# Class HttpRequest.BodyPublishers

java.lang.Object
java.net.http.HttpRequest.BodyPublishers

Enclosing class:
  `HttpRequest`

public static class HttpRequest.BodyPublishers extends Object
Implementations of `BodyPublisher` that implement various useful publishers, such as publishing the request body from a String, or from a file.

The following are examples of using the predefined body publishers to convert common high-level Java objects into a flow of data suitable for sending as a request body:

    // Request body from a String
    HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
         .uri(URI.create("https://foo.com/"))
         .header("Content-Type", "text/plain; charset=UTF-8")
         .POST(BodyPublishers.ofString("some body text"))
         .build();

    // Request body from a File
    HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
         .uri(URI.create("https://foo.com/"))
         .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
         .POST(BodyPublishers.ofFile(Paths.get("file.json")))
         .build();

    // Request body from a byte array
    HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
         .uri(URI.create("https://foo.com/"))
         .POST(BodyPublishers.ofByteArray(new byte[] { ... }))
         .build();

Since:
  11

## Method Summary

Modifier and Type
Method
Description
`static HttpRequest.BodyPublisher`
`concat(HttpRequest.BodyPublisher... publishers)`
Returns a `BodyPublisher` that publishes a request body consisting of the concatenation of the request bodies published by a sequence of publishers.
`static HttpRequest.BodyPublisher`
`fromPublisher(Flow.Publisher<? extends ByteBuffer> publisher)`
Returns a request body publisher whose body is retrieved from the given `Flow.Publisher`.
`static HttpRequest.BodyPublisher`
`fromPublisher(Flow.Publisher<? extends ByteBuffer> publisher, long contentLength)`
Returns a request body publisher whose body is retrieved from the given `Flow.Publisher`.
`static HttpRequest.BodyPublisher`
`noBody()`
A request body publisher which sends no request body.
`static HttpRequest.BodyPublisher`
`ofByteArray(byte[] buf)`
Returns a request body publisher whose body is the given byte array.
`static HttpRequest.BodyPublisher`
`ofByteArray(byte[] buf, int offset, int length)`
Returns a request body publisher whose body is the content of the given byte array of `length` bytes starting from the specified `offset`.
`static HttpRequest.BodyPublisher`
`ofByteArrays(Iterable<byte[]> iter)`
A request body publisher that takes data from an `Iterable` of byte arrays.
`static HttpRequest.BodyPublisher`
`ofFile(Path path)`
A request body publisher that takes data from the contents of a File.
`static HttpRequest.BodyPublisher`
`ofInputStream(Supplier<? extends InputStream> streamSupplier)`
A request body publisher that reads its data from an `InputStream`.
`static HttpRequest.BodyPublisher`
`ofString(String body)`
Returns a request body publisher whose body is the given `String`, converted using the `UTF_8` character set.
`static HttpRequest.BodyPublisher`
`ofString(String s, Charset charset)`
Returns a request body publisher whose body is the given `String`, converted using the given character set.

### Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

## Method Details

### fromPublisher

public static HttpRequest.BodyPublisher fromPublisher(Flow.Publisher<? extends ByteBuffer> publisher)
Returns a request body publisher whose body is retrieved from the given `Flow.Publisher`. The returned request body publisher has an unknown content length.

API Note:
  This method can be used as an adapter between `BodyPublisher` and `Flow.Publisher`, where the amount of request body that the publisher will publish is unknown.
Parameters:
  `publisher` - the publisher responsible for publishing the body
Returns:
  a BodyPublisher

### fromPublisher

public static HttpRequest.BodyPublisher fromPublisher(Flow.Publisher<? extends ByteBuffer> publisher, long contentLength)
Returns a request body publisher whose body is retrieved from the given `Flow.Publisher`. The returned request body publisher has the given content length.

The given `contentLength` is a positive number, that represents the exact amount of bytes the `publisher` must publish.

API Note:
  This method can be used as an adapter between `BodyPublisher` and `Flow.Publisher`, where the amount of request body that the publisher will publish is known.
Parameters:
  `publisher` - the publisher responsible for publishing the body
  `contentLength` - a positive number representing the exact amount of bytes the publisher will publish
Returns:
  a BodyPublisher
Throws:
  `IllegalArgumentException` - if the content length is non-positive

### ofString

public static HttpRequest.BodyPublisher ofString(String body)
Returns a request body publisher whose body is the given `String`, converted using the `UTF_8` character set.

Parameters:
  `body` - the String containing the body
Returns:
  a BodyPublisher

### ofString

public static HttpRequest.BodyPublisher ofString(String s, Charset charset)
Returns a request body publisher whose body is the given `String`, converted using the given character set.

Parameters:
  `s` - the String containing the body
  `charset` - the character set to convert the string to bytes
Returns:
  a BodyPublisher

### ofInputStream

public static HttpRequest.BodyPublisher ofInputStream(Supplier<? extends InputStream> streamSupplier)
A request body publisher that reads its data from an `InputStream`. A `Supplier` of `InputStream` is used in case the request needs to be repeated, as the content is not buffered. The `Supplier` may return `null` on subsequent attempts, in which case the request fails.

Parameters:
  `streamSupplier` - a Supplier of open InputStreams
Returns:
  a BodyPublisher

### ofByteArray

public static HttpRequest.BodyPublisher ofByteArray(byte[] buf)
Returns a request body publisher whose body is the given byte array.

Parameters:
  `buf` - the byte array containing the body
Returns:
  a BodyPublisher

### ofByteArray

public static HttpRequest.BodyPublisher ofByteArray(byte[] buf, int offset, int length)
Returns a request body publisher whose body is the content of the given byte array of `length` bytes starting from the specified `offset`.

Parameters:
  `buf` - the byte array containing the body
  `offset` - the offset of the first byte
  `length` - the number of bytes to use
Returns:
  a BodyPublisher
Throws:
  `IndexOutOfBoundsException` - if the sub-range is defined to be out of bounds

### ofFile

public static HttpRequest.BodyPublisher ofFile(Path path) throws FileNotFoundException
A request body publisher that takes data from the contents of a File.

Parameters:
  `path` - the path to the file containing the body
Returns:
  a BodyPublisher
Throws:
  `FileNotFoundException` - if the path is not found

### ofByteArrays

public static HttpRequest.BodyPublisher ofByteArrays(Iterable<byte[]> iter)
A request body publisher that takes data from an `Iterable` of byte arrays. An `Iterable` is provided which supplies `Iterator` instances. Each attempt to send the request results in one invocation of the `Iterable`.

Parameters:
  `iter` - an Iterable of byte arrays
Returns:
  a BodyPublisher

### noBody

public static HttpRequest.BodyPublisher noBody()
A request body publisher which sends no request body.

Returns:
  a BodyPublisher which completes immediately and sends no request body.

### concat

public static HttpRequest.BodyPublisher concat(HttpRequest.BodyPublisher... publishers)
Returns a `BodyPublisher` that publishes a request body consisting of the concatenation of the request bodies published by a sequence of publishers.

If the sequence is empty an empty publisher is returned. Otherwise, if the sequence contains a single element, that publisher is returned. Otherwise a concatenation publisher is returned.

The request body published by a concatenation publisher is logically equivalent to the request body that would have been published by concatenating all the bytes of each publisher in sequence.

Each publisher is lazily subscribed to in turn, until all the body bytes are published, an error occurs, or the concatenation publisher's subscription is cancelled. The concatenation publisher may be subscribed to more than once, which in turn may result in the publishers in the sequence being subscribed to more than once.

The concatenation publisher has a known content length only if all publishers in the sequence have a known content length. The `contentLength` reported by the concatenation publisher is computed as follows:

- If any of the publishers reports an unknown content length, or if the sum of the known content lengths would exceed `Long.MAX_VALUE`, the resulting content length is unknown.
- Otherwise, the resulting content length is the sum of the known content lengths, a number between `0` and `Long.MAX_VALUE`, inclusive.

Implementation Note:
  If the concatenation publisher's subscription is cancelled, or an error occurs while publishing the bytes, not all publishers in the sequence may be subscribed to.
Parameters:
  `publishers` - a sequence of publishers.
Returns:
  An aggregate publisher that publishes a request body logically equivalent to the concatenation of all bytes published by each publisher in the sequence.
Since:
  16