Quick Start

To quickly begin with the beta you need 6 jar files that can be downloaded from http://www.apache.org/dist/httpcomponents/httpclient/binary/httpcomponents-client-4.0-beta2-bin-with-dependencies.zip

A good place to learn how to use the API quickly is to see the code in action. Can do this via the samples that have several everyday tasks automated. They are included in the jars at download page http://hc.apache.org/downloads.cgi. Note that Http Components are not a complete browser. Importantly it lacks parsers, layout engine, UI, cache, renderer and a JavaScript engine. To learn the scope of these components see http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client/primer.html

Note: this guide is not complete and contributions are welcome. To contribute write to dev at hc dot apache.org (first subscribe by sending a short email to dev-subscribe a t hc dot apache.org