Methods created for getting address from other microservice

build.gradle

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ dependencies {
 	implementation 'org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-starter-config'
 	implementation 'org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-starter-bootstrap:3.0.2'
 	implementation "io.springfox:springfox-boot-starter:3.0.0"
+	compile 'org.json:json:20210307'
 }
 
 dependencyManagement {

src/main/java/com/student/details/services/StudentService.java

@@ -2,9 +2,17 @@ package com.student.details.services;
 import com.student.details.exceptions.ResourceNotFoundException;
 import com.student.details.models.Student;
 import com.student.details.repositories.StudentRepository;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.lang.reflect.MalformedParameterizedTypeException;
+import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -16,7 +24,6 @@ public class StudentService {
     @Autowired
     StudentRepository studentRepository;
 
-
     public List<Student> findAllStudents() {
         return studentRepository.findAll();
     }
@@ -55,4 +62,76 @@ public class StudentService {
         response.put("deleted", true);
         return response;
     }
+
+    public Student getStudentAddressFromEmail(Student student){
+        //get students email for api call
+
+        String email = student.getEmail();
+        String apiUrl = String.format("url/students/%s", email);
+
+        //make API call other microservice's Rest API
+        JSONObject response = getJSONObjectFromAPICall(apiUrl);
+
+        //make new address object with JSON response object
+
+        /*
+        Address address;
+        address.setStreet(res.get("street"));
+        ...
+         */
+
+
+        //add it to our student's address field!
+
+        /*
+       student.setAddress(address);
+         */
+
+        return student;
+
+
+    }
+
+    public JSONObject getJSONObjectFromAPICall(String apiUrl){
+        HttpURLConnection connection;
+        StringBuffer responseContent = new StringBuffer();
+        BufferedReader reader;
+        String line;
+
+        try {
+
+            URL url = new URL(apiUrl);
+            connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
+
+            //setup
+            connection.setRequestMethod("GET");
+            connection.setConnectTimeout(5000);
+            connection.setReadTimeout(5000);
+
+            int status = connection.getResponseCode();
+
+            //read and write
+            if (status > 299) {
+                reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(connection.getErrorStream()));
+            } else {
+                reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream()));
+            }
+            while((line = reader.readLine()) != null){
+                responseContent.append(line);
+            }
+
+            reader.close();
+
+
+        } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+
+        JSONObject res = new JSONObject(responseContent.toString());
+        return res;
+
+    }
+
 }