Use RestTemplate to get JSON as Response.
Use RestTemplate to get File as Response.
@Autowired
private RestTemplateBuilder restTemplate;
public void downloadFile(){ // This method will download file using RestTemplate
try {
HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
headers.setAccept(Arrays.asList(MediaType.APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM));
HttpEntity<String> entity = new HttpEntity<>(headers);
ResponseEntity<byte[]> response = restTemplate.build()
.exchange("http://localhost:8080/downloadFile", HttpMethod.GET, entity, byte[].class);
Files.write(Paths.get("e:\\download-files\\demo1.pdf"), response.getBody());
}catch (Exception e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
}