Gradle Script to make a REST call (POST, GET)

I am trying gradle

for the first time.

I want to call some REST API in a gradle script and check some of the responses I get.

The current system configurations include Java 1.7

, Gradle 2.4

running onOracle Linux 6.5

My REST API

:

API => POST localhost / Assign

JSON input:

{"user":"dummyuser"}

      

        
        
        
      

    

JSON output:

{
  "jobMessageDetails": "dummyuser has been assigned to dummymachine",
  "jobStatusDetails": "Success",
  "jobType": "assign",
  "machineName": "dummymachine",
  "time": "2015/6/8 @ 14:47:42",
  "userName": "dummyuser"
}

      

        
        
        
      

    

I can check my APIs

using POSTMAN

another computer. I do it this way: POST

hostname??:5500/Assign

JSON_INPUT

using POSTMAN

. They are working correctly.

What I want to do:

• I want to call this API
  
  from gradle
  
  script.
• I want to parse the JSON_OUTPUT I am getting.
• I want to read and print to "jobStatusDetails"
  
  and "machineName"
  
  from the response I received.

PS: I am very new to Gradle, I would appreciate a complete working code .

I have looked at the following links - link1 link2 . None of them helped me.