Maven package org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods does not exist

Apache commons http client has two versions

https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.httpcomponents/httpclient

https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/commons-httpclient/commons-httpclient

From

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10986661/apache-httpclient-does-not-exist-error

Solution:

Use older version of the client

<dependency>
    <groupId>commons-httpclient</groupId>
    <artifactId>commons-httpclient</artifactId>
    <version>3.1</version>
</dependency>