PATCH request using HttpURLConnection in JAVA

Question

How to execute PATCH request of RESTHeart API using HttpURLConnection in JAVA .Its giving back 405 as status.

public class TestRestHeartUpdate{
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{

URL url;
url = new 
URL("http://127.0.0.1:8080/testDB1/col1/5967c13e61f73b88018db783");

HttpURLConnection hc;
hc = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
hc.setDoInput(true);
hc.setDoOutput(true);
hc.setRequestMethod("POST");
hc.setRequestProperty("X-HTTP-Method-Override", "PATCH");

hc.setRequestProperty("Content-Type","application/hal+json");
hc.setRequestProperty("Accept","application/hal+json");
hc.setInstanceFollowRedirects(false);
hc.setRequestProperty("If-Match","5967c28f42483b1c3dbedc54");
hc.setUseCaches(false);
hc.connect();

byte[] opB = " {'rating':'VeryGood'}".getBytes("UTF-8");
OutputStream os = hc.getOutputStream();
os.write(opB);
System.out.println(hc.getResponseCode());
}
}

Answer 1

Http code 405 means method not allowed. This indicates that your web server is not allowing PATCH requests and that you'll need to configure it to accept PATCH method type.