HTTP POST using JSON in Java

Question

I would like to make a simple HTTP POST using JSON in Java.

Let's say the URL is www.site.com

and it takes in the value {"name":"myname","age":"20"} labeled as 'details' for example.

How would I go about creating the syntax for the POST?

I also can't seem to find a POST method in the JSON Javadocs.

Answer 1

It's probably easiest to use HttpURLConnection.

http://www.xyzws.com/Javafaq/how-to-use-httpurlconnection-post-data-to-web-server/139

You'll use JSONObject or whatever to construct your JSON, but not to handle the network; you need to serialize it and then pass it to an HttpURLConnection to POST.