OkHttp - handy HTTP client for Java

One of my friends who is Java engineer suggested me to use this library. I really liked it, it allows you to implement your HTTP calls smoothly and without extra code :)

Find some examples of usage below (two first are taken from their documentation).

GET request: 

 OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();  
 String run(String url) throws IOException {  
  Request request = new Request.Builder()  
    .url(url)  
    .build();  
  Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();  
  return response.body().string();  
 }  

POST request:

 public static final MediaType JSON  
   = MediaType.parse("application/json; charset=utf-8");  
 OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();  
 String post(String url, String json) throws IOException {  
  RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(JSON, json);  
  Request request = new Request.Builder()  
    .url(url)  
    .post(body)  
    .build();  
  Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();  
  return response.body().string();  
 }  

This is my implementation of methods for HTTP calls.

 private JSONObject request(String path, String method, String body) throws ApiException {  
     Builder builder = new Request.Builder()  
       .url(baseUrl + path.replaceAll("^/", ""));  
     if (method.equals("POST")) {  
       builder.post(RequestBody.create(JSON, body));  
     }  
     else if (method.equals("DELETE")) {  
       builder.delete();  
     }  
     try {  
       Response httpResponse = httpClient.newCall(builder.build()).execute();  
       if (httpResponse.code() != 200) {  
         throw new ApiException(httpResponse.body().string());  
       }  
       String httpResponseBody = httpResponse.body().string();  
       System.out.println("ApiClient.request(" + path + "): " + httpResponseBody);  
       return (JSONObject)JSONValue.parse(httpResponseBody);  
     }  
     catch (IOException e) {  
       throw new ApiException(e.getMessage());  
     }  
   }  
   public JSONObject get(String resource, Map<String, String> params) throws ApiException {  
     return request(resource + "?" + urlEncodeUTF8(params), "GET", "");  
   }  
   public JSONObject post(String path, String body) throws ApiException {  
     return request(path, "POST", body);  
   }