[jira] [Commented] (HTTPCLIENT-1206) DecompressingHttpClient ignores "https://" URI, always connects as plain "http://"

> DecompressingHttpClient ignores "https://" URI, always connects as plain "http://"
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>                 Key: HTTPCLIENT-1206
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-1206
>             Project: HttpComponents HttpClient
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: HttpClient
>    Affects Versions: 4.2 Final
>            Reporter: Hendy Irawan
>             Fix For: 4.2.1
>
>
> DecompressingHttpClient is the successor of ContentEncodingHttpClient. However ContentEncodingHttpClient works well with HTTPS, while DecompressingHttpClient always uses plain HTTP.
> Sample code (from https://github.com/soluvas/fb-tools ):
> package org.soluvas.fbcli;
> import java.net.URI;
> import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
> import javax.annotation.PreDestroy;
> import javax.enterprise.event.Observes;
> import javax.inject.Inject;
> import javax.inject.Named;
> import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
> import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
> import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
> import org.apache.http.client.utils.URIBuilder;
> import org.apache.http.impl.client.ContentEncodingHttpClient;
> import org.apache.http.impl.conn.PoolingClientConnectionManager;
> import org.apache.http.params.BasicHttpParams;
> import org.jboss.weld.environment.se.bindings.Parameters;
> import org.jboss.weld.environment.se.events.ContainerInitialized;
> import org.slf4j.Logger;
> import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
> import akka.actor.ActorSystem;
> import akka.dispatch.Future;
> import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
> import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
> import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
> /**
>  * @author ceefour
>  */
> public class FbCli {
> private transient Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(FbCli.class);
> @Inject @Parameters String[] args;
> @Inject @Named("facebook_accessToken") String accessToken;
> public void run(@Observes ContainerInitialized e) {
> log.info("fbcli starting");
> if (args.length < 1)
> throw new RuntimeException("Requires command line arguments.");
>
> if ("friends".equals(args[0])) {
> try {
> // this works:
> HttpClient httpClient = new ContentEncodingHttpClient(new PoolingClientConnectionManager(), new BasicHttpParams());
> // this doesn't work:
> // HttpClient httpClient = new DecompressingHttpClient(new DefaultHttpClient(new PoolingClientConnectionManager(), new BasicHttpParams()));
> try {
> URI friendsUri = new URIBuilder("https://graph.facebook.com/me/friends").addParameter("access_token", accessToken).build();
> HttpGet getReq = new HttpGet(friendsUri);
> HttpResponse friendsResp = httpClient.execute(getReq);
>
> ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
> mapper.enable(SerializationFeature.INDENT_OUTPUT);
> JsonNode json = mapper.readTree(friendsResp.getEntity().getContent());
>
> if (json.has("paging")) {
> JsonNode pagingNode = json.get("paging");
> if (pagingNode.has("next")) {
> String nextUri = pagingNode.get("next").asText();
> }
> }
>
> mapper.writeValue(System.out, json);
> } finally {
> httpClient.getConnectionManager().shutdown();
> }
> } catch (Exception ex) {
> throw new RuntimeException(ex);
> }
> }
> }
> }