HttpPost postRequest = new HttpPost("http://example.com/upload"); File file = new File("path/to/file"); FileEntity fileEntity = new FileEntity(file); postRequest.setEntity(fileEntity); HttpClient httpClient = HttpClientBuilder.create().build(); HttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(postRequest); int statusCode = response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode(); String responseBody = EntityUtils.toString(response.getEntity());