{title:'Customizing HttpClient', created:'8.2.0', updated:'9.0.0'}

Several methods are provided for customizing the underlying HTTP client and client builder classes:

Additionally, all methods on the HttpClientBuilder class have been extended with fluent setters.

Example:

| // Create a client with customized HttpClient settings. | MyBean bean = RestClient | .create() | .disableRedirectHandling() | .connectionManager(myConnectionManager) | .addInterceptorFirst(myHttpRequestInterceptor) | .build();

Refer to the {@code org.apache.http.client.impl.HttpClientBuilder} docs for more information.