Simplest Apache HttpClient to test HTTPS connection

package Testing;

import java.io.BufferedReader;

import java.io.InputStreamReader;

import java.security.cert.CertificateException;

import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;

import org.apache.http.Header;

import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;

import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;

import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;

import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;

import org.apache.http.conn.scheme.Scheme;

import org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLSocketFactory;

import org.apache.http.conn.ssl.TrustStrategy;

import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;

import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;

/**

 * This example demonstrates how to create secure connections with a custom SSL

 * context.

 */

public class ClientCustomSSL {

    public final static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

        DefaultHttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();

        try {

            /* Uncomment the below line and proceed with the cert if you have one.

            KeyStore trustStore  = KeyStore.getInstance(KeyStore.getDefaultType());

            FileInputStream instream = new FileInputStream(new File("<my_keystore>"));

            try {

                trustStore.load(instream, "<mypassword to decode my_keystore>".toCharArray());

            } finally {

                try { instream.close(); } catch (Exception ignore) {}

            }

  

            SSLSocketFactory socketFactory = new SSLSocketFactory(trustStore);

             */

            SSLSocketFactory socketFactory = new SSLSocketFactory( new TrustStrategy() {

                // This function below make the session always "trusted" without using the above trustStore.

                public boolean isTrusted(final X509Certificate[] chain, String authType) throws CertificateException {

                    return true;

                }

            }, org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLSocketFactory.ALLOW_ALL_HOSTNAME_VERIFIER);

            Scheme sch = new Scheme("https", 8443, socketFactory);

            httpclient.getConnectionManager().getSchemeRegistry().register(sch);

            HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost("https://10.176.40.10:8443/admin?op=login&username=admin&password=AdminAdmin");

            

            Header headers[] = httppost.getAllHeaders();      

            HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httppost);

            HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();

            headers = response.getAllHeaders();

            System.out.println("----------------------------------------");

            

            System.out.println(response.getStatusLine());

            if (entity != null) {

                System.out.println("Response content length: " + entity.getContentLength());

                BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(

                        new InputStreamReader((response.getEntity().getContent())));

                String output;

                System.out.println("Output from Server .... \n");

                while ((output = br.readLine()) != null) {

                    System.out.println(output);

                }

                for(Header h:headers){

                    System.out.println(h.getName() + ": " + h.getValue());

                }

              

                // Now do another post to see that the authenticated session persists - no cookie need to send along.

                httppost = new HttpPost("https://10.176.40.10:8443/admin?op=setRbacGroup&groupId=1");

                response = httpclient.execute(httppost);

                entity = response.getEntity();

                headers = response.getAllHeaders();

                System.out.println("Output from Server .... \n");

                br = new BufferedReader(

                        new InputStreamReader((response.getEntity().getContent())));

                while ((output = br.readLine()) != null) {

                    System.out.println(output);

                }             

                // Now do a get to see that the authenticated session persists - no cookie need to send along.

                HttpGet httpget = new HttpGet("https://10.176.40.10:8443/fetch?shelf");

                response = httpclient.execute(httpget);

                entity = response.getEntity();

                headers = response.getAllHeaders();

                System.out.println("Output from Server .... \n");

                br = new BufferedReader(

                        new InputStreamReader((response.getEntity().getContent())));

                while ((output = br.readLine()) != null) {

                    System.out.println(output);

                }

            } 

            EntityUtils.consume(entity);

        } finally {

            // When HttpClient instance is no longer needed,

            // shut down the connection manager to ensure

            // immediate deallocation of all system resources

            httpclient.getConnectionManager().shutdown();

        }

    }

    

}