BAEL-4698 Added HTTP Response Body as String with WebClient (eugenp#11083)

bcaure · web-flow · commit c8724c15da4a · 2021-07-29T23:14:59.000+02:00
diff --git a/httpclient-2/pom.xml b/httpclient-2/pom.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@
             <version>${spring-boot.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <!-- Webclient -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-webflux</artifactId>
+            <version>${spring-boot.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/httpclient-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/httpclient/readresponsebodystring/SpringWebClientUnitTest.java b/httpclient-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/httpclient/readresponsebodystring/SpringWebClientUnitTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package com.baeldung.httpclient.readresponsebodystring;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.WebClient;
+import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
+
+public class SpringWebClientUnitTest {
+    public static final String DUMMY_URL = "https://postman-echo.com/get";
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenUseWebClientRetrieve_thenCorrect() {
+        WebClient webClient = WebClient.create(DUMMY_URL);
+        Mono<String> body = webClient.get().retrieve().bodyToMono(String.class);
+        String s = body.block();
+        System.out.println(s);
+    }
+}
