diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-netflix.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-netflix.adoc index bd65af99..65052fe6 100644 --- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-netflix.adoc +++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-netflix.adoc @@ -970,6 +970,45 @@ This replaces the `SpringMvcContract` with `feign.Contract.Default` and adds a ` Default configurations can be specified in the `@EnableFeignClients` attribute `defaultConfiguration` in a similar manner as described above. The difference is that this configuration will apply to _all_ feign clients. +=== Creating Feign Clients Manually + +In some cases it might be necessary to customize your Feign Clients in a way that is not +possible using the methods above. In this case you can create Clients using the +https://github.com/OpenFeign/feign/#basics[Feign Builder API]. Below is an example +which creates two Feign Clients with the same interface but configures each one with +a separate request interceptor. + +[source,java,indent=0] +---- +@Import(FeignClientsConfiguration.class) +class FooController { + + private FooClient fooClient; + + private FooClient adminClient; + + @Autowired + public FooController( + ResponseEntityDecoder decoder, SpringEncoder encoder, Client client) { + this.fooClient = Feign.builder().client(client) + .encoder(encoder) + .decoder(decoder) + .requestInterceptor(new BasicAuthRequestInterceptor("user", "user")) + .target(FooClient.class, "http://PROD-SVC"); + this.adminClient = Feign.builder().client(client) + .encoder(encoder) + .decoder(decoder) + .requestInterceptor(new BasicAuthRequestInterceptor("admin", "admin")) + .target(FooClient.class, "http://PROD-SVC"); + } +} +---- + +NOTE: In the above example `FeignClientsConfiguration.class` is the default configuration +provided by Spring Cloud Netflix. + +NOTE: `PROD-SVC` is the name of the service the Clients will be making requests to. + [[spring-cloud-feign-hystrix]] === Feign Hystrix Support