CloseableHttpClient httpClient = HttpClients.createDefault(); HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet("http://example.com"); CloseableHttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(httpGet); try { int statusCode = response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode(); HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity(); // ... } finally { response.close(); } PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager connectionManager = new PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager(); CloseableHttpClient httpClient = HttpClients.custom() .setConnectionManager(connectionManager) .build(); HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet("http://example.com"); CloseableHttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(httpGet); RequestConfig requestConfig = RequestConfig.custom() .build(); CloseableHttpClient httpClient = HttpClients.custom() .setDefaultRequestConfig(requestConfig) .build(); HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet("http://example.com"); CloseableHttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(httpGet);