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How do you get content from a HttpResponse in servlet?

I am currently learning to develop android application. I need to parse variables from my android application to the servlet. I use HttpResponse to parse the variables. But i do not know how to accept parameters in servlet.
This is my code in android application.
// Create a new HttpClient and Post Header
HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost("http://<ip_address>:8080/GetPhoneNumber/GetPhoneNumberServletServlet");
try {
// Add your data
List<NameValuePair> nameValuePairs = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("phoneNum", "12345678"));
httppost.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(nameValuePairs));
// Execute HTTP Post Request
HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httppost);
} catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
} // End of onClick method
May I know what to do at the doPost/doGet in servlet?
protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
out.println("Hello Android !!!!");
}
/**
* #see HttpServlet#doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
*/
protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}

In your doPost use request.getParameter("phoneNum").

I think the following code could help you.
public class CustomHttpClient
{
public static final int HTTP_TIMEOUT = 30 * 1000;
private static HttpClient mHttpClient;
private static HttpClient getHttpClient()
{
if (mHttpClient == null)
{
mHttpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
final HttpParams params = mHttpClient.getParams();
HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(params, HTTP_TIMEOUT);
HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout(params, HTTP_TIMEOUT);
ConnManagerParams.setTimeout(params, HTTP_TIMEOUT);
}
return mHttpClient;
}
public static String executeHttpPost(String url,ArrayList<NameValuePair> postParameters) throws Exception
{
BufferedReader in = null;
try
{
HttpClient client = getHttpClient();
HttpPost request = new HttpPost(url);
UrlEncodedFormEntity formEntity = new UrlEncodedFormEntity(postParameters);
request.setEntity(formEntity);
HttpResponse response = client.execute(request);
in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(response.getEntity().getContent()));
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer("");
String line = "";
String NL = System.getProperty("line.separator");
while ((line = in.readLine()) != null) {
sb.append(line + NL);
}
in.close();
String result = sb.toString();
return result;
}
finally
{
if (in != null)
{
try
{
in.close();
}
catch (IOException e)
{
Log.e("log_tag", "Error converting result "+e.toString());
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
}
public static String executeHttpGet(String url) throws Exception
{
BufferedReader in = null;
try
{
HttpClient client = getHttpClient();
HttpGet request = new HttpGet();
request.setURI(new URI(url));
HttpResponse response = client.execute(request);
in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(response.getEntity().getContent()));
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer("");
String line = "";
String NL = System.getProperty("line.separator");
while ((line = in.readLine()) != null) {
sb.append(line + NL);
}
in.close();
String result = sb.toString();
return result;
}
finally
{
if (in != null)
{
try
{
in.close();
}
catch (IOException e)
{
Log.e("log_tag", "Error converting result "+e.toString());
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
}
}
Addons:-
Use the JSON Parser class below:-
public class JSONParser {
static InputStream is = null;
static JSONObject jObj = null;
static String json = "";
// constructor
public JSONParser() {
}
// function get json from url
// by making HTTP POST or GET mehtod
public JSONObject makeHttpRequest(String url, String method,
List<NameValuePair> params) {
// Making HTTP request
try {
// check for request method
if(method == "POST"){
// request method is POST
// defaultHttpClient
DefaultHttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost(url);
httpPost.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(params));
HttpResponse httpResponse = httpClient.execute(httpPost);
HttpEntity httpEntity = httpResponse.getEntity();
is = httpEntity.getContent();
}else if(method == "GET"){
// request method is GET
DefaultHttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
String paramString = URLEncodedUtils.format(params, "utf-8");
url += "?" + paramString;
HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet(url);
HttpResponse httpResponse = httpClient.execute(httpGet);
HttpEntity httpEntity = httpResponse.getEntity();
is = httpEntity.getContent();
}
} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
try {
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();
json = sb.toString();
Log.d("json data",json.toString());
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.e("Buffer Error", "Error converting result " + e.toString());
}
// try parse the string to a JSON object
try {
jObj = new JSONObject(json);
} catch (JSONException e) {
Log.e("JSON Parser", "Error parsing data " + e.toString());
}
// return JSON String
return jObj;
}
}
Now if you want to send anything on the server, say you need to save the username and password on the server using the JSON Parser and PHP use the below code in any thread or in the doInBackground method of Async task.
ArrayList<NameValuePair> Insert = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
Insert.add(new BasicNameValuePair("User_Name","<Sting denoting username>"));
Insert.add(new BasicNameValuePair("Password","<Sting denoting Password>));
try
{
HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost("http://server path/yourphpfile.php");
httppost.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(Insert));
HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httppost);
HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
is = entity.getContent();
}
catch(Exception e)
{
Log.e("log_tag", "Error in http connection"+e.toString());
}
Now if you need these values back using the get method in JSON Parser, user the following code again in the Thread or doInBackground method of Async task.
public class CountDownTask extends AsyncTask<Void,Void , Void>
{
protected void onPreExecute()
{
count = 0;
S_Store_Id = null; S_Store_Name = null;S_Store_Address = null; S_Store_Phone= null;
Offers = null; Descriptions = null;
}
protected Void doInBackground(Void... params)
{
ArrayList<NameValuePair> postParameters = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
postParameters.add(new BasicNameValuePair("User_Name",StringUserName));
String response = null;
try
{
response = CustomHttpClient.executeHttpPost("http://yourserverpath/yourphpfilefor retrivingdata.php",postParameters);
String result = response.toString();
try
{
JSONArray jArray = new JSONArray(result);
JSONObject json_data = jArray.getJSONObject(0);
StringUserName = json_data.getString("User_Name");
StringPassword = json_data.getString("Password");
json_data = jArray.getJSONObject(1);
}
catch(JSONException e)
{
Log.e("log_tag", "Error parsing data "+e.toString());
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Log.e("log_tag","Error in http connection!!" + e.toString());
}
return null;
}
Now you can write the logic for inserting and retriving data from the server in your corresponding PHP files and use them for using data from the server. This method works equivalent to HTTP Get and Post methods of HTTP Request and Response.
Hope it can help you.. Thanks...

Http soap request doesn't return anything

I'm trying to do a soap request via a http post. According to this https://t4t.services.telenet.be/TelemeterService?wsdl that shows https://t4t.services.telenet.be/TelemeterService?xsd=1
I need to post a Id and password.
This is my request:
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
callWebService("retrieveUsage");
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public static void callWebService(String soapaction) throws IOException {
String body = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"no\"?><SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\" xmlns:soap=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/\" xmlns:tns=\"http://www.telenet.be/TelemeterService/\" xmlns:wsdl=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/\" xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" ><SOAP-ENV:Body><mns1:RetrieveUsageRequest xmlns:mns1=\"http://www.telenet.be/TelemeterService/\"><UserId>test</UserId><Password>test</Password></mns1:RetrieveUsageRequest></SOAP-ENV:Body></SOAP-ENV:Envelope>";
HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost("https://t4t.services.telenet.be/TelemeterService");
// Request parameters and other properties.
StringEntity stringentity = new StringEntity(body, "UTF-8");
stringentity.setChunked(true);
httppost.setEntity(stringentity);
httppost.addHeader("Accept", "text/xml");
httppost.addHeader("SOAPAction", soapaction);
//Execute and get the response.
HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httppost);
HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
String strresponse = null;
if (entity != null) {
strresponse = EntityUtils.toString(entity);
}
System.out.println(strresponse);
System.out.println("Done");
}
I'm using apache http.
The strresponse is empty.
Is there something wrong with my code?

Getting "Invalid JSON primitive" error while trying to get data from WebService

I'm working on an android app and I want to get some data from a WebService. I'm using this code to get JSON data from the WebService.
TextView textv=(TextView) findViewById(R.id.textv);
try {
HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
String URL = "http://server/WebService.asmx/Get_ActiveFair";
HttpPost post = new HttpPost(URL);
post.setHeader("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=utf-8");
HttpResponse responsePost = client.execute(post);
HttpEntity resEntityPost = responsePost.getEntity();
if (resEntityPost != null)
{
String response=EntityUtils.toString(resEntityPost);
Log.e("XXX",response);
textv.setText(response);
}
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
textv.setText(e.toString());
Log.e("error!!",e.toString());
}
It works correctly an I get the data like this:
{
"d": "{\"Id\":2,\"Name\":\"Fair Name \",\"IsActive\":true,\"Date_Start\":\"\\/Date(1383343200000)\\/\",\"Date_End\":\"\\/Date(1384034400000)\\/\",\"Url_Map\":null,\"Details\":\"Fair Details \",\"Address\":\"FairAdress \",\"VisitingInfo\":\"Fair Visiting Info\",\"Contact\":null,\"Transportation\":\" Fair Transportation Info \"}"
}
But when I want to use another method in the webservice which needs to get FairId I get the result:
{
"Message": "Invalid JSON primitive: FairId.",
"StackTrace": " at System.Web.Script.Serialization.JavaScriptObjectDeserializer.DeserializePrimitiveObject()\r\n at System.Web.Script.Serialization.JavaScriptObjectDeserializer.DeserializeInternal(Int32 depth)\r\n at System.Web.Script.Serialization.JavaScriptObjectDeserializer.BasicDeserialize(String input, Int32 depthLimit, JavaScriptSerializer serializer)\r\n at System.Web.Script.Serialization.JavaScriptSerializer.Deserialize[T](String input)\r\n at System.Web.Script.Services.RestHandler.ExecuteWebServiceCall(HttpContext context, WebServiceMethodData methodData)",
"ExceptionType": "System.ArgumentException"
}
And here is my code to run the Get_EventList method:
TextView textv=(TextView) findViewById(R.id.textv);
try {
HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
String URL = "http://server/WebService.asmx/Get_EventList";
HttpPost post = new HttpPost(URL);
List<NameValuePair> postParameters;
postParameters = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
postParameters.add(new BasicNameValuePair("FairId", "2"));
post.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(postParameters));
post.setHeader("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=utf-8");
HttpResponse responsePost = client.execute(post);
HttpEntity resEntityPost = responsePost.getEntity();
if (resEntityPost != null)
{
String response=EntityUtils.toString(resEntityPost);
Log.e("XXX",response);
textv.setText(response);
}
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
textv.setText(e.toString());
Log.e("hata!!",e.toString());
}
What can be the problem? How can I solve it?

I solve the problem by sending FairId to WebService with JSONObject. Here is my new code:
TextView textv=(TextView) findViewById(R.id.textv);
try {
HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
String URL = "http://server/WebService.asmx/Get_EventList";
HttpPost post = new HttpPost(URL);
JSONObject json = new JSONObject();
json.put("FairId", "2");
StringEntity se = new StringEntity( json.toString());
se.setContentType(new BasicHeader(HTTP.CONTENT_TYPE, "application/json"));
post.setEntity(se);
HttpResponse responsePost = client.execute(post);
HttpEntity resEntityPost = responsePost.getEntity();
if (resEntityPost != null)
{
String response=EntityUtils.toString(resEntityPost);
Log.e("XXX",response);
textv.setText(response);
}
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
textv.setText(e.toString());
Log.e("hata!!",e.toString());
}

Send key-value parametres and json message body throught http post request

I need to send http POST request from mobile android application to the server side applcation.
This request need to contain json message in body and some key-value parametres.
I am try to write this method:
public static String makePostRequest(String url, String body, BasicHttpParams params) throws ClientProtocolException, IOException {
Logger.i(HttpClientAndroid.class, "Make post request");
HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost(url);
StringEntity entity = new StringEntity(body);
httpPost.setParams(params);
httpPost.setEntity(entity);
HttpResponse response = getHttpClient().execute(httpPost);
return handleResponse(response);
}
Here i set parametres to request throught method setParams and set json body throught setEntity.
But it isn't work.
Can anybody help to me?

You can use a NameValuePair to do this..........
Below is the code from my project where I used NameValuePair to sent the xml data and receive the xml response, this will provide u some idea about how to use it with JSON.
public String postData(String url, String xmlQuery) {
final String urlStr = url;
final String xmlStr = xmlQuery;
final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
Thread t1 = new Thread(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost(urlStr);
try {
List<NameValuePair> nameValuePairs = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>(
1);
nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("xml", xmlStr));
httppost.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(nameValuePairs));
HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httppost);
Log.d("Vivek", response.toString());
HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
InputStream i = entity.getContent();
Log.d("Vivek", i.toString());
InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(i);
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(isr);
String s = null;
while ((s = br.readLine()) != null) {
Log.d("YumZing", s);
sb.append(s);
}
Log.d("Check Now",sb+"");
} catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
t1.start();
try {
t1.join();
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
System.out.println("Getting from Post Data Method "+sb.toString());
return sb.toString();
}

android/rails multipart upload problem

My problem is that I try to upload an image and some text values to an rails server, and the text values end up as files, insted of just param values.
How the post looks on the server
Parameters: {"action"=>"create", "controller"=>"problems",
"problem"=>{"lon"=>#File:/tmp/RackMultipart20100404-598-8pi1vj-0>,
"photos_attributes"=>{"0"=>{"image"=>#File:/tmp/RackMultipart20100404-598-pak6jk-0>}},
"subject"=>#File:/tmp/RackMultipart20100404-598-nje11p-0>,
"category_id"=>#File:/tmp/RackMultipart20100404-598-ijy1oo-0>,
"lat"=>#File:/tmp/RackMultipart20100404-598-1a7140w-0>,
"email"=>#File:/tmp/RackMultipart20100404-598-1b7w6jp-0>}}
part of the android code
try {
File file = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(),"FMS_photo.jpg");
HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpPost post = new HttpPost("http://homepage.com/path");
FileBody bin = new FileBody(file);
Charset chars = Charset.forName("UTF-8");
MultipartEntity reqEntity = new MultipartEntity();
reqEntity.addPart("problem[photos_attributes][0][image]", bin);
reqEntity.addPart("problem[category_id]", new StringBody("17", chars));
post.setEntity(reqEntity);
HttpResponse response = client.execute(post);
HttpEntity resEntity = response.getEntity();
if (resEntity != null) {
resEntity.consumeContent();
}
return true;
} catch (Exception ex) {
globalStatus = UPLOAD_ERROR;
serverResponse = "";
return false;
} finally {
}

That's just the way Rails does multipart form data.
For convenience I added this before_filter in my ApplicationController:
def read_and_parse_json_file_params
file_params = params.select { |name,value| value.is_a?(File) || value.is_a?(Tempfile) }
file_params.reject! { |name,file| file.content_type !~ %r{^application/json} }
file_params.each do |name,file|
file.rewind
params[name] = ActiveSupport::JSON.decode(file.read)
end
end
which parses each part into a JSON hash.