code: public String getLeader() {
  
  
          final URI uri = createURI("/leader");
  
          final HttpRequestBuilder httpRequestBuilder = RequestUtils
                  .getHttpRequestBuilder(null, null, RequestOptions.BLANK, "");
  
          final HTTP.Response httpResponse = HTTP.getResponse(uri + "?" + httpRequestBuilder.paramString());
  
          if (httpResponse.code() != 200) {
              die("Unable to retrieve the leader", uri, httpResponse.code(), httpResponse.body());
          }
  
          return fromJson(httpResponse.body(), String.class).replace("\"", "").trim();
      }
docs: Retrieves the host/port of the Consul leader.
  <p>
  GET /v1/status/leader
  
  @return The host/port of the leader.