How to create Spring WebClient from Apache Http Client

Question

I want to create WebClient from HttpComponent's org.apache.http.client.HttpClient to use it in async operations.Any idea on how to do it

Answer 1

With the release of Spring Framework 5.3 and Spring Boot 2.4 now there is built-in integration between Apache HttpClient 5.0 and Spring WebClient.

HttpAsyncClientBuilder clientBuilder = HttpAsyncClients.custom();
clientBuilder.setDefaultRequestConfig(...);
CloseableHttpAsyncClient client = clientBuilder.build();
ClientHttpConnector connector = new HttpComponentsClientHttpConnector(client);

WebClient webClient = WebClient.builder().clientConnector(connector).build();

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UPDATE (based on @kolyaiks's comment)

Necessary dependencies:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents.client5</groupId>
    <artifactId>httpclient5</artifactId>
    <version>5.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents.core5</groupId>
    <artifactId>httpcore5-reactive</artifactId>
    <version>5.1</version>
</dependency>