diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-openfeign/src/main/java/com/baeldung/cloud/openfeign/client/EmployeeClient.java b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-openfeign/src/main/java/com/baeldung/cloud/openfeign/client/EmployeeClient.java
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+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-openfeign/src/main/java/com/baeldung/cloud/openfeign/client/EmployeeClient.java
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+package com.baeldung.cloud.openfeign.client;
+
+import com.baeldung.cloud.openfeign.model.Employee;
+import feign.Headers;
+import feign.Param;
+import feign.RequestLine;
+
+public interface EmployeeClient {
+
+	@RequestLine("GET /empployee/{id}?active={isActive}")
+	@Headers("Content-Type: application/json")
+	Employee getEmployee(@Param long id, @Param boolean isActive);
+}
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diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-openfeign/src/main/java/com/baeldung/cloud/openfeign/controller/EmployeeController.java b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-openfeign/src/main/java/com/baeldung/cloud/openfeign/controller/EmployeeController.java
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+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-openfeign/src/main/java/com/baeldung/cloud/openfeign/controller/EmployeeController.java
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+package com.baeldung.cloud.openfeign.controller;
+
+import com.baeldung.cloud.openfeign.client.EmployeeClient;
+import com.baeldung.cloud.openfeign.model.Employee;
+import feign.Feign;
+import feign.form.spring.SpringFormEncoder;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
+
+@RestController
+public class EmployeeController {
+
+    private static final String HTTP_FILE_EMPLOYEE_URL = "http://localhost:8081";
+
+    @GetMapping("/employee/{id}")
+    public Employee getEmployee(@RequestParam("id") long id) {
+        EmployeeClient employeeResource = Feign.builder().encoder(new SpringFormEncoder())
+                .target(EmployeeClient.class, HTTP_FILE_EMPLOYEE_URL);
+        return employeeResource.getEmployee(id, true);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-openfeign/src/main/java/com/baeldung/cloud/openfeign/model/Employee.java b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-openfeign/src/main/java/com/baeldung/cloud/openfeign/model/Employee.java
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+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-openfeign/src/main/java/com/baeldung/cloud/openfeign/model/Employee.java
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+package com.baeldung.cloud.openfeign.model;
+
+public class Employee {
+
+    private Long id;
+    private String name;
+
+    public Long getId() {
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public void setId(Long id) {
+        this.id = id;
+    }
+}