[FIXED] perform a get request with spring rest template and check returned status code is ok

Issue

Its just submitting the sitemap to google so far i have

RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplate();
HttpEntity<?> responseEntity =  restTemplate.getForEntity("http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/ping?sitemap={url}", String.class,"http://mySite.com/sitemap.txt);

How do I check the server HTTP status that is returned?

Solution

restTemplate.getForEntity(String, Class<T>, String...) returns a ResponseEntity<T> (extends HttpEntity), which has a method for retrieving the status code.

ResponseEntity.getStatusCode()

You should utilize that instead of HttpEntity.

Answered By - nicholas.hauschild