How to make a secure HTTP request from ABAP program

Hi All,

I have a requirement to call an external webservice running on REST architecture from abap program. Since the web service is not running on SOAP protocol, I am unable to use the SOAMANAGER to configure the consumer proxy to make the call to external web service.

I am able to directly call the web service running on REST architecture by using the CL_HTTP* utility class by passing the url with parameters for consuming the web service. But I need to make sure the HTTP request is encrypted before it leaves the SAP system.

Please provide some inputs on encrypting the HTTP request from ABAP program.

Regards,

Manjiyil