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Postby squid » Mon Dec 17, 2007 6:30 am

Hello,
Does anyone know how to do http post and web service in android? It would be great if we could have a tutorial on this topic.
Thanks,
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Postby plusminus » Mon Dec 17, 2007 9:23 am

Hello squid,

I was trying that right now but not succeeding. :|

I put a php-File to the Server:
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  1. <?php
  2.  
  3.         echo "POSTed data: '".$_POST['data']."'<br />";
  4.  
  5.         echo "GETed data: '".$_GET['data']."'";
  6.  
  7. ?>
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This is my code to access it (no time for comments xD):
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  1. package org.anddev.android.testproject;
  2.  
  3.  
  4.  
  5. import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
  6.  
  7. import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
  8.  
  9. import java.io.InputStream;
  10.  
  11. import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
  12.  
  13. import java.net.URLEncoder;
  14.  
  15. import java.util.Iterator;
  16.  
  17.  
  18.  
  19. import android.app.Activity;
  20.  
  21. import android.app.ListActivity;
  22.  
  23. import android.app.NotificationManager;
  24.  
  25. import android.net.http.EventHandler;
  26.  
  27. import android.net.http.Headers;
  28.  
  29. import android.net.http.RequestQueue;
  30.  
  31. import android.net.http.SslCertificate;
  32.  
  33. import android.os.Bundle;
  34.  
  35. import android.telephony.PhoneStateIntentReceiver;
  36.  
  37. import android.util.Log;
  38.  
  39.  
  40.  
  41. public class TestLayout extends ListActivity {
  42.  
  43.  
  44.  
  45.         PhoneStateIntentReceiver pstr = null;
  46.  
  47.  
  48.  
  49.         class MyEventHandler implements EventHandler {
  50.  
  51.                 private ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
  52.  
  53.                  private Activity activity;
  54.  
  55.             MyEventHandler(Activity activity) {
  56.  
  57.                 this.activity = activity;
  58.  
  59.             }
  60.  
  61.  
  62.  
  63.                 public void data(byte[] bytes, int len) {
  64.  
  65.                         baos.write(bytes, 0, len);
  66.  
  67.                 }
  68.  
  69.                 public void endData() {
  70.  
  71.                         String text = new String(baos.toByteArray());
  72.  
  73.                         Log.d("http", "load data [" + text + "]");
  74.  
  75.                 }
  76.  
  77.                 public void status(int arg0, int arg1, int arg2, String s) {
  78.  
  79.                         Log.d("http", "status [" + s + "]");
  80.  
  81.                 }
  82.  
  83.  
  84.  
  85.             public void error(int i, String s) {
  86.  
  87.                 Log.d("http", "error [" + s + "]");
  88.  
  89.                 NotificationManager nm = (NotificationManager)
  90.  
  91.                         activity.getSystemService(Activity.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
  92.  
  93.  
  94.  
  95.                 nm.notifyWithText(100,
  96.  
  97.                         "error [" + s + "]",
  98.  
  99.                         NotificationManager.LENGTH_SHORT, null);
  100.  
  101.             }
  102.  
  103.                 public void handleSslErrorRequest(int arg0, String arg1, SslCertificate arg2) { }
  104.  
  105.                 public void headers(Iterator arg0) { }
  106.  
  107.                 public void headers(Headers arg0) { }
  108.  
  109.         }
  110.  
  111.  
  112.  
  113.         @Override
  114.  
  115.         public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {
  116.  
  117.                 super.onCreate(icicle);
  118.  
  119.  
  120.  
  121.                 InputStream in = this.getResources().openRawResource(R.raw.everlast);
  122.  
  123.                 System.out.println(in.toString());
  124.  
  125.  
  126.  
  127.                 android.net.http.RequestQueue rQueue = new RequestQueue(this);
  128.  
  129.                 String POSTText;
  130.  
  131.                 try {
  132.  
  133.                         POSTText = "data=" + URLEncoder.encode("HELLO ANDROID", "UTF-8");
  134.  
  135.                 } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
  136.  
  137.                         return;
  138.  
  139.                 }
  140.  
  141.                 byte[] POSTbytes = POSTText.getBytes();
  142.  
  143.                 ByteArrayInputStream baos = new ByteArrayInputStream(POSTbytes);
  144.  
  145.                 rQueue.queueRequest("http://www.anddev.org/postresponse.php", "POST", null,
  146.  
  147.                                 new MyEventHandler(this), baos, POSTbytes.length, false);
  148.  
  149.  
  150.  
  151.                 rQueue.waitUntilComplete();
  152.  
  153.         }
  154.  
  155. }
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What I see in the LogCat is the following:
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D/http(1342): load data [POSTed data: '' GETed data: '']


When I change the request to:
rQueue.queueRequest("http://www.anddev.org/postresponse.php?data=Hello", "POST", null,
new MyEventHandler(this), baos, POSTbytes.length, false);

I receive:
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D/http(1342): load data [POSTed data: '' GETed data: 'Hello']


But that is still no POST, just GET... :(
I'll have another look at it this evening.

The code I altered comes from :src: here. Perhaps you can get it work. Let us know :)

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Postby plusminus » Mon Dec 17, 2007 5:04 pm

Hello_back squid,

Did you try:
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  1. org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.PostMethod
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... as it was used :src: here.

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Postby hama » Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:43 am

Hi, all

> But that is still no POST, just GET... :(

I think that Content-Type is essential for your server.

Try the following;

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  1.     Map<String,String> headers = new  HashMap<String,String>();
  2.  
  3.     headers.put("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
  4.  
  5.        ...
  6.  
  7.     rQueue.queueRequest("http://www.anddev.org/postresponse.php", "POST", headers,
  8.  
  9.                    new MyEventHandler(this), baos, POSTbytes.length, false);
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Postby plusminus » Fri Dec 28, 2007 2:35 pm

Big thx hama :!:,

it works now :!: Output:
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  1. D/http(1677): status [OK]
  2.  
  3. D/http(1677): load data [POSTed data: 'HELLO ANDROID' GETed data: '']
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The following code works for me ( I'll transform this into a tutorial when I'm back from holidays: ~ 3 January 08 ):
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  1. package org.anddev.android.testproject;
  2.  
  3.  
  4.  
  5. import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
  6.  
  7. import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
  8.  
  9. import java.io.InputStream;
  10.  
  11. import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
  12.  
  13. import java.net.URLEncoder;
  14.  
  15. import java.util.HashMap;
  16.  
  17. import java.util.Iterator;
  18.  
  19. import java.util.Map;
  20.  
  21.  
  22.  
  23. import android.app.Activity;
  24.  
  25. import android.app.ListActivity;
  26.  
  27. import android.app.NotificationManager;
  28.  
  29. import android.net.http.EventHandler;
  30.  
  31. import android.net.http.Headers;
  32.  
  33. import android.net.http.RequestQueue;
  34.  
  35. import android.net.http.SslCertificate;
  36.  
  37. import android.os.Bundle;
  38.  
  39. import android.util.Log;
  40.  
  41.  
  42.  
  43. public class TestLayout extends ListActivity {
  44.  
  45.  
  46.  
  47.      class MyEventHandler implements EventHandler {
  48.  
  49.           private ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
  50.  
  51.            private Activity activity;
  52.  
  53.          MyEventHandler(Activity activity) {
  54.  
  55.              this.activity = activity;
  56.  
  57.          }
  58.  
  59.  
  60.  
  61.           public void data(byte[] bytes, int len) {
  62.  
  63.                baos.write(bytes, 0, len);
  64.  
  65.           }
  66.  
  67.           public void endData() {
  68.  
  69.                String text = new String(baos.toByteArray());
  70.  
  71.                Log.d("http", "load data [" + text + "]");
  72.  
  73.           }
  74.  
  75.           public void status(int arg0, int arg1, int arg2, String s) {
  76.  
  77.                Log.d("http", "status [" + s + "]");
  78.  
  79.           }
  80.  
  81.  
  82.  
  83.          public void error(int i, String s) {
  84.  
  85.              Log.d("http", "error [" + s + "]");
  86.  
  87.              NotificationManager nm = (NotificationManager)
  88.  
  89.                      activity.getSystemService(Activity.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
  90.  
  91.  
  92.  
  93.              nm.notifyWithText(0x1337,
  94.  
  95.                      "error [" + s + "]",
  96.  
  97.                      NotificationManager.LENGTH_SHORT, null);
  98.  
  99.          }
  100.  
  101.           public void handleSslErrorRequest(int arg0, String arg1, SslCertificate arg2) { }
  102.  
  103.           public void headers(Iterator arg0) { }
  104.  
  105.           public void headers(Headers arg0) { }
  106.  
  107.      }
  108.  
  109.  
  110.  
  111.      @Override
  112.  
  113.      public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {
  114.  
  115.           super.onCreate(icicle);
  116.  
  117.  
  118.  
  119.           InputStream in = this.getResources().openRawResource(R.raw.everlast);
  120.  
  121.           System.out.println(in.toString());
  122.  
  123.  
  124.  
  125.           android.net.http.RequestQueue rQueue = new RequestQueue(this);
  126.  
  127.           String POSTText;
  128.  
  129.           try {
  130.  
  131.                POSTText = "data=" + URLEncoder.encode("HELLO ANDROID", "UTF-8");
  132.  
  133.           } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
  134.  
  135.                return;
  136.  
  137.           }
  138.  
  139.           byte[] POSTbytes = POSTText.getBytes();
  140.  
  141.           ByteArrayInputStream baos = new ByteArrayInputStream(POSTbytes);
  142.  
  143.          
  144.  
  145.           Map<String,String> headers = new  HashMap<String,String>();
  146.  
  147.           headers.put("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
  148.  
  149.          
  150.  
  151.           rQueue.queueRequest("http://www.anddev.org/postresponse.php", "POST", headers,
  152.  
  153.                     new MyEventHandler(this), baos, POSTbytes.length, false);
  154.  
  155.  
  156.  
  157.           rQueue.waitUntilComplete();
  158.  
  159.      }
  160.  
  161. }
Parsed in 0.050 seconds, using GeSHi 1.0.8.4


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Postby plusminus » Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:28 pm

Wohoo I found some time somewhere in the corner of my room and transformed into an actual tutorial.

:arrow: :src: Watch it.

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Re: HTTP Post, Web Services in Android

Postby libertino » Thu May 29, 2008 6:02 pm

httpclient from apache is well suted for this
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HTTP POST-Reply sample working on SDK 0.9

Postby Hans » Sun Oct 12, 2008 3:47 pm

Hi,
anyone has a recent HTTP POST-Reply sample working on SDK 0.9 available
please?
Any help is greatly appreciated.

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Postby cassianotartari » Tue Nov 04, 2008 6:37 pm

Somebody can convert this tutorial to SDK 1.0 ?
public class pessoa {
private String nome = "Cassiano Tartari";
private String url = "www.cassianotartari.eng.br"
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Postby shabeervga » Thu Nov 06, 2008 1:00 pm

import android.net.http.EventHandler;
import android.net.http.Headers;
import android.net.http.RequestQueue;

i am getting error like this " cannot be resolved " from Eclipse

please help me for solving this problem
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Postby jasont » Thu Nov 06, 2008 4:22 pm

shabeervga wrote:import android.net.http.EventHandler;
import android.net.http.Headers;
import android.net.http.RequestQueue;

i am getting error like this " cannot be resolved " from Eclipse

please help me for solving this problem


Thats because those packages are not available in the SDK.

http://code.google.com/android/referenc ... mmary.html
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Postby Surbhit » Wed Nov 19, 2008 5:54 pm

import android.net.http.EventHandler;
import android.net.http.Headers;
import android.net.http.RequestQueue;

The above mentioned classes are no longer in android.

Can you tell me what to use instead of these classes or could you modify the code to work on current android sdk ?
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Postby cassianotartari » Wed Nov 19, 2008 6:46 pm

http://www.anddev.org/http_post_sdk_10-t3493.html
public class pessoa {
private String nome = "Cassiano Tartari";
private String url = "www.cassianotartari.eng.br"
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