Apache HttpComponents

Apache HttpComponents is a set of Java HTTP components, including a feature-rich HTTP client (HttpClient 5.x) and HTTP server components. It provides connection pooling, async I/O, TLS/SSL support, authentication, cookie management, and content negotiation for Java applications making HTTP requests.

Apache HttpComponents publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: Configuration API and Requests API. Tagged areas include Apache, HTTP Client, Java, Open Source, and SDK.

The Apache HttpComponents catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Apache HttpComponents’ developer surface includes documentation, getting-started guide, engineering blog, and 7 more developer resources.

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46.4/100 developing ▼ -5.9 Agent 22/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

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3 APIs 8 Features 5 Use Cases

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Composite quality — 46.4/100 · developing

Contract Quality 14.6 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 4.3 / 20

Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13

Governance 8.3 / 12

Discoverability 6.5 / 10

Agent readiness — 22/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 3

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Apache HttpComponents Java SDK

Maven artifact for Apache HttpComponents HttpClient 5.x providing full HTTP client functionality including fluent API, async client, and reactive streams support.

Apache HttpComponents Configuration API

Client configuration operations

Apache HttpComponents Requests API

HTTP request execution operations

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Apache HttpComponents Client API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Apache Http Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Apache Http Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Apache Http Finops

FINOPS

Features 8

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Connection Pooling

Configurable connection pool with per-route and total connection limits for efficient HTTP connection reuse.

Async HTTP Client

Non-blocking async HTTP client based on Java NIO for high-concurrency request execution.

TLS/SSL Support

Full TLS/SSL support with customizable trust stores, client certificates, and hostname verification.

Authentication Framework

Pluggable authentication framework supporting Basic, Digest, NTLM, and Bearer token schemes.

Cookie Management

RFC-compliant cookie management with customizable cookie stores and policies.

Proxy Support

HTTP, HTTPS, and SOCKS proxy support with proxy authentication.

Content Negotiation

Built-in content encoding, compression (gzip/deflate), and charset negotiation.

Fluent API

High-level fluent API for simplified one-liner HTTP request execution.

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JSON Schema 4

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Examples 4

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Use Cases 5

What developers build with this provider.

REST API Client Integration

Consume REST APIs from Java applications with connection pooling and retry logic.

Web Scraping

Crawl and fetch web content with cookie handling and redirect following.

Microservices HTTP Communication

Make service-to-service HTTP calls with connection reuse and timeout configuration.

Authentication Token Refresh

Implement OAuth2 token refresh flows using the authentication interceptor framework.

File Upload and Download

Stream large file uploads and downloads via multipart or chunked transfer encoding.

Integrations 4

Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.

Spring Framework

Spring RestTemplate and WebClient use Apache HttpComponents as a configurable HTTP backend.

Apache CXF

Apache CXF JAX-RS client uses HttpComponents for HTTP transport in web service calls.

Elasticsearch Java Client

Elasticsearch Java client uses HttpComponents for transport-layer HTTP communication.

Apache Solr

Apache Solr Java client (SolrJ) uses HttpComponents for Solr HTTP API calls.

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

SpectralRules

SpectralRules

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

GitHubRepository

GitHubRepository

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: apache-http
name: Apache HttpComponents
description: Apache HttpComponents is a set of Java HTTP components, including a feature-rich HTTP client (HttpClient 5.x)
  and HTTP server components. It provides connection pooling, async I/O, TLS/SSL support, authentication, cookie management,
  and content negotiation for Java applications making HTTP requests.
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  try_now: false
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  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
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  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
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image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/apache-http.png
tags:
- Apache
- HTTP Client
- Java
- Open Source
- SDK
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-05-19'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-http/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: apache-http:apache-http-java-sdk
  name: Apache HttpComponents Java SDK
  description: Maven artifact for Apache HttpComponents HttpClient 5.x providing full HTTP client functionality including
    fluent API, async client, and reactive streams support.
  humanURL: https://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-5.3.x/dependency-info.html
  tags:
  - Java
  - Maven
  - SDK
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  - type: Documentation
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  - type: SDKs
    url: https://search.maven.org/artifact/org.apache.httpcomponents.client5/httpclient5
    title: Java SDK (Maven Central)
- aid: apache-http:apache-http-configuration-api
  name: Apache HttpComponents Configuration API
  description: Client configuration operations
  humanURL: https://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-5.3.x/
  tags:
  - Configuration
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-http-configuration-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-5.3.x/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/http-client-httprequest-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/apache-http-client-context.jsonld
- aid: apache-http:apache-http-requests-api
  name: Apache HttpComponents Requests API
  description: HTTP request execution operations
  humanURL: https://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-5.3.x/
  tags:
  - Requests
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-http-requests-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-5.3.x/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/http-client-httprequest-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/apache-http-client-context.jsonld
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/apache-http-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/apache-http-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/apache-http-domain-security.yml
- type: Documentation
  url: https://hc.apache.org/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-5.3.x/quickstart.html
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/apache
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/apache/httpcomponents-client
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/apache-http-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/apache-http-vocabulary.yaml
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Connection Pooling
    description: Configurable connection pool with per-route and total connection limits for efficient HTTP connection reuse.
  - name: Async HTTP Client
    description: Non-blocking async HTTP client based on Java NIO for high-concurrency request execution.
  - name: TLS/SSL Support
    description: Full TLS/SSL support with customizable trust stores, client certificates, and hostname verification.
  - name: Authentication Framework
    description: Pluggable authentication framework supporting Basic, Digest, NTLM, and Bearer token schemes.
  - name: Cookie Management
    description: RFC-compliant cookie management with customizable cookie stores and policies.
  - name: Proxy Support
    description: HTTP, HTTPS, and SOCKS proxy support with proxy authentication.
  - name: Content Negotiation
    description: Built-in content encoding, compression (gzip/deflate), and charset negotiation.
  - name: Fluent API
    description: High-level fluent API for simplified one-liner HTTP request execution.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: REST API Client Integration
    description: Consume REST APIs from Java applications with connection pooling and retry logic.
  - name: Web Scraping
    description: Crawl and fetch web content with cookie handling and redirect following.
  - name: Microservices HTTP Communication
    description: Make service-to-service HTTP calls with connection reuse and timeout configuration.
  - name: Authentication Token Refresh
    description: Implement OAuth2 token refresh flows using the authentication interceptor framework.
  - name: File Upload and Download
    description: Stream large file uploads and downloads via multipart or chunked transfer encoding.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Spring Framework
    description: Spring RestTemplate and WebClient use Apache HttpComponents as a configurable HTTP backend.
  - name: Apache CXF
    description: Apache CXF JAX-RS client uses HttpComponents for HTTP transport in web service calls.
  - name: Elasticsearch Java Client
    description: Elasticsearch Java client uses HttpComponents for transport-layer HTTP communication.
  - name: Apache Solr
    description: Apache Solr Java client (SolrJ) uses HttpComponents for Solr HTTP API calls.
- url: https://hc.apache.org/news.html
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: info@apievangelist.com