(
                "user",
                "password",
                "https://rockefeller.poolparty.biz",
                "1DDF868D-B8E0-0001-C53B-AD39B7102A50",
                "Hello world",
                "en",
                "http://rockefeller.poolparty.biz/test/1");
    }

    /**
     * Method to suggest a concept in a PoolParty project.
     * This example shows adding a concept sending a preferred label in default language, 
     * providing an existing concept that can be used as future parent concept.
     *
     * @param username user - used for API credentials
     * @param password password - used for API credentials
     * @param server the target PoolParty server, e.g. https://rockefeller.poolparty.biz
     * @param projectUuid PoolParty project unique identifier
     * @param prefLabel label that should be suggested as new concept
     * @param defaultLanguage language the label
     * @param broaderConcept existing concept that should become parent
     */
    public void suggestConcept(String username,
                               String password,
                               String server,
                               String projectUuid,
                               String prefLabel,
                               String defaultLanguage,
                               String broaderConcept){
        // prepare HTTP client, providing credentials for basic auth
        CredentialsProvider credentialsProvider = new BasicCredentialsProvider();
        credentialsProvider.setCredentials(AuthScope.ANY,
                new UsernamePasswordCredentials(username, password));
        CloseableHttpClient httpClient =
                HttpClientBuilder.create().setDefaultCredentialsProvider(credentialsProvider).build();

        // prepare the request URL
        HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost(server + "/PoolParty/api/thesaurus/" + projectUuid + "/suggestConcept");

        // formulate JSON string as described in the documentation
        String requestJson = "{\n" +
                "  \"prefLabels\": [\n" +
                "    {\n" +
                "      \"label\":\"" + prefLabel + "\",\n" +
                "      \"language\":\"" + defaultLanguage + "\"\n" +
                "    }\n" +
                "  ],\n" +
                "  \"broaderConcept\": [\n" +
                "    {\n" +
                "      \"uri\":\"" + broaderConcept + "\"\n" +
                "    }\n" +
                "  ],\n" +
                "  \"checkForDuplicates\" : true\n" +
                "}";
        StringEntity input;
        try {
            input = new StringEntity(requestJson);
        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
            LOGGER.log(Level.SEVERE, "Provided JSON format could not be encoded.", e);
            return;
        }
        input.setContentType("application/json");
        httpPost.setEntity(input);

        // output request to console
        LOGGER.log(Level.FINE, "Executing request: " + httpPost.getRequestLine());

        // fire request
        CloseableHttpResponse response;
        try {
            response = httpClient.execute(httpPost);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            LOGGER.log(Level.SEVERE, "HTTP request execution failed.", e);
            return;
        }

        // present response
        LOGGER.log(Level.FINE, "- Response -");

        LOGGER.log(Level.FINE, response.getStatusLine().toString());

        try {
            BufferedReader rd = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(response.getEntity().getContent()));

            StringBuilder responseContent = new StringBuilder();
            String line;
            while ((line = rd.readLine()) != null) {
                responseContent.append(line);
            }
            LOGGER.log(Level.FINE, responseContent.toString());
        } catch (IOException e) {
            LOGGER.log(Level.WARNING, "Error during processing response content.", e);
        } finally {
            try {
                httpClient.close();
                response.close();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                // ignore
            }
        }

        LOGGER.log(Level.FINE, "Request processed");
    }

    /**
     * Formatter for very simple log output.
     */
    static class VerySimpleFormatter extends Formatter {

        public String format(LogRecord record) {
            StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(1000);
            builder.append(formatMessage(record));
            builder.append("\n");
            return builder.toString();
        }

        public String getHead(Handler h) {
            return super.getHead(h);
        }

        public String getTail(Handler h) {
            return super.getTail(h);
        }
    }
}