Java - sending HTTP parameters via POST method easily - java

I am successfully using this code to send HTTP requests with some parameters via GET method
void sendRequest(String request)
{
// i.e.: request = "http://example.com/index.php?param1=a&param2=b&param3=c";
URL url = new URL(request);
HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
connection.setDoOutput(true);
connection.setInstanceFollowRedirects(false);
connection.setRequestMethod("GET");
connection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "text/plain");
connection.setRequestProperty("charset", "utf-8");
connection.connect();
}
Now I may need to send the parameters (i.e. param1, param2, param3) via POST method because they are very long.
I was thinking to add an extra parameter to that method (i.e. String httpMethod).
How can I change the code above as little as possible to be able to send paramters either via GET or POST?
I was hoping that changing
connection.setRequestMethod("GET");
to
connection.setRequestMethod("POST");
would have done the trick, but the parameters are still sent via GET method.
Has HttpURLConnection got any method that would help?
Is there any helpful Java construct?
Any help would be very much appreciated.

In a GET request, the parameters are sent as part of the URL.
In a POST request, the parameters are sent as a body of the request, after the headers.
To do a POST with HttpURLConnection, you need to write the parameters to the connection after you have opened the connection.
This code should get you started:
String urlParameters = "param1=a&param2=b&param3=c";
byte[] postData = urlParameters.getBytes( StandardCharsets.UTF_8 );
int postDataLength = postData.length;
String request = "http://example.com/index.php";
URL url = new URL( request );
HttpURLConnection conn= (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
conn.setDoOutput( true );
conn.setInstanceFollowRedirects( false );
conn.setRequestMethod( "POST" );
conn.setRequestProperty( "Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
conn.setRequestProperty( "charset", "utf-8");
conn.setRequestProperty( "Content-Length", Integer.toString( postDataLength ));
conn.setUseCaches( false );
try( DataOutputStream wr = new DataOutputStream( conn.getOutputStream())) {
wr.write( postData );
}

Here is a simple example that submits a form then dumps the result page to System.out. Change the URL and the POST params as appropriate, of course:
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.util.*;
class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
URL url = new URL("http://example.net/new-message.php");
Map<String,Object> params = new LinkedHashMap<>();
params.put("name", "Freddie the Fish");
params.put("email", "fishie#seamail.example.com");
params.put("reply_to_thread", 10394);
params.put("message", "Shark attacks in Botany Bay have gotten out of control. We need more defensive dolphins to protect the schools here, but Mayor Porpoise is too busy stuffing his snout with lobsters. He's so shellfish.");
StringBuilder postData = new StringBuilder();
for (Map.Entry<String,Object> param : params.entrySet()) {
if (postData.length() != 0) postData.append('&');
postData.append(URLEncoder.encode(param.getKey(), "UTF-8"));
postData.append('=');
postData.append(URLEncoder.encode(String.valueOf(param.getValue()), "UTF-8"));
}
byte[] postDataBytes = postData.toString().getBytes("UTF-8");
HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection)url.openConnection();
conn.setRequestMethod("POST");
conn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
conn.setRequestProperty("Content-Length", String.valueOf(postDataBytes.length));
conn.setDoOutput(true);
conn.getOutputStream().write(postDataBytes);
Reader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream(), "UTF-8"));
for (int c; (c = in.read()) >= 0;)
System.out.print((char)c);
}
}
If you want the result as a String instead of directly printed out do:
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
for (int c; (c = in.read()) >= 0;)
sb.append((char)c);
String response = sb.toString();

I couldn't get Alan's example to actually do the post, so I ended up with this:
String urlParameters = "param1=a&param2=b&param3=c";
URL url = new URL("http://example.com/index.php");
URLConnection conn = url.openConnection();
conn.setDoOutput(true);
OutputStreamWriter writer = new OutputStreamWriter(conn.getOutputStream());
writer.write(urlParameters);
writer.flush();
String line;
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream()));
while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
System.out.println(line);
}
writer.close();
reader.close();

I find HttpURLConnection really cumbersome to use. And you have to write a lot of boilerplate, error prone code. I needed a lightweight wrapper for my Android projects and came out with a library which you can use as well: DavidWebb.
The above example could be written like this:
Webb webb = Webb.create();
webb.post("http://example.com/index.php")
.param("param1", "a")
.param("param2", "b")
.param("param3", "c")
.ensureSuccess()
.asVoid();
You can find a list of alternative libraries on the link provided.

import java.net.*;
public class Demo{
public static void main(){
String data = "data=Hello+World!";
URL url = new URL("http://localhost:8084/WebListenerServer/webListener");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("POST");
con.setDoOutput(true);
con.getOutputStream().write(data.getBytes("UTF-8"));
con.getInputStream();
}
}

i have read above answers and have created a utility class to simplify HTTP request. i hope it will help you.
Method Call
// send params with Hash Map
HashMap<String, String> params = new HashMap<String, String>();
params.put("email","me#example.com");
params.put("password","12345");
//server url
String url = "http://www.example.com";
// static class "HttpUtility" with static method "newRequest(url,method,callback)"
HttpUtility.newRequest(url,HttpUtility.METHOD_POST,params, new HttpUtility.Callback() {
#Override
public void OnSuccess(String response) {
// on success
System.out.println("Server OnSuccess response="+response);
}
#Override
public void OnError(int status_code, String message) {
// on error
System.out.println("Server OnError status_code="+status_code+" message="+message);
}
});
Utility Class
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import static java.net.HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK;
public class HttpUtility {
public static final int METHOD_GET = 0; // METHOD GET
public static final int METHOD_POST = 1; // METHOD POST
// Callback interface
public interface Callback {
// abstract methods
public void OnSuccess(String response);
public void OnError(int status_code, String message);
}
// static method
public static void newRequest(String web_url, int method, HashMap < String, String > params, Callback callback) {
// thread for handling async task
new Thread(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
String url = web_url;
// write GET params,append with url
if (method == METHOD_GET && params != null) {
for (Map.Entry < String, String > item: params.entrySet()) {
String key = URLEncoder.encode(item.getKey(), "UTF-8");
String value = URLEncoder.encode(item.getValue(), "UTF-8");
if (!url.contains("?")) {
url += "?" + key + "=" + value;
} else {
url += "&" + key + "=" + value;
}
}
}
HttpURLConnection urlConnection = (HttpURLConnection) new URL(url).openConnection();
urlConnection.setUseCaches(false);
urlConnection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"); // handle url encoded form data
urlConnection.setRequestProperty("charset", "utf-8");
if (method == METHOD_GET) {
urlConnection.setRequestMethod("GET");
} else if (method == METHOD_POST) {
urlConnection.setDoOutput(true); // write POST params
urlConnection.setRequestMethod("POST");
}
//write POST data
if (method == METHOD_POST && params != null) {
StringBuilder postData = new StringBuilder();
for (Map.Entry < String, String > item: params.entrySet()) {
if (postData.length() != 0) postData.append('&');
postData.append(URLEncoder.encode(item.getKey(), "UTF-8"));
postData.append('=');
postData.append(URLEncoder.encode(String.valueOf(item.getValue()), "UTF-8"));
}
byte[] postDataBytes = postData.toString().getBytes("UTF-8");
urlConnection.setRequestProperty("Content-Length", String.valueOf(postDataBytes.length));
urlConnection.getOutputStream().write(postDataBytes);
}
// server response code
int responseCode = urlConnection.getResponseCode();
if (responseCode == HTTP_OK && callback != null) {
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(urlConnection.getInputStream()));
StringBuilder response = new StringBuilder();
String line;
while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
response.append(line);
}
// callback success
callback.OnSuccess(response.toString());
reader.close(); // close BufferReader
} else if (callback != null) {
// callback error
callback.OnError(responseCode, urlConnection.getResponseMessage());
}
urlConnection.disconnect(); // disconnect connection
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
if (callback != null) {
// callback error
callback.OnError(500, e.getLocalizedMessage());
}
}
}
}).start(); // start thread
}
}

I see some other answers have given the alternative, I personally think that intuitively you're doing the right thing ;). Sorry, at devoxx where several speakers have been ranting about this sort of thing.
That's why I personally use Apache's HTTPClient/HttpCore libraries to do this sort of work, I find their API to be easier to use than Java's native HTTP support. YMMV of course!

GET and POST method set like this... Two types for api calling 1)get() and 2) post() . get() method to get value from api json array to get value & post() method use in our data post in url and get response.
public class HttpClientForExample {
private final String USER_AGENT = "Mozilla/5.0";
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
HttpClientExample http = new HttpClientExample();
System.out.println("Testing 1 - Send Http GET request");
http.sendGet();
System.out.println("\nTesting 2 - Send Http POST request");
http.sendPost();
}
// HTTP GET request
private void sendGet() throws Exception {
String url = "http://www.google.com/search?q=developer";
HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpGet request = new HttpGet(url);
// add request header
request.addHeader("User-Agent", USER_AGENT);
HttpResponse response = client.execute(request);
System.out.println("\nSending 'GET' request to URL : " + url);
System.out.println("Response Code : " +
response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
BufferedReader rd = new BufferedReader(
new InputStreamReader(response.getEntity().getContent()));
StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer();
String line = "";
while ((line = rd.readLine()) != null) {
result.append(line);
}
System.out.println(result.toString());
}
// HTTP POST request
private void sendPost() throws Exception {
String url = "https://selfsolve.apple.com/wcResults.do";
HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpPost post = new HttpPost(url);
// add header
post.setHeader("User-Agent", USER_AGENT);
List<NameValuePair> urlParameters = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
urlParameters.add(new BasicNameValuePair("sn", "C02G8416DRJM"));
urlParameters.add(new BasicNameValuePair("cn", ""));
urlParameters.add(new BasicNameValuePair("locale", ""));
urlParameters.add(new BasicNameValuePair("caller", ""));
urlParameters.add(new BasicNameValuePair("num", "12345"));
post.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(urlParameters));
HttpResponse response = client.execute(post);
System.out.println("\nSending 'POST' request to URL : " + url);
System.out.println("Post parameters : " + post.getEntity());
System.out.println("Response Code : " +
response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
BufferedReader rd = new BufferedReader(
new InputStreamReader(response.getEntity().getContent()));
StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer();
String line = "";
while ((line = rd.readLine()) != null) {
result.append(line);
}
System.out.println(result.toString());
}
}

I had the same issue. I wanted to send data via POST.
I used the following code:
URL url = new URL("http://example.com/getval.php");
Map<String,Object> params = new LinkedHashMap<>();
params.put("param1", param1);
params.put("param2", param2);
StringBuilder postData = new StringBuilder();
for (Map.Entry<String,Object> param : params.entrySet()) {
if (postData.length() != 0) postData.append('&');
postData.append(URLEncoder.encode(param.getKey(), "UTF-8"));
postData.append('=');
postData.append(URLEncoder.encode(String.valueOf(param.getValue()), "UTF-8"));
}
String urlParameters = postData.toString();
URLConnection conn = url.openConnection();
conn.setDoOutput(true);
OutputStreamWriter writer = new OutputStreamWriter(conn.getOutputStream());
writer.write(urlParameters);
writer.flush();
String result = "";
String line;
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream()));
while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
result += line;
}
writer.close();
reader.close()
System.out.println(result);
I used Jsoup for parse:
Document doc = Jsoup.parseBodyFragment(value);
Iterator<Element> opts = doc.select("option").iterator();
for (;opts.hasNext();) {
Element item = opts.next();
if (item.hasAttr("value")) {
System.out.println(item.attr("value"));
}
}

Try this pattern:
public static PricesResponse getResponse(EventRequestRaw request) {
// String urlParameters = "param1=a&param2=b&param3=c";
String urlParameters = Piping.serialize(request);
HttpURLConnection conn = RestClient.getPOSTConnection(endPoint, urlParameters);
PricesResponse response = null;
try {
// POST
OutputStreamWriter writer = new OutputStreamWriter(conn.getOutputStream());
writer.write(urlParameters);
writer.flush();
// RESPONSE
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader((conn.getInputStream()), StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
String json = Buffering.getString(reader);
response = (PricesResponse) Piping.deserialize(json, PricesResponse.class);
writer.close();
reader.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
conn.disconnect();
System.out.println("PricesClient: " + response.toString());
return response;
}
public static HttpURLConnection getPOSTConnection(String endPoint, String urlParameters) {
return RestClient.getConnection(endPoint, "POST", urlParameters);
}
public static HttpURLConnection getConnection(String endPoint, String method, String urlParameters) {
System.out.println("ENDPOINT " + endPoint + " METHOD " + method);
HttpURLConnection conn = null;
try {
URL url = new URL(endPoint);
conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
conn.setRequestMethod(method);
conn.setDoOutput(true);
conn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "text/plain");
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return conn;
}

This answer covers the specific case of the POST Call using a Custom Java POJO.
Using maven dependency for Gson to serialize our Java Object to JSON.
Install Gson using the dependency below.
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
<artifactId>gson</artifactId>
<version>2.8.5</version>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
For those using gradle can use the below
dependencies {
implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.5'
}
Other imports used:
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.CloseableHttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
import org.apache.http.entity.*;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
import com.google.gson.Gson;
Now, we can go ahead and use the HttpPost provided by Apache
private CloseableHttpClient httpclient = HttpClients.createDefault();
HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost("https://example.com");
Product product = new Product(); //custom java object to be posted as Request Body
Gson gson = new Gson();
String client = gson.toJson(product);
httppost.setEntity(new StringEntity(client, ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON));
httppost.setHeader("RANDOM-HEADER", "headervalue");
//Execute and get the response.
HttpResponse response = null;
try {
response = httpclient.execute(httppost);
} catch (IOException e) {
throw new InternalServerErrorException("Post fails");
}
Response.Status responseStatus = Response.Status.fromStatusCode(response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
return Response.status(responseStatus).build();
The above code will return with the response code received from the POST Call

here i sent jsonobject as parameter //jsonobject={"name":"lucifer","pass":"abc"}//serverUrl = "http://192.168.100.12/testing" //host=192.168.100.12
public static String getJson(String serverUrl,String host,String jsonobject){
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
String http = serverUrl;
HttpURLConnection urlConnection = null;
try {
URL url = new URL(http);
urlConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
urlConnection.setDoOutput(true);
urlConnection.setRequestMethod("POST");
urlConnection.setUseCaches(false);
urlConnection.setConnectTimeout(50000);
urlConnection.setReadTimeout(50000);
urlConnection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json");
urlConnection.setRequestProperty("Host", host);
urlConnection.connect();
//You Can also Create JSONObject here
OutputStreamWriter out = new OutputStreamWriter(urlConnection.getOutputStream());
out.write(jsonobject);// here i sent the parameter
out.close();
int HttpResult = urlConnection.getResponseCode();
if (HttpResult == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
urlConnection.getInputStream(), "utf-8"));
String line = null;
while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
sb.append(line + "\n");
}
br.close();
Log.e("new Test", "" + sb.toString());
return sb.toString();
} else {
Log.e(" ", "" + urlConnection.getResponseMessage());
}
} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (JSONException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
if (urlConnection != null)
urlConnection.disconnect();
}
return null;
}

Hello pls use this class to improve your post method
public static JSONObject doPostRequest(HashMap<String, String> data, String url) {
try {
RequestBody requestBody;
MultipartBuilder mBuilder = new MultipartBuilder().type(MultipartBuilder.FORM);
if (data != null) {
for (String key : data.keySet()) {
String value = data.get(key);
Utility.printLog("Key Values", key + "-----------------" + value);
mBuilder.addFormDataPart(key, value);
}
} else {
mBuilder.addFormDataPart("temp", "temp");
}
requestBody = mBuilder.build();
Request request = new Request.Builder()
.url(url)
.post(requestBody)
.build();
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
String responseBody = response.body().string();
Utility.printLog("URL", url);
Utility.printLog("Response", responseBody);
return new JSONObject(responseBody);
} catch (UnknownHostException | UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
JSONObject jsonObject=new JSONObject();
try {
jsonObject.put("status","false");
jsonObject.put("message",e.getLocalizedMessage());
} catch (JSONException e1) {
e1.printStackTrace();
}
Log.e(TAG, "Error: " + e.getLocalizedMessage());
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
JSONObject jsonObject=new JSONObject();
try {
jsonObject.put("status","false");
jsonObject.put("message",e.getLocalizedMessage());
} catch (JSONException e1) {
e1.printStackTrace();
}
Log.e(TAG, "Other Error: " + e.getLocalizedMessage());
}
return null;
}

I higly recomend http-request built on apache http api.
For your case you can see example:
private static final HttpRequest<String.class> HTTP_REQUEST =
HttpRequestBuilder.createPost("http://example.com/index.php", String.class)
.responseDeserializer(ResponseDeserializer.ignorableDeserializer())
.build();
public void sendRequest(String request){
String parameters = request.split("\\?")[1];
ResponseHandler<String> responseHandler =
HTTP_REQUEST.executeWithQuery(parameters);
System.out.println(responseHandler.getStatusCode());
System.out.println(responseHandler.get()); //prints response body
}
If you are not interested in the response body
private static final HttpRequest<?> HTTP_REQUEST =
HttpRequestBuilder.createPost("http://example.com/index.php").build();
public void sendRequest(String request){
ResponseHandler<String> responseHandler =
HTTP_REQUEST.executeWithQuery(parameters);
}
For general sending post request with http-request: Read the documentation and see my answers HTTP POST request with JSON String in JAVA, Sending HTTP POST Request In Java, HTTP POST using JSON in Java

I took Boann's answer and used it to create a more flexible query string builder that supports lists and arrays, just like php's http_build_query method:
public static byte[] httpBuildQueryString(Map<String, Object> postsData) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
StringBuilder postData = new StringBuilder();
for (Map.Entry<String,Object> param : postsData.entrySet()) {
if (postData.length() != 0) postData.append('&');
Object value = param.getValue();
String key = param.getKey();
if(value instanceof Object[] || value instanceof List<?>)
{
int size = value instanceof Object[] ? ((Object[])value).length : ((List<?>)value).size();
for(int i = 0; i < size; i++)
{
Object val = value instanceof Object[] ? ((Object[])value)[i] : ((List<?>)value).get(i);
if(i>0) postData.append('&');
postData.append(URLEncoder.encode(key + "[" + i + "]", "UTF-8"));
postData.append('=');
postData.append(URLEncoder.encode(String.valueOf(val), "UTF-8"));
}
}
else
{
postData.append(URLEncoder.encode(key, "UTF-8"));
postData.append('=');
postData.append(URLEncoder.encode(String.valueOf(value), "UTF-8"));
}
}
return postData.toString().getBytes("UTF-8");
}

For those having trouble receiving the request on a php page using $_POST because you expect key-value pairs:
While all the answers where very helpful, I lacked some basic understanding on which string actually to post, since in the old apache HttpClient I used
new UrlEncodedFormEntity(nameValuePairs); (Java)
and then could use $_POST in php do get the key-value pairs.
To my understanding now one has build that string manually before posting. So the string needs to look like
val data = "key1=val1&key2=val2"
but instead just adding it to the url it is posted (in the header).
The alternative would be to use a json-string instead:
val data = "{\"key1\":\"val1\",\"key2\":\"val2\"}" // {"key1":"val1","key2":"val2"}
and pull it in php without $_POST:
$json_params = file_get_contents('php://input');
// echo_p("Data: $json_params");
$data = json_decode($json_params, true);
Here you find a sample code in Kotlin:
class TaskDownloadTest : AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void>() {
override fun doInBackground(vararg params: Void): Void? {
var urlConnection: HttpURLConnection? = null
try {
val postData = JsonObject()
postData.addProperty("key1", "val1")
postData.addProperty("key2", "val2")
// reformat json to key1=value1&key2=value2
// keeping json because I may change the php part to interpret json requests, could be a HashMap instead
val keys = postData.keySet()
var request = ""
keys.forEach { key ->
// Log.i("data", key)
request += "$key=${postData.get(key)}&"
}
request = request.replace("\"", "").removeSuffix("&")
val requestLength = request.toByteArray().size
// Warning in Android 9 you need to add a line in the application part of the manifest: android:usesCleartextTraffic="true"
// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45940861/android-8-cleartext-http-traffic-not-permitted
val url = URL("http://10.0.2.2/getdata.php")
urlConnection = url.openConnection() as HttpURLConnection
// urlConnection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded") // apparently default
// Not sure what these are for, I do not use them
// urlConnection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json")
// urlConnection.setRequestProperty("Key","Value")
urlConnection.readTimeout = 5000
urlConnection.connectTimeout = 5000
urlConnection.requestMethod = "POST"
urlConnection.doOutput = true
// urlConnection.doInput = true
urlConnection.useCaches = false
urlConnection.setFixedLengthStreamingMode(requestLength)
// urlConnection.setChunkedStreamingMode(0) // if you do not want to handle request length which is fine for small requests
val out = urlConnection.outputStream
val writer = BufferedWriter(
OutputStreamWriter(
out, "UTF-8"
)
)
writer.write(request)
// writer.write("{\"key1\":\"val1\",\"key2\":\"val2\"}") // {"key1":"val1","key2":"val2"} JsonFormat or just postData.toString() for $json_params=file_get_contents('php://input'); json_decode($json_params, true); in php
// writer.write("key1=val1&key2=val2") // key=value format for $_POST in php
writer.flush()
writer.close()
out.close()
val code = urlConnection.responseCode
if (code != 200) {
throw IOException("Invalid response from server: $code")
}
val rd = BufferedReader(
InputStreamReader(
urlConnection.inputStream
)
)
var line = rd.readLine()
while (line != null) {
Log.i("data", line)
line = rd.readLine()
}
} catch (e: Exception) {
e.printStackTrace()
} finally {
urlConnection?.disconnect()
}
return null
}
}

Now I had to do an HTTP request class, it is probably not the most efficient class, but it works.
I collected some codes from this page and made it more dynamic.
Anyone who needs a complete code, I attached it below.
For an example of how to use it, you can look at the main method.
Also, if you are willing to improve classes online, you are more than welcome to help me make this class better.
import java.net.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.nio.charset.*;
import java.io.*;
public class HttpRequest {
String result = "";
HttpRequest(String _url, String _method, Map<String, String> _postData, String _contentType) {
try {
URL url = new URL( _url );
URLConnection con = url.openConnection();
HttpURLConnection http = (HttpURLConnection)con;
http.setRequestMethod(_method); // PUT is another valid option
http.setDoOutput(true);
StringJoiner sj = new StringJoiner("&");
for(Map.Entry<String,String> entry : _postData.entrySet())
sj.add(URLEncoder.encode(entry.getKey(), "UTF-8") + "=" + entry.getValue());
//sj.add(URLEncoder.encode(entry.getKey(), "UTF-8") + "=" + URLEncoder.encode(entry.getValue()));
byte[] out = sj.toString().getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
int length = out.length;
http.setFixedLengthStreamingMode(length);
http.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", _contentType);
http.setRequestProperty( "charset", "utf-8");
http.setRequestProperty( "Content-Length", Integer.toString( length ));
http.setInstanceFollowRedirects( false );
http.setUseCaches( false );
http.connect();
try(OutputStream os = http.getOutputStream()) {
os.write(out);
}
if (http.getResponseCode() == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {
try (BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(http.getInputStream()))) {
String line;
while ((line = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null) {
result = result + line;
}
}
} else {
System.out.println("Bad response!");
}
}catch (IOException e) {
// writing exception to log
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
HttpRequest(String _url, String _method, Map<String, String> _postData) {
this(_url, _method, _postData, "text/html");
}
HttpRequest(String _url, String _method) {
this(_url, _method, new HashMap<String, String>());
}
HttpRequest(String _url) {
this(_url, "GET");
}
public String toString() {
return result;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
Map<String, String> postData = new HashMap<String, String>();
postData.putIfAbsent("email", "test#test.com");
postData.putIfAbsent("password", "test");
HttpRequest result = new HttpRequest("https://httpbin.org/anything", "POST", postData, "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
System.out.println(result.toString());
}
}

Appears that you also have to callconnection.getOutputStream() "at least once" (as well as setDoOutput(true)) for it to treat it as a POST.
So the minimum required code is:
URL url = new URL(urlString);
HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
//connection.setRequestMethod("POST"); this doesn't seem to do anything at all..so not useful
connection.setDoOutput(true); // set it to POST...not enough by itself however, also need the getOutputStream call...
connection.connect();
connection.getOutputStream().close();
You can even use "GET" style parameters in the urlString, surprisingly. Though that might confuse things.
You can also use NameValuePair apparently.

Related

PHP is not receieving data from a POST request with AsyncTask

I am trying to receieve a simple string from my PHP script by using a POST request in Android Studio.
If I write for example echo "Hello"; I can receive this message in my app, but it seems like as soon as I send a POST request my webserver doesen't really get the message.
Here is how I do the POST request in my AsyncTask:
class HTTPReqTask extends AsyncTask<String, Void, String>
{
Activity activity;
OnDataSendToActivity dataSendToActivity;
Context context;
public HTTPReqTask(Context context)
{
this.context = context;
dataSendToActivity = (OnDataSendToActivity) ((Activity) context);
}
#Override
public String doInBackground(String... params)
{
HttpURLConnection urlConnection = null;
String param1 = params[0];
String line = "";
String result = "";
try
{
JsonObject postData = new JsonObject();
postData.addProperty("a", "1");
URL url = new URL(param1);
urlConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
urlConnection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json");
urlConnection.setRequestMethod("POST");
urlConnection.setDoOutput(true);
urlConnection.setDoInput(true);
urlConnection.setChunkedStreamingMode(0);
OutputStream out = new BufferedOutputStream(urlConnection.getOutputStream());
BufferedWriter writer = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(out,"UTF-8"));
writer.write(postData.toString());
int code = urlConnection.getResponseCode();
if (code != HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {
throw new IOException("Invalid response from server: " + code);
}
BufferedReader rd = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(urlConnection.getInputStream()));
while ((line = rd.readLine()) != null)
{
result += line;
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
finally
{
if (urlConnection != null)
{
urlConnection.disconnect();
}
}
return result;
}
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(String s)
{
try
{
if(dataSendToActivity != null)
{
Log.i("Data", s);
dataSendToActivity.sendData(s);
}
}
catch(Exception e)
{
// Nichts
}
}
}
As you can see I am using this:
JsonObject postData = new JsonObject();
postData.addProperty("a", "1");
to generate my POST request.
The postData string is: {"a":"1"}
This is my PHP script:
$post = file_get_contents("php://input");
$data = json_decode($post, true);
print_r($data);
UPDATE 1
I added now writer.flush(); (Thanks to Andy)
Now I'm getting this exception after sendung the request:
java.io.IOException: Invalid response from server: 500
So something with my PHP script is wrong.
Any suggestions?
I found now the problem.
The problem was not serversided as I expected it.
I was logging in my code some informations for the POST request and there I found this:
Log.i("LOG", urlConnection.getOutputStream().toString());
gave me this:
buffer(com.android.okhttp.internal.http.HttpConnection$ChunkedSink#843d1c8).outputStream()
So I commented this line out:
urlConnection.setChunkedStreamingMode(0);
and it works fine. I get all my data I need.
I also updated my PHP script to this:
$post = file_get_contents("php://input");
if (!empty($post))
{
$data = json_decode($post, true);
$a = $data['a'];
}
Thanks for all the help!

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.

HttpURLConnection - Response Code: 400 (Bad Request) Android Studio -> xserve

So I'm trying to connect to our database via Xserve, AT the moment I'm trying to access the token for the user. I'm using the correct username and password along with the context type and grant type; I know this because I've tried the same POST method via googles postmaster extension. For whatever reason when I try the same thing on Android, at least what I think is the same, it gives me a 400 response code and doesn't return anything.
Here's the code used to connect:
private HttpURLConnection urlConnection;
#Override
protected Boolean doInBackground(Void... params) {
Boolean blnResult = false;
StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
JSONObject passing = new JSONObject();
try {
URL url = new URL("http://xserve.uopnet.plymouth.ac.uk/modules/INTPROJ/PRCS251M/token");
// set up connection
urlConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
urlConnection.setDoInput(true);
urlConnection.setDoOutput(true);
urlConnection.addRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8" );
urlConnection.setRequestMethod("POST");
urlConnection.connect();
// set up parameters to pass
passing.put("username", mEmail);
passing.put("password", mPassword);
passing.put("grant_type", "password");
// add parameters to connection
OutputStreamWriter wr= new OutputStreamWriter(urlConnection.getOutputStream());
wr.write(passing.toString());
// If request was good
if (urlConnection.getResponseCode() == 200) {
blnResult = true;
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(
new InputStreamReader(urlConnection.getInputStream()));
String line;
while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
result.append(line);
}
reader.close();
}
//JSONObject json = new JSONObject(builder.toString());
Log.v("Response Code", String.format("%d", urlConnection.getResponseCode()));
Log.v("Returned String", result.toString());
}catch( Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
finally {
urlConnection.disconnect();
}
return blnResult;
}
I haven't stored the result into the JSONObject yet as I'll use that later, but I expected some kind of output via the "Log.v".
Is there anything that stands out?
try {
URL url = new URL("http://xserve.uopnet.plymouth.ac.uk/modules/INTPROJ/PRCS251M/token");
parameters = new HashMap<>();
parameters.put("username", mEmail);
parameters.put("password", mPassword);
parameters.put("grant_type", "password");
set = parameters.entrySet();
i = set.iterator();
postData = new StringBuilder();
for (Map.Entry<String, String> param : parameters.entrySet()) {
if (postData.length() != 0) {
postData.append('&');
}
postData.append(URLEncoder.encode(param.getKey(), "UTF-8"));
postData.append('=');
postData.append(URLEncoder.encode(String.valueOf(param.getValue()), "UTF-8"));
}
postDataBytes = postData.toString().getBytes("UTF-8");
// set up connection
urlConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
urlConnection.setDoInput(true);
urlConnection.setDoOutput(true);
urlConnection.setConnectTimeout(5000);
urlConnection.setReadTimeout(5000);
urlConnection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=UTF-8");
urlConnection.setRequestMethod("POST");
urlConnection.getOutputStream().write(postDataBytes);
// If request was good
if (urlConnection.getResponseCode() == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {
reader = new BufferedReader(
new InputStreamReader(urlConnection.getInputStream()));
String line;
while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
result.append(line);
}
reader.close();
}
Log.v("Login Response Code", String.valueOf(urlConnection.getResponseCode()));
Log.v("Login Response Message", String.valueOf(urlConnection.getResponseMessage()));
Log.v("Login Returned String", result.toString());
jsonObject = new JSONObject(result.toString());
token = jsonObject.getString("access_token");
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
urlConnection.disconnect();
if (token != null) {
jsonObject = driverInfo(token);
}
}
this works, although I've moved it to it's own function now.
changed the input type to a HashMap

Error trying to post JSON data to Android Device

I've followed the tutorial here in an attempt to send data to an android device. I've whittled my Java class down to this:
public class App {
public static void main( String[] args ) {
try {
String apiKey = "api key generated in Google Developer Console...";
String deviceId = "Device Id generated, retrieved directly from logcat, as per tutorial...";
Content content = new Content();
content.addRegId(deviceId);
content.createData("Title", "Notification Message");
URL url = new URL("https://android.googleapis.com/gcm/send");
HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
conn.setRequestMethod("POST");
conn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json");
conn.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "key=" + apiKey);
conn.setDoOutput(true);
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
mapper.configure(SerializationFeature.FAIL_ON_EMPTY_BEANS, false);
DataOutputStream wr = new DataOutputStream(conn.getOutputStream());
mapper.writeValue(wr, content);
wr.flush();
wr.close();
int responseCode = conn.getResponseCode();
System.out.println(responseCode == 200 ? responseCode + ". This is the response we want..." : responseCode + ". This is not the response we want...");
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
System.out.println(response.toString());
} catch (MalformedURLException mue) {
mue.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException ioe) {
ioe.printStackTrace();
}
}
and this is my Content class:
public class Content implements Serializable{
private List<String> registration_ids;
private Map<String,String> data;
public void addRegId(String regId) {
if(registration_ids == null)
registration_ids = new LinkedList<String>();
registration_ids.add(regId);
}
public void createData(String title, String message) {
if (data == null)
data = new HashMap<String,String>();
data.put("title", title);
data.put("message", message);
}
}
I'm getting a 400 response code
java.io.IOException: Server returned HTTP response code: 400 for URL: https://android.googleapis.com/gcm/send
I'm sure I'm missing something small, but I can't see where it is.

How do I make an http request using cookies on Android?

I'd like to make an http request to a remote server while properly handling cookies (eg. storing cookies sent by the server, and sending those cookies when I make subsequent requests). It'd be nice to preserve any and all cookies, but really the only one I care about is the session cookie.
With java.net, it appears that the preferred way to do this is using java.net.CookieHandler (abstract base class) and java.net.CookieManager (concrete implementation). Android has java.net.CookieHandler, but it does not seem to have java.net.CookieManager.
I could code it all by hand by inspecting http headers, but it seems like there must be an easier way.
What is the proper way to make http requests on Android while preserving cookies?
It turns out that Google Android ships with Apache HttpClient 4.0, and I was able to figure out how to do it using the "Form based logon" example in the HttpClient docs:
https://github.com/apache/httpcomponents-client/blob/master/httpclient5/src/test/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/examples/ClientFormLogin.java
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.NameValuePair;
import org.apache.http.client.entity.UrlEncodedFormEntity;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
import org.apache.http.cookie.Cookie;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
import org.apache.http.message.BasicNameValuePair;
import org.apache.http.protocol.HTTP;
/**
* A example that demonstrates how HttpClient APIs can be used to perform
* form-based logon.
*/
public class ClientFormLogin {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
DefaultHttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpGet httpget = new HttpGet("https://portal.sun.com/portal/dt");
HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httpget);
HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
System.out.println("Login form get: " + response.getStatusLine());
if (entity != null) {
entity.consumeContent();
}
System.out.println("Initial set of cookies:");
List<Cookie> cookies = httpclient.getCookieStore().getCookies();
if (cookies.isEmpty()) {
System.out.println("None");
} else {
for (int i = 0; i < cookies.size(); i++) {
System.out.println("- " + cookies.get(i).toString());
}
}
HttpPost httpost = new HttpPost("https://portal.sun.com/amserver/UI/Login?" +
"org=self_registered_users&" +
"goto=/portal/dt&" +
"gotoOnFail=/portal/dt?error=true");
List <NameValuePair> nvps = new ArrayList <NameValuePair>();
nvps.add(new BasicNameValuePair("IDToken1", "username"));
nvps.add(new BasicNameValuePair("IDToken2", "password"));
httpost.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(nvps, HTTP.UTF_8));
response = httpclient.execute(httpost);
entity = response.getEntity();
System.out.println("Login form get: " + response.getStatusLine());
if (entity != null) {
entity.consumeContent();
}
System.out.println("Post logon cookies:");
cookies = httpclient.getCookieStore().getCookies();
if (cookies.isEmpty()) {
System.out.println("None");
} else {
for (int i = 0; i < cookies.size(); i++) {
System.out.println("- " + cookies.get(i).toString());
}
}
// When HttpClient instance is no longer needed,
// shut down the connection manager to ensure
// immediate deallocation of all system resources
httpclient.getConnectionManager().shutdown();
}
}
A cookie is just another HTTP header. You can always set it while making a HTTP call with the apache library or with HTTPUrlConnection. Either way you should be able to read and set HTTP cookies in this fashion.
You can read this article for more information.
I can share my peace of code to demonstrate how easy you can make it.
public static String getServerResponseByHttpGet(String url, String token) {
try {
HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpGet get = new HttpGet(url);
get.setHeader("Cookie", "PHPSESSID=" + token + ";");
Log.d(TAG, "Try to open => " + url);
HttpResponse httpResponse = client.execute(get);
int connectionStatusCode = httpResponse.getStatusLine().getStatusCode();
Log.d(TAG, "Connection code: " + connectionStatusCode + " for request: " + url);
HttpEntity entity = httpResponse.getEntity();
String serverResponse = EntityUtils.toString(entity);
Log.d(TAG, "Server response for request " + url + " => " + serverResponse);
if(!isStatusOk(connectionStatusCode))
return null;
return serverResponse;
} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
}
Since Apache library is deprecated, for those who want to use HttpURLConncetion , I wrote this class to send Get and Post Request with the help of this answer:
public class WebService {
static final String COOKIES_HEADER = "Set-Cookie";
static final String COOKIE = "Cookie";
static CookieManager msCookieManager = new CookieManager();
private static int responseCode;
public static String sendPost(String requestURL, String urlParameters) {
URL url;
String response = "";
try {
url = new URL(requestURL);
HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
conn.setReadTimeout(15000);
conn.setConnectTimeout(15000);
conn.setRequestMethod("POST");
conn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=utf-8");
if (msCookieManager.getCookieStore().getCookies().size() > 0) {
//While joining the Cookies, use ',' or ';' as needed. Most of the server are using ';'
conn.setRequestProperty(COOKIE ,
TextUtils.join(";", msCookieManager.getCookieStore().getCookies()));
}
conn.setDoInput(true);
conn.setDoOutput(true);
OutputStream os = conn.getOutputStream();
BufferedWriter writer = new BufferedWriter(
new OutputStreamWriter(os, "UTF-8"));
if (urlParameters != null) {
writer.write(urlParameters);
}
writer.flush();
writer.close();
os.close();
Map<String, List<String>> headerFields = conn.getHeaderFields();
List<String> cookiesHeader = headerFields.get(COOKIES_HEADER);
if (cookiesHeader != null) {
for (String cookie : cookiesHeader) {
msCookieManager.getCookieStore().add(null, HttpCookie.parse(cookie).get(0));
}
}
setResponseCode(conn.getResponseCode());
if (getResponseCode() == HttpsURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {
String line;
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream()));
while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
response += line;
}
} else {
response = "";
}
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return response;
}
// HTTP GET request
public static String sendGet(String url) throws Exception {
URL obj = new URL(url);
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
// optional default is GET
con.setRequestMethod("GET");
//add request header
con.setRequestProperty("User-Agent", "Mozilla");
/*
* https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16150089/how-to-handle-cookies-in-httpurlconnection-using-cookiemanager
* Get Cookies form cookieManager and load them to connection:
*/
if (msCookieManager.getCookieStore().getCookies().size() > 0) {
//While joining the Cookies, use ',' or ';' as needed. Most of the server are using ';'
con.setRequestProperty(COOKIE ,
TextUtils.join(";", msCookieManager.getCookieStore().getCookies()));
}
/*
* https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16150089/how-to-handle-cookies-in-httpurlconnection-using-cookiemanager
* Get Cookies form response header and load them to cookieManager:
*/
Map<String, List<String>> headerFields = con.getHeaderFields();
List<String> cookiesHeader = headerFields.get(COOKIES_HEADER);
if (cookiesHeader != null) {
for (String cookie : cookiesHeader) {
msCookieManager.getCookieStore().add(null, HttpCookie.parse(cookie).get(0));
}
}
int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
return response.toString();
}
public static void setResponseCode(int responseCode) {
WebService.responseCode = responseCode;
Log.i("Milad", "responseCode" + responseCode);
}
public static int getResponseCode() {
return responseCode;
}
}
I do not work with google android but I think you'll find it's not that hard to get this working. If you read the relevant bit of the java tutorial you'll see that a registered cookiehandler gets callbacks from the HTTP code.
So if there is no default (have you checked if CookieHandler.getDefault() really is null?) then you can simply extend CookieHandler, implement put/get and make it work pretty much automatically. Be sure to consider concurrent access and the like if you go that route.
edit: Obviously you'd have to set an instance of your custom implementation as the default handler through CookieHandler.setDefault() to receive the callbacks. Forgot to mention that.

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