Spring Cloud OpenFeign an openfeign integration module for spring boot. Feign is one of the best HTTP clients which we could use with Spring boot to communicate with third-party REST APIs. In this tutorial, we are going to explain how we can configure feign client inside a spring boot app to consume third party REST API.
Main Topics inside this article.
- Advantage of Using Feign as an HTTP Client
- Adding Required Dependencies
- Configuring Feign Client
- Send Requests Using Feign Client
- Testing With Postman
- Loading Feign Configurations From Application Properties
- Custom Configurations For Feign Client in Spring Boot
- Setting Dynamic Headers into the Feign Client
- Setting Feign Configurations Using Application Properties
- Configure Error Handling For Feign Client in Spring Boot
Technologies Going to Use,
- Spring Boot: 2.3.4.RELEASE
- Spring Cloud: Hoxton:RELEASE
- Spring Cloud Starter Open Feign: 2.2.5.RELEASE
- Lombok
- Gradle
- Intellij Idea for IDE
📄 Original Tutorial How to Use Feign Client in Spring Boot
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