private JSONObject uploadToServer() throws IOException, JSONException {
String query = "https://example.com";
String json = "{\"key\":1}";
URL url = new URL(query);
HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
conn.setConnectTimeout(5000);
conn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=UTF-8");
conn.setDoOutput(true);
conn.setDoInput(true);
conn.setRequestMethod("POST");
OutputStream os = conn.getOutputStream();
os.write(json.getBytes("UTF-8"));
os.close();
// read the response
InputStream in = new BufferedInputStream(conn.getInputStream());
String result = org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils.toString(in, "UTF-8");
JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(result);
in.close();
conn.disconnect();
return jsonObject;
}