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Using a REST web service to post a CSV file

I have this method to connect to my webservice (REST API)
public static void getHttpCon() throws Exception{
String tokenUrl = AppPropertiesService.getProperty( URL_TOKEN );
String username = AppPropertiesService.getProperty( USERNAME );
String password = AppPropertiesService.getProperty( PASSWORD );
String POST_PARAMS = "username="+username+"&password="+password+"&lang=fr&grant_type=password&client_id=apiclient";
URL obj = new URL(tokenUrl);
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("POST");
con.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json;odata=verbose");
con.setRequestProperty("Authorization",
"Basic Base64_encoded_clientId:clientSecret");
con.setRequestProperty("Accept",
"application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
// For POST only - START
con.setDoOutput(true);
OutputStream os = con.getOutputStream();
os.write(POST_PARAMS.getBytes());
os.flush();
os.close();
// For POST only - END
int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();
System.out.println("POST Response Code :: " + responseCode);
if (responseCode == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) { //success
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
con.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
// print result
System.out.println(response.toString());
} else {
System.out.println("POST request not worked");
}
}
I want to know how can i POSTa CSV File .
Should I do it directly in my method above ?
Do I have to create a new method by recovering the connection token from my method above?
My API ULR is POST /api/{id}/csv

Getting response code 400 when trying to get access token from Azure AD

I am implementing azure for my web application and trying to get access token by following there openId connect tutorial
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/develop/active-directory-protocols-oauth-code
And when i am requesting to get the access token, i am always getting bad request 400
Request to get access token :
POST /{tenant}/oauth2/token HTTP/1.1
Host: https://login.microsoftonline.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
grant_type=authorization_code
&client_id=2d4d11a2-f814-46a7-890a-274a72a7309e
&code=AwABAAAAvPM1KaPl.......
&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%2Fmyapp%2F
&resource=https%3A%2F%2Fservice.contoso.com%2F
&client_secret=p#ssw0rd
here is my code :
public static String post( String endpoint,
Map<String, String> params) {//YD
StringBuffer paramString = new StringBuffer("");
//if(!Utilities.checkInternetConnection(context)){
// return XMLHandler.getXMLForErrorCode(context, JSONHandler.ERROR_CODE_INTERNET_CONNECTION);
//}
Iterator<Entry<String, String>> iterator = params.entrySet().iterator();
StringBuffer tempBuffer = new StringBuffer("");
String paramval;
while (iterator.hasNext()) {
Entry<String, String> param = iterator.next();
if (param != null) {
if (paramString.length() > 0) {
paramString.append("&");
}
System.out.println( "post key : " + param.getKey());
String value;
try {
paramval = param.getValue();
if(paramval!=null)
value = URLEncoder.encode(paramval, "UTF-8");
else
value = "";
} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
value = "";
e.printStackTrace();
}
paramString.append(param.getKey()).append("=")
.append(value);
}
}
try {
HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost(endpoint);
String data = "";
try {
// Add your data
// httppost.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(nameValuePairs))
//httppost.addHeader("Host", host);
httppost.addHeader("Content-Type",
"application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
if (!paramString.equals("")) {
if (tempBuffer.length() > 0) {
data = data + tempBuffer.toString();
}
data = data + paramString.toString();
if (data.endsWith("&")) {
data = data.substring(0, data.length() - 1);
}
httppost.setEntity(new ByteArrayEntity(data.getBytes()));
}
System.out.println( "post Stringbuffer : " + data);
// Execute HTTP Post Request
HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httppost);
int statuscode = response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode();
System.out.println("Response code : " + statuscode);
if (statuscode != 200) {
return null;
}
HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
InputStream in = null;
if (entity != null) {
in = entity.getContent();
}
if (in != null) {
StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
String line;
try {
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(
new InputStreamReader(in, "UTF-8"));
while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
builder.append(line);
}
} finally {
in.close();
}
String response2 = builder.toString();
System.out.println("response :" + response2);
retrycount = 0;
return response2;
}
}
catch(UnknownHostException e){
e.printStackTrace();
return null;
}
catch (EOFException eof) {
if (retrycount < max_retry) {
eof.printStackTrace();
post( endpoint, params);
retrycount = 1;
}
} catch (Throwable th) {
throw new IOException("Error in posting :" + th.getMessage());
}
retrycount = 0;
return null;
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
}
Please help me with this
Thanks in Advance

Have you ensured the redirect uri passed to /token is the same as the one you passed to /authorize
I believe, it will help if you can test the OAuth auth code flow with your current client id, secret and scope using Postman tool in order to rule out bad configuration.

Please refer to the code below to request AuthorizationCode.
public static void getAuthorizationCode() throws IOException {
String encoding = "UTF-8";
String params = "client_id=" + clientId
+ "&response_type=" + reponseType
+ "&redirect_uri=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%2Fmyapp%2F"
+ "&response_mode=query"
+ "&resource=https%3A%2F%2Fgraph.windows.net"
+ "&state=12345";
String path = "https://login.microsoftonline.com/" + tenantId + "/oauth2/authorize";
byte[] data = params.getBytes(encoding);
URL url = new URL(path);
HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
conn.setRequestMethod("POST");
conn.setDoOutput(true);
conn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
conn.setRequestProperty("Content-Length", String.valueOf(data.length));
conn.setConnectTimeout(5 * 1000);
OutputStream outStream = conn.getOutputStream();
outStream.write(data);
outStream.flush();
outStream.close();
System.out.println(conn.getResponseCode());
System.out.println(conn.getResponseMessage());
BufferedReader br = null;
if (conn.getResponseCode() != 200) {
br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader((conn.getErrorStream())));
} else {
br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader((conn.getInputStream())));
}
System.out.println("Response body : " + br.readLine());
}
Then you could get access token using the AuthorizationCode you got and get refresh code using the code below.
public static void getToken(String refreshToken) throws IOException {
String encoding = "UTF-8";
String params = "client_id=" + clientId + "&refresh_token=" + refreshToken
+ "&grant_type=refresh_token&resource=https%3A%2F%2Fgraph.windows.net";
String path = "https://login.microsoftonline.com/" + tenantId + "/oauth2/token";
byte[] data = params.getBytes(encoding);
URL url = new URL(path);
HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
conn.setRequestMethod("POST");
conn.setDoOutput(true);
conn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
conn.setRequestProperty("Content-Length", String.valueOf(data.length));
conn.setConnectTimeout(5 * 1000);
OutputStream outStream = conn.getOutputStream();
outStream.write(data);
outStream.flush();
outStream.close();
System.out.println(conn.getResponseCode());
System.out.println(conn.getResponseMessage());
BufferedReader br = null;
if (conn.getResponseCode() != 200) {
br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader((conn.getErrorStream())));
} else {
br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader((conn.getInputStream())));
}
System.out.println("Response body : " + br.readLine());
}
Hope it helps you.

Android Studio - Old commands like httpparams, httpclient are not working anymore

Some commands like HttpClient or HttpPost are not working. Could anyone help me?
#Override
protected users doInBackground(Void... params){
Map<String, String> dataToSend = new HashMap<>();
dataToSend.put("x", users.x + "");
dataToSend.put("y", users.y);
URL url = new URL(SERVER_ADRESS);
HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
HttpParams httpRequestPramas = new BasicHttpParams();
conn.setConnectionTimeout(httpRequestPramas, CONNECTION_TIME);
HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout(httpRequestPramas, CONNECTION_TIME);
HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient(httpRequestPramas);
HttpPost post = new HttpPost(SERVER_ADRESS + "login.php");
users returnedusers = null;
try {
post.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(dataToSend));
HttpResponse httpResponse = client.execute(post);
HttpEntity entity = httpResponse.getEntity();
String result = EntityUtils.toString(entity);
JSONObject jObject = new JSONObject(result);
if (jObject.length() == 0){
users = null;
}else{
String vorname = jObject.getString("y");
int kundennummer = jObject.getInt("x");
returnedusers = new users(users.y, users.x);
}
}catch (Exception e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
return returnedusers;
}
Thanks for the help.

Try this way
URL url = new URL("http://example.sitedemo.service.php");
HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
conn.setRequestMethod("POST");
Uri.Builder builder = new Uri.Builder().appendQueryParameter("username", "maven")
.appendQueryParameter("password", "123");
String query = builder.build().getEncodedQuery();
OutputStream os = conn.getOutputStream();
BufferedWriter writer = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(os, "UTF-8"));
writer.write(query);
writer.flush();
writer.close();
os.close();
conn.connect();
InputStream in = new BufferedInputStream(conn.getInputStream());
response = IOUtils.toString(in, "UTF-8");
ref- android.net.Uri.Builder

Use HttpURLConnection instead of HttpPost

I have a code written in java for android app. by using HttpPost and DefaultHttpClient library. Currently, i am recoding it to replace the HttpPost and DefaultHttpClient library with HttpURLConnection, as DefaultHttpClient has been depricated.
I have done it for one my project, and it worked.
But in the current project I am not getting same response from the webservice upon using HttpURLConnection instead of DefaultHttpClient. Would any one help me please where I'm doing mistake?
Here is the old code:
DefaultHttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost(url);
String postParameter = "Param1=" + Value1 + "&Param2="+ Value2+ "&Param3="+Value3;
try {
httpPost.setEntity(new StringEntity(postParameter));
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
HttpResponse httpResponse = httpClient.execute(httpPost);
HttpEntity httpEntity = httpResponse.getEntity();
xml = EntityUtils.toString(httpEntity);
And here is my new code
_Url = new URL(Url);
HttpURLConnection urlconnection = (HttpURLConnection) _Url.openConnection();
urlconnection.setRequestMethod(Type);
urlconnection.setConnectTimeout(Timeout);
urlconnection.setUseCaches(false);
urlconnection.setDoInput(true);
urlconnection.setDoOutput(true);
String postParameter = "Param1=" + Value1 + "&Param2="+ Value2+ "&Param3="+Value3;
BufferedWriter writer = new BufferedWriter( new OutputStreamWriter(os));
writer.write(postParameter);
writer.flush();
writer.close();
os.close();
urlconnection.connect();
The code is running without any error, but the webservice is not giving same response as it is giving for the old code.

You are not getting the input stream, try the below code
try {
String postParameter = "Param1=" + Value1 + "&Param2="+ Value2+ "&Param3="+Value3;
URL url = new URL(UrlStr);
HttpURLConnection urlConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url
.openConnection();
urlConnection.setRequestMethod("POST");
urlConnection.setRequestProperty("Accept",
"application/json");
urlConnection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type",
"application/json");// setting your headers its a json in my case set your appropriate header
urlConnection.setDoOutput(true);
urlConnection.connect();// setting your connection
OutputStream os = null;
os = new BufferedOutputStream(
urlConnection.getOutputStream());
os.write(postParameter.toString().getBytes());
os.flush();// writing your data which you post
StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
InputStream is = urlConnection.getInputStream();
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(
new InputStreamReader(is));
String line = null;
while ((line = br.readLine()) != null)
buffer.append(line + "\r\n");
// reading your response
is.close();
urlConnection.disconnect();// close your connection
return buffer.toString();
} catch (Exception e) {
}

try this
List nameValuePairs = new ArrayList(3);
nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("Param1", value1));
nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("Param2", value2));
nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("Param3", value3));
UrlEncodedFormEntity entity = new UrlEncodedFormEntity(nameValuePairs);
OutputStream post = request.getOutputStream();
entity.writeTo(post);
post.flush();

HTTP POST request with JSON String in JAVA

I have to make a http Post request using a JSON string I already have generated.
I tried different two different methods :
1.HttpURLConnection
2.HttpClient
but I get the same "unwanted" result from both of them.
My code so far with HttpURLConnection is:
public static void SaveWorkflow() throws IOException {
URL url = null;
url = new URL(myURLgoeshere);
HttpURLConnection urlConn = null;
urlConn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
urlConn.setDoInput (true);
urlConn.setDoOutput (true);
urlConn.setRequestMethod("POST");
urlConn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json");
urlConn.connect();
DataOutputStream output = null;
DataInputStream input = null;
output = new DataOutputStream(urlConn.getOutputStream());
/*Construct the POST data.*/
String content = generatedJSONString;
/* Send the request data.*/
output.writeBytes(content);
output.flush();
output.close();
/* Get response data.*/
String response = null;
input = new DataInputStream (urlConn.getInputStream());
while (null != ((response = input.readLine()))) {
System.out.println(response);
input.close ();
}
}
My code so far with HttpClient is:
public static void SaveWorkflow() {
try {
HttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpPost postRequest = new HttpPost(myUrlgoeshere);
StringEntity input = new StringEntity(generatedJSONString);
input.setContentType("application/json;charset=UTF-8");
postRequest.setEntity(input);
input.setContentEncoding(new BasicHeader(HTTP.CONTENT_TYPE,"application/json;charset=UTF-8"));
postRequest.setHeader("Accept", "application/json");
postRequest.setEntity(input);
HttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(postRequest);
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(
new InputStreamReader((response.getEntity().getContent())));
String output;
while ((output = br.readLine()) != null) {
System.out.println(output);
}
httpClient.getConnectionManager().shutdown();
} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
Where generated JsonString is like this:
{"description":"prova_Process","modelgroup":"","modified":"false"}
The response I get is:
{"response":false,"message":"Error in saving the model. A JSONObject text must begin with '{' at 1 [character 2 line 1]","ids":[]}
Any idea please?

Finally I managed to find the solution to my problem ...
public static void SaveWorkFlow() throws IOException
{
CloseableHttpClient httpClient = HttpClients.createDefault();
HttpPost post = new HttpPost(myURLgoesHERE);
List<NameValuePair> params = new ArrayList<>();
params.add(new BasicNameValuePair("task", "savemodel"));
params.add(new BasicNameValuePair("code", generatedJSONString));
CloseableHttpResponse response = null;
Scanner in = null;
try
{
post.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(params));
response = httpClient.execute(post);
// System.out.println(response.getStatusLine());
HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
in = new Scanner(entity.getContent());
while (in.hasNext())
{
System.out.println(in.next());
}
EntityUtils.consume(entity);
} finally
{
in.close();
response.close();
}
}

Another way to achieve this is as shown below:
public static void makePostJsonRequest(String jsonString)
{
HttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
try {
HttpPost postRequest = new HttpPost("Ur_URL");
postRequest.setHeader("Content-type", "application/json");
StringEntity entity = new StringEntity(jsonString);
postRequest.setEntity(entity);
long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
HttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(postRequest);
long elapsedTime = System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime;
//System.out.println("Time taken : "+elapsedTime+"ms");
InputStream is = response.getEntity().getContent();
Reader reader = new InputStreamReader(is);
BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(reader);
StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
while (true) {
try {
String line = bufferedReader.readLine();
if (line != null) {
builder.append(line);
} else {
break;
}
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
//System.out.println(builder.toString());
//System.out.println("****************");
} catch (Exception ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}