Http client docs

[ZacharyKlein]

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[ZacharyKlein]

@graemerocher could you clarify this? The client should be defined as a spring bean

As far as I know, the HTTP client has to be created via the create method, not a constructor call. I'm not sure how to define a Spring bean (e.g., in resources.groovy) where a method other than the constructor is being used. Or am I misunderstanding your statement?

[graemerocher]

@ZacharyKlein how to define a bean that is created via a factory method is described in the Grails docs http://docs.grails.org/latest/guide/spring.html#theBeanBuilderDSLExplained

[ZacharyKlein]

@graemerocher I experimented (with some help from James) and this is the closest I can get to defining a HttpClient bean:

beans = {
    httpClient(HttpClient) { bean ->
        bean.factoryMethod = "create"
        bean.constructorArgs = ["http://localhost:8080/api/widget".toURL()]
        bean
    }
}

However, this fails to start as a required bean of type io.micronaut.context.BeanContext cannot be found. Is there a way to get a ref of the Micronaut parent context and make that available to the httpClient bean? Or am I going about this wrong?