OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient(); MediaType mediaType = MediaType.parse("application/json"); RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, "{\"number\":1,\"string\":\"f\\\"oo\",\"arr\":[1,2,3],\"nested\":{\"a\":\"b\"},\"arr_mix\":[1,\"a\",{\"arr_mix_nested\":{}}],\"boolean\":false}"); Request request = new Request.Builder() .url("http://mockbin.com/har") .post(body) .addHeader("content-type", "application/json") .build(); Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();