Rest client with HTTPS support

A naive implementation of HTTPS REST Client for SpringBoot
server to fetch data from Corda

backend/build.gradle

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ dependencies {
 	//implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-security'
 	implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web'
 	implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-webflux'
+	testImplementation 'org.apache.httpcomponents.client5:httpclient5:5.2.1'
 	testImplementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test'
 	testImplementation 'io.projectreactor:reactor-test'
 	//testImplementation 'org.springframework.security:spring-security-test'

backend/src/test/java/djmil/cordacheckers/CordacheckersApplicationTests.java

@@ -1,7 +1,32 @@
 package djmil.cordacheckers;
 
+import java.security.GeneralSecurityException;
+
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
+
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.classic.CloseableHttpClient;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.classic.HttpClients;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.io.BasicHttpClientConnectionManager;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.socket.ConnectionSocketFactory;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.socket.PlainConnectionSocketFactory;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.ssl.NoopHostnameVerifier;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.ssl.SSLConnectionSocketFactory;
+import org.apache.hc.core5.http.config.Registry;
+import org.apache.hc.core5.http.config.RegistryBuilder;
+import org.apache.hc.core5.ssl.SSLContexts;
+import org.apache.hc.core5.ssl.TrustStrategy;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpEntity;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
+import org.springframework.http.client.HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory;
+import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
 
 @SpringBootTest
 class CordacheckersApplicationTests {
@@ -10,4 +35,45 @@ class CordacheckersApplicationTests {
 	void contextLoads() {
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void givenAcceptingAllCertificates_whenHttpsUrlIsConsumed_thenOk() throws GeneralSecurityException {
+
+		final TrustStrategy acceptingTrustStrategy = (cert, authType) -> true;
+		final SSLContext sslContext = SSLContexts.custom()
+			.loadTrustMaterial(null, acceptingTrustStrategy)
+			.build();
+		final SSLConnectionSocketFactory sslsf = new SSLConnectionSocketFactory(sslContext, NoopHostnameVerifier.INSTANCE);
+		final Registry<ConnectionSocketFactory> socketFactoryRegistry = RegistryBuilder.<ConnectionSocketFactory> create()
+			.register("https", sslsf)
+			.register("http", new PlainConnectionSocketFactory())
+			.build();
+
+		final BasicHttpClientConnectionManager connectionManager = 
+			new BasicHttpClientConnectionManager(socketFactoryRegistry);
+		final CloseableHttpClient httpClient = HttpClients.custom()
+			.setConnectionManager(connectionManager)
+			.build();
+
+
+            // create headers
+            HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
+            headers.setBasicAuth("admin", "admin");
+
+            // String authStr = "username:password";
+            // String base64Creds = Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(authStr.getBytes());
+            // headers.add("Authorization", "Basic " + base64Creds);
+
+            // create request
+            final HttpEntity<String> request = new HttpEntity<>(headers);
+
+
+		final HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory requestFactory =
+			new HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory(httpClient);
+		final ResponseEntity<String> response = new RestTemplate(requestFactory)
+			.exchange("https://localhost:8888/api/v1/virtualnode", HttpMethod.GET, request, String.class);
+
+		assertThat(response.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.OK);
+
+		System.out.println("UNSWER: " + response.getBody());
+	}
 }