// FIXME: eventually want to move off feed ids in POST
hostUrl = hostUrl + "/" + Common.toFeedIdString(feed.getId());
new URL(hostUrl); // validates url
AbderaClient client = new AbderaClient(Abdera.getInstance(),
Common.getBuildString());
ClientResponse response = client.post(hostUrl,
new ByteArrayInputStream(requestData), new RequestOptions()
.setContentType(request.getContentType()));
log.debug("Response: " + response.getStatus() + " : "
+ response.getStatusText());