HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders(); headers.setContentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_FORM_URLENCODED); MultiValueMap<String, String> map= new LinkedMultiValueMap<String, String>(); map.add("email", "first.last@example.com"); HttpEntity<MultiValueMap<String, String>> request = new HttpEntity<MultiValueMap<String, String>>(map, headers); ResponseEntity<String> response = restTemplate.postForEntity( url, request , String.class );