Web Service problem

quauhtlimtz · by **quauhtlimtz** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 6:10 pm

Hello, everybody:

After calling a Web Service I get a response with the ascii extended characters codified as you can see on this picture (e.g. "<" instead of "<"):

If I call the Web Service with the same Get line ( http://www.webservicex.net/hcpcs.asmx/GetHCPCSbyHCPCSCode?HCPC=12345 ) from a browser it displays the characters correctly:

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<string><NewDataSet /></string>
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Does anybody knows if I am missing something? I think this is a codification issue.

Here is the source code:

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package org.quauhtli.webservices;
 
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpStatus;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.GetMethod;
 
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.widget.TextView;
 
public class CallingWebServices extends Activity {
        /** Called when the activity is first created. */
        
        @Override
        public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {
                super.onCreate(icicle);
                setContentView(R.layout.main);
                HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
 
                GetMethod get = new GetMethod(
                                "http://www.webservicex.net/hcpcs.asmx/GetHCPCSbyHCPCSCode?HCPC=12345");
                try {
                        int status = client.executeMethod(get);
                        TextView resultado = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.ws_response);
                        String res = "";
 
                        if (status == HttpStatus.SC_OK)
                                res = get.getResponseBodyAsString();
                        else
                                res = getString(R.string.ws_not_found);
                        
                        resultado.setText(res);
                } catch (Exception e) {
                        Log.e("Error:", e.getMessage());
                } finally {
                        get.releaseConnection();
                        get = null;
                }
 
        }
}
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plusminus · by **plusminus** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 6:23 pm

Hello

It is displaying 'right' or better, it is displaying raw, look at the Source-Code your browser returns.
It returns exactly the same, as your TextView shows.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<string xmlns="http://www.webserviceX.NET">&lt;NewDataSet /&gt;</string>
Parsed in 0.001 seconds,  using GeSHi 1.0.8.4

Regards,
plusminus

quauhtlimtz · by **quauhtlimtz** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 6:26 pm

Yeah, you right, plusminus

So now, the problem is how to convert this string to a human-readeable form. I don't know if I am using the GetMethod correctly.

plusminus · by **plusminus** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 6:46 pm

Hello quauhtlimtz,

I think you are using it right, as it returns everything correct.
Do you need it just readable for human :?:

Commonly such things are converted ( the php-function htmlspecialchars(..) does replace them ):

'&' --> '&'
'"' --> '"'
'<' --> '<'
'>' --> '>'

This could become a nice tutorial :!:

I'll transform it into one

Regards,
plusminus

quauhtlimtz · by **quauhtlimtz** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:34 pm

Thanks, +-

So you mean to substitute manually those chars? What I need is to use the returning string to do something else, however, if I use the string as is returned, my program will not recognize it.

I will wait for your tutorial!

jrr · by **jrr** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 6:09 pm

Hi all,

I tried the sample code but got the following error messages:

JDI thread evaluations (Timeof error .......)

Exception processing async thread queue.
Timeout ocurred while waiting for packet 5205.

I'm not behind a firewall, using Eclipse Vers. 3.3.1.1 Build id: M20071023-1652
and Android Development Tools 0.33 plugin Build android_sdk_windows_m3-rc37a.

Any suggestion ?

Best regards

plusminus · by **plusminus** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 8:03 pm

Hello jrr,

never seen such an error. No clue what to do

Perhaps you have more luck with my :src: Getting Data From the Web (URLConnection via http)-Tutorial.

Regards,
plusminus

jrr · by **jrr** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 3:13 pm

Hi plusminus,

Thanks for your suggestion.

I tried your tutorial sample code but got the following error: "Host is unresolved: http://www.anddev.org:80".

It sounds like a network problem but I can read the file with my browser (same as with
CallingWebService" sample code).

Any suggestion ?

Thanks in advance.

jrr

plusminus · by **plusminus** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 7:38 pm

Hello jrr,

it works also from within the Android-Browser or only your desktop browser :?:

Can you do normal websurfing in the emulator :?:

Regards,
plusminus

jrr · by **jrr** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 4:05 pm

Hi plusminus,

I can reach the site only from my desktop browser.

I can not do normal websurfing in the emulator.

I am not behind a firewall, not using DNS, using Windows Vista, have Wifi and Ethernet adapters
but only Ethernet one enabled.

Seems to be a networking problem.

I checked the forum for this kind of problem but seems to be not an easy problem to solve.

Any advice ?

Best regards.

Jodol · by **Jodol** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 7:50 pm

jrr,

just to check, you do have the network (GPRS or better) enabled in the emulator?

Jodol

jrr · by **jrr** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:11 pm

Hi Jodol,

Sorry, I only tried the browser with a standard connection to Internet, no clue about GPRS enabled nor how to check it out.

Thanks for your help.

Best regards.

jrr

Jodol · by **Jodol** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:36 pm

jrr,

the 'G' in the top bar of the emulator indicates if you have a data connection active in the emulator.

quauhtlimtz wrote:

If there is no 'G' then no dataconnection is enabled.

If it is not enabled let me know, then i will post directions on how to enable them.

Greetz,

Jodol

jrr · by **jrr** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:36 pm

Hi Jodol,

I checked the emulator "run" configuration, the network options are:

Network Speed: Full

Network Latency: None

Best regards.

jrr

jrr · by **jrr** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:48 pm

Hi Jodol,

The 'G' is displayed on the emulator's top bar.

Best regards.

jrr

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