unirest-example

Using a lite weight framework like Java spark and unirest.io to consume rest APIs.

Prerequisites

I'm on a Mac using Homebrew goodness...

• Java 1.8

brew cask install java

• Gradle

brew install gradle

Setting up and compiling

1. Clone it

git clone git@github.com:lendmeapound/unirest-example.git

2. Get in it

cd unirest-example

3. Build it

gradle build

4. Run it

java -jar build/libs/unirest-example.jar

5. Hit it http://localhost:4567

Kudos

Java spark - For an awesome framework.

Project Lombok - No more getters and setters.

Apache Commons - Taking the pain out of string validation.

FasterXML - For the Jackson databind module.

GSON - Converting Java Objects into their JSON representation and back again.

unirest.io - Making java http client much easier!