spring boot send api request
// Modern Spring 5+ answer using WebClient instead of RestTemplate.
// Configure WebClient for a specific web-service or resource as a bean (additional properties can be configured).
@Bean
public WebClient localApiClient() {
return WebClient.create("http://localhost:8080/api/v3");
}
// Inject and use the bean from your service(s).
@Service
public class UserService {
private static final Duration REQUEST_TIMEOUT = Duration.ofSeconds(3);
private final WebClient localApiClient;
@Autowired
public UserService(WebClient localApiClient) {
this.localApiClient = localApiClient;
}
public User getUser(long id) {
return localApiClient
.get()
.uri("/users/" + id)
.retrieve()
.bodyToMono(User.class)
.block(REQUEST_TIMEOUT);
}
}