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Microsoft Graph: Requesting an Extension returns http 400 bad request

I added an open extension to an event in a calendar and am trying to read it back.
Here is the url:
https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/{userid}/calendars/{calendarId}=/events?$expand=Extensions($filter=Id eq 'c.i.m.p.server.entities.outlook.Event')
I cannot get this to work in a Java program. The following combinations do work:
It works my Java program if I remove the $expand... parameter. I can also ask for certain fields, that works too.
The request works in Postman (I just have to set the token)
The request works in Graph Explorer when I log in as the owner of the calendar
Here is the extension (inside one of the events) when I use Postman to read the event. It is the last item in the event:
"extensions#odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('{userid}')/calendars('{calendarId}')/events('{eventId})/extensions",
"extensions": [
{
"#odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.openTypeExtension",
"id": "Microsoft.OutlookServices.OpenTypeExtension.c.i.m.p.server.entities.outlook.Event",
"extensionName": "c.i.m.p.server.entities.outlook.Event",
"adherentId": "12346",
"timeSlotID": "346463"
}
]
Here is the Java code (Java 8, using java.io and java.net libraries):
private static void doSomething(String _accessToken) throws IOException {
String urlString = "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/{userId}/calendars/{calendarId}/events?$expand=Extensions($filter=Id eq 'c.i.m.p.server.entities.outlook.Event')";
URL url = new URL(urlString);
Proxy webProxy
= new Proxy(Proxy.Type.HTTP, new InetSocketAddress({proxy-address}, {port}));
HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection(webProxy);
// Set the appropriate header fields in the request header.
connection.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Bearer " + _accessToken);
connection.setRequestProperty("Accept", "application/json");
connection.setDoOutput(true);
connection.setReadTimeout(5000);
connection.setRequestMethod(HttpMethod.GET);
try {
connection.connect();
int responseCode = connection.getResponseCode();
System.out.println("execute(), response code = " + responseCode);
String responseMessage = connection.getResponseMessage();
System.out.println("execute(), response Message = " + responseMessage);
String responseString = null;
try {
InputStream ins = connection.getInputStream();
BufferedReader br=new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(ins));
StringBuffer sb=new StringBuffer();
String line;
while ((line=br.readLine()) != null) {
sb.append(line);
}
responseString = sb.toString();
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Could not get input stream from response, error is " + e.toString());
}
System.out.println("execute(), httpResult = " + responseString);
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println(".execute(), IOException : " + e.toString());
} finally {
connection.disconnect();
}
}
How do I fix this? Thanks!

400 means bad request. It could be because of url encoding. Url encode the query string.
Something like
String query = "Extensions($filter=Id eq 'c.i.m.p.server.entities.outlook.Event'";
String url = "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/{userId}/calendars/{calendarId}/events?
$expand=" + URLEncoder.encode(query, StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name());
Alternatively you could use graph service java api based on your need which will help abstract all the interactions for you or you could use any of the rest clients available.

First of all, you should provide more info on the error - Stacktrace and error message. But 400 code indicates that was a user mistake, meaning that you are sending an invalid request. Since you say that postman request works then compare all the headers that are sent by postman and see if your code misses some hearer. As for the code, instead of coding your own Http client functionality I would suggest using 3d party Http client. Here are a few suggestions:
Apache Http client - very popular and well known 3d party Http Client
OK Http client - Open-source Http client. Here is tutorial
MgntUtils Http client - very simple 3d party HttpClient: Provided in MgntUtils Open source library (written by me). Very simple in use. Take a look at Javadoc. Library itself provided as Maven artifacts and on Git (including source code and Javadoc).

Linked in unable to to retrieve access token missing required parameters error

I have been working on integrating my application with LinkedIn by following the documentation located here. I have created my application in LinkedIn and am able to successfully retrieve the authorization code but I am getting the following error when trying to get the access token :
{"error_description":"missing required parameters, includes an invalid
parameter value, parameter more than once. : Unable to retrieve access token : appId or redirect uri does not match authorization code or authorization code expired","error":"invalid_request"}
I have verified the following to be true:
The redirect uri is the same for the authorization request and access token request
I am using the authorization code within 20 seconds of it being issued.
I am including "Content-Type:application/x-www-form-urlencoded" in the request header
Some things I have tried with no success:
Posting the request with the parameters as part of the url
Posting the request with parameters as part of the body
sending the redirect uri as both encoded and plain text
using a get request instead of a post.
Here is my current code:
linkedin_access_token_url = "https://www.linkedin.com/uas/oauth2/accessToken?"+
"grant_type=authorization_code"+
"&code="+ authCode
+ "&redirect_uri=https://localhost:8090/ProfileSetup/linkedInAuth.jsp
+ "&client_id=" + linkedin_client_id
+ "&client_secret=" + linkedin_client_secret;
HttpClient http = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost(linkedin_access_token_url);
try {
httppost.setHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
HttpResponse response = http.execute(httppost);
HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
System.out.println("status code " +
response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
System.out.println("statusreason"+
response.getStatusLine().getReasonPhrase());
InputStream stream = entity.getContent();
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
String line;
try {
br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(stream));
while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
sb.append(line);
}
} catch (Exception e) {
}
String resp = sb.toString();
System.out.println("response " + resp);
} catch (Exception ex) {
System.out.println("linked in HttpResponse Error: " + ex);
} finally {
httppost.releaseConnection();
}
And the authorization url (actual client id is sent in place of linkedin_client_id):
https://www.linkedin.com/uas/oauth2/authorization?response_type=code&client_id=linkedin_client_id&redirect_uri=https://localhost:8090/ProfileSetup/linkedInAuth.jsp&state=0kcmjj5504tpgb9&scope=r_basicprofile
Does anyone see what I am doing wrong? If I take this compiled url and paste it in the browser, I am able to retrieve an access token without any issue. Is there a problem with my request?

Looks like you are including all of the parameters for the request as attributes in the URL, rather than in the POST body as x-www-form-urlencoded elements.
Check out this other Stack thread for details on how to send the values in the request body rather than as URL attributes:
Sending HTTP POST Request In Java

I was finally able to figure out what was wrong with my app. My local environment was not configured correctly for https. Moving the code onto our dev box set up with https fixed the issue.

Java skydrive rest file uploading

I tried uploading a file to skydrive with the rest api in java.
Here is my code:
public void UploadFile(File upfile) {
if (upload_loc == null) {
getUploadLocation();
}
HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
client.getParams().setParameter(CoreProtocolPNames.PROTOCOL_VERSION, HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1);
HttpPost post = new HttpPost(upload_loc + "?" + "access_token=" + access_token);
try {
MultipartEntity mpEntity = new MultipartEntity(null,"A300x",null);
ContentBody cbFile = new FileBody(upfile, "multipart/form-data");
mpEntity.addPart("file", cbFile);
post.setEntity(mpEntity);
System.out.println(post.toString());
HttpResponse response = client.execute(post);
BufferedReader rd = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(response.getEntity().getContent()));
String line2 = "";
while ((line2 = rd.readLine()) != null) {
System.out.println(line2);
}
} catch (IOException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(Onlab.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
client.getConnectionManager().shutdown();
}
But when I try to run it, I get this error:
{
"error": {
"code": "request_body_invalid",
"message": "The request entity body for multipart form-data POST isn't valid. The expected format is:\u000d\u000a--[boundary]\u000d\u000aContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"[FileName]\"\u000d\u000aContent-Type: application/octet-stream\u000d\u000a[CR][LF]\u000d\u000a[file contents]\u000d\u000a--[boundary]--[CR][LF]"
}
}
My biggest problem is that I don't see the request itself. I couldn't find any usable toString method for that. I tried this forced boundary format, but I tried it with empty constructor too.
My file is now a txt with some text, and I think the boundary is the main problem or I should be configuring some more parameters. When I see the variables in debugging mode everything looks the same as a guide in the msdn.
I'm new in the rest world and if it possible I want to keep this apache lib with the simple to use HttpClient and HttpPost classes.
Thanks in advance, and sorry for my english.
EDIT:
Ok, after a long sleep I decided to try the PUT method instead of POST. The code work fine with minimal changes:
public void UploadFile(File upfile) {
if (upload_loc == null) {
getUploadLocation();
}
HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
client.getParams().setParameter(CoreProtocolPNames.PROTOCOL_VERSION, HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1);
String fname=upfile.getName();
HttpPut put= new HttpPut(upload_loc +"/"+fname+ "?" + "access_token=" + access_token);
try {
FileEntity reqEntity=new FileEntity(upfile);
put.setEntity(reqEntity);
HttpResponse response = client.execute(put);
BufferedReader rd = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(response.getEntity().getContent()));
String line2 = "";
while ((line2 = rd.readLine()) != null) {
System.out.println(line2);
}
} catch (IOException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(Onlab.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
client.getConnectionManager().shutdown();
}
But there is no answer for the first question yet.

Two quick things:
You should not be using the overloaded MultipartEntity constructor unless you really need to. In this case you are setting the charset to null, which is probably not a good idea. Also, your boundary delimiter is not complex enough.
Your file body content type should reflect the content of the actual file being uploaded. `multipart-formdata is normally used for HTML form data, not files. You should change this to 'text/plain', or 'image/jpeg', or whatever reflects the true mime type of the file.
Some great tools for debugging REST requests - REST Console (Chrome), REST Client (Firefox).
Some quick notes on the error message you received, it actually has quite a bit of detail. The service is expecting the following parameters to be set for the file part being sent:
name:
filename:
Content-Type: application/octet-stream
You can have the HTTP client set most of these with this code:
ContentBody cbFile = new FileBody(
upfile,
"yourFileNameHere",
"application/octet-stream",
"UTF-8");

uploading files to a dataset in CKAN / datahub.io through a Java client

I am testing the uploading of files to a dataset on CKAN / datahub.io through a Java client of the API.
public String uploadFile()
throws CKANException {
String returned_json = this._connection.MultiPartPost("", "");
System.out.println("r: " + returned_json);
return returned_json;
}
and
protected String MultiPartPost(String path, String data)
throws CKANException {
URL url = null;
try {
url = new URL(this.m_host + ":" + this.m_port + path);
} catch (MalformedURLException mue) {
System.err.println(mue);
return null;
}
String body = "";
HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
try {
String fileName = "D:\\test.jpg";
FileBody bin = new FileBody(new File(fileName),"image/jpeg");
StringBody comment = new StringBody("Filename: " + fileName);
MultipartEntity reqEntity = new MultipartEntity();
reqEntity.addPart("bin", bin);
reqEntity.addPart("comment", comment);
HttpPost postRequest = new HttpPost("http://datahub.io/api/storage/auth/form/2013-01-24T130158/test.jpg");
postRequest.setEntity(reqEntity);
postRequest.setHeader("X-CKAN-API-Key", this._apikey);
HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(postRequest);
int statusCode = response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode();
System.out.println("status code: " + statusCode);
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(
new InputStreamReader((response.getEntity().getContent())));
String line;
while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
body += line;
}
System.out.println("body: " + body);
} catch (IOException ioe) {
System.out.println(ioe);
} finally {
httpclient.getConnectionManager().shutdown();
}
return body;
}
2 responses I get to my POST request:
a 413 error ("request entity too large") when the jpeg I try to upload is 2.83 Mb. This disappears when I shrink the file to a smaller size. Is there a limit to file size uploads?
a 500 error ("internal server error"). This is where I am stuck. It might have to do with the fact that my dataset on datahub.io is not "datastore enabled"? (I see a disabled "Data API" button next to my resource files in the dataset, with a tooltip saying:
"Data API is unavailable for this resource as DataStore is disabled"
=> is it a possible reason for this 500 error? If so, how could I enable it from the client side? (pointers to Python code would be useful!)
Thx!
PS: the dataset I am using for testing purposes: http://datahub.io/dataset/testapi

Only someone with access to the exception log could tell you why the 500 is occurring.
However, I'd check your request is the same as what you'd get from the python client that was written alongside the datastore: https://github.com/okfn/ckanclient/blob/master/ckanclient/init.py#L546
You're sending the "bin" image buffer and "comment" file_key in your multipart request. Note the file_key must be changed for every upload, so add in a timestamp or something. And maybe you need to add in a Content-Type: for the binary.

I have been going through the same kind of troubles as the poster of this question. After quite a bit of trial and error, I came up with a solution to the problem. In my case, I had some control over the CKAN repository that I wanted to upload to. If you don't, your problem might be impossible to solve...
I assume you are using the 1.8 version of CKAN?
First of all, check whether the CKAN repository has been set up to allow file upload and if not, configure it to allow that. This can be done on the server using the steps posted here: http://docs.ckan.org/en/ckan-1.8/filestore.html#local-file-storage
The 413 error that you mentioned should be adressed next. This has to do with the general configuration of the server. In my case, the CKAN was hosted through nginx. I added a "client_max_body_size 100M" line to the nginx.conf file. See this post for instance: http://recursive-design.com/blog/2009/11/18/nginx-error-413-request-entity-too-large/
Then there is only the 500 error left. At the time of this writing, the api documentation of CKAN is still a little immature... It does indeed say that you have to build a request like you have made for file upload. However, this request is just to ask for permission for the file upload. If your credentials check out for file upload (not every user may be allowed to upload files), the response holds an object telling you where to send your file to... Because of the unclear api, you ended up merging these two requests.
The following scenario shows a follow up of two requests to handle the file upload. It might be that some steps in the scenario work out differently in your case, because of a repository that has been set up a little differently. If you get error messages, please be sure to check the response's body for clues!
Here is the authentication request that I used:
String body = "";
String generatedFilename=null;
HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
try {
// create new identifier for every file, use time
SimpleDateFormat dateFormatGmt = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMMddHHmmss");
dateFormatGmt.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
String date=dateFormatGmt.format(new Date());
generatedFilename=date +"/"+filename;
HttpGet getRequest = new HttpGet(this.CKANrepos+ "/api/storage/auth/form/"+generatedFilename);
getRequest.setHeader(CKANapiHeader, this.CKANapi);
HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(getRequest);
int statusCode = response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode();
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(
new InputStreamReader((response.getEntity().getContent())));
String line;
while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
body += line;
}
if(statusCode!=200){
throw new IllegalStateException("File reservation failed, server responded with code: "+statusCode+
"\n\nThe message was: "+body);
}
}finally {
httpclient.getConnectionManager().shutdown();
}
Now, if all goes well, the server responds with a json object holding the parameters to use when doing the actual file upload. In my case, the object looked like:
{file_key:"some-filename-to-use-when-uploading"}
Be sure to check the json object though, as I'm given to understand that there may be custom ckan repositories that require more or different parameters.
These responses can then be used in the actual file upload:
File file = new File("/tmp/file.rdf");
String body = "";
HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
try {
FileBody bin = new FileBody(file,"application/rdf+xml");
MultipartEntity reqEntity = new MultipartEntity();
reqEntity.addPart("file", bin);
reqEntity.addPart("key", new StringBody(filename));
HttpPost postRequest = new HttpPost(this.CKANrepos+"/storage/upload_handle");
postRequest.setEntity(reqEntity);
postRequest.setHeader(CKANapiHeader, this.CKANapi);
HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(postRequest);
int statusCode = response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode();
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(
new InputStreamReader((response.getEntity().getContent())));
String line;
while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
body += line;
}
if(statusCode!=200){
getWindow().showNotification("Upload Statuscode: "+statusCode,
body,
Window.Notification.TYPE_ERROR_MESSAGE);
}
}finally {
httpclient.getConnectionManager().shutdown();
}
as you can see, the file_key property has now been transformed into the simple 'key' property. I don't know why.
This will get your file uploaded. The response to this upload request will hold a json object telling you where the file got uploaded to. edit: actually it seems that my ckan responded with a simple html page to tell me that the file got uploaded... I had to parse the page to confirm that the file was uploaded correctly :(
In my case, the file was at
this.CKANrepos +"/storage/f/"+location
where location is the filename returned in the authentication phase.
In the previous code fragments:
//the location of your ckan repository, including /api and possibly version, e.g.
this.CKANrepos = "http://datahub.io/api/3/";
this.CKANapiHeader="X-CKAN-API-Key";
this.CKANapi = "your ckan api key here";

Getting URL after a redirect using HttpClient.Execute(HttpGet)

I have searched for a while and I am not finding a clear answer. I am trying to log into a webstie.
https://hrlink.healthnet.com/
This website redirects to a login page that is not consitent. I have to post my login credentials to the redirected URL.
Im am trying to code this in Java but I do not understand how to get the URL from the response. It may look a bit messy but I have it this way while I am testing.
HttpGet httpget = new HttpGet("https://hrlink.healthnet.com/");
HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httpget);HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
String redirectURL = "";
for(org.apache.http.Header header : response.getHeaders("Location")) {
redirectURL += "Location: " + header.getValue()) + "\r\n";
}
InputStream is;
is = entity.getContent();
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is,"iso-8859-1"),8);
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
String line = null;
while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
sb.append(line + "\n");
}
is.close();
String result = sb.toString();
I know i get redirected because my result string shows be the actual login page but I am not able to get the new URL.
In FireFox I am using TamperData. When I navigate to this website https://hrlink.healthnet.com/ I have a GET with a 302 - Found and the Location of the Login Page. Then another GET to the actual Login Page
Any help is greatly appreciated thank you.

Check out w3c documentation:
10.3.3 302 Found
The temporary URI SHOULD be given by the Location field in the response. Unless the request method was HEAD, the entity of the response SHOULD contain a short hypertext note with a hyperlink to the new URI(s).
If the 302 status code is received in response to a request other than GET or HEAD, the user agent MUST NOT automatically redirect the request unless it can be confirmed by the user, since this might change the conditions under which the request was issued.
One solution is to use POST method to break auto-redirecting at client side:
HttpPost request1 = new HttpPost("https://hrlink.healthnet.com/");
HttpResponse response1 = httpclient.execute(request1);
// expect a 302 response.
if (response1.getStatusLine().getStatusCode() == 302) {
String redirectURL = response1.getFirstHeader("Location").getValue();
// no auto-redirecting at client side, need manual send the request.
HttpGet request2 = new HttpGet(redirectURL);
HttpResponse response2 = httpclient.execute(request2);
... ...
}
Hope this helps.