[android] Volley JsonObjectRequest Post request not working

I am using android Volley for making a request. So I use this code. I don't understand one thing. I check in my server that params is always null. I consider that getParams() not working. What should I do to solve this issue.

 RequestQueue queue = MyVolley.getRequestQueue();
        JsonObjectRequest jsObjRequest = new JsonObjectRequest(Request.Method.POST,SPHERE_URL,null,
                new Response.Listener<JSONObject>() {
                    @Override
                    public void onResponse(JSONObject response) {
                        System.out.println(response);
                        hideProgressDialog();
                    }
                },
                new Response.ErrorListener() {
                    @Override
                    public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) {
                      hideProgressDialog();
                    }
                }) {
            protected Map<String, String> getParams() throws AuthFailureError {
                Map<String, String> params = new HashMap<String, String>();
                params.put("id","1");
                params.put("name", "myname");
                return params;
            };
        };
        queue.add(jsObjRequest);

It worked for can try this for calling with Volley Json Request and Response ith Java Code .

public void callLogin(String sMethodToCall, String sUserId, String sPass) {
        RequestQueue requestQueue = Volley.newRequestQueue(getApplicationContext());

        JsonObjectRequest jsonObjectRequest = new JsonObjectRequest(
                Request.Method.POST, ConstantValues.ROOT_URL_LOCAL + sMethodToCall.toString().trim(), addJsonParams(sUserId, sPass),
//                JsonObjectRequest jsonObjectRequest = new JsonObjectRequest(Request.Method.POST, url, object,
                new Response.Listener<JSONObject>() {
                    @Override
                    public void onResponse(JSONObject response) {
                        Log.d("onResponse", response.toString());
                        Toast.makeText(VolleyMethods.this, response.toString(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); // Test

                        parseResponse(response);
//                        msgResponse.setText(response.toString());
//                        hideProgressDialog();
                    }
                },
                new Response.ErrorListener() {

                    @Override
                    public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) {
                        VolleyLog.d("onErrorResponse", "Error: " + error.getMessage());
                        Toast.makeText(VolleyMethods.this, error.toString(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
//                hideProgressDialog();
                    }
                }) {

            /**
             * Passing some request headers
             */
            @Override
            public Map<String, String> getHeaders() throws AuthFailureError {
                HashMap<String, String> headers = new HashMap<String, String>();
                headers.put("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=utf-8");
                return headers;
            }


        };

        requestQueue.add(jsonObjectRequest);
    }

    public JSONObject addJsonParams(String sUserId, String sPass) {
        JSONObject jsonobject = new JSONObject();
        try {
//            {"id":,"login":"secretary","password":"password"}

            ///***//
            Log.d("addJsonParams", "addJsonParams");

//            JSONObject jsonobject = new JSONObject();

//            JSONObject jsonobject_one = new JSONObject();
//
//            jsonobject_one.put("type", "event_and_offer");
//            jsonobject_one.put("devicetype", "I");
//
//            JSONObject jsonobject_TWO = new JSONObject();
//            jsonobject_TWO.put("value", "event");
//            JSONObject jsonobject = new JSONObject();
//
//            jsonobject.put("requestinfo", jsonobject_TWO);
//            jsonobject.put("request", jsonobject_one);

            jsonobject.put("id", "");
            jsonobject.put("login", sUserId); // sUserId
            jsonobject.put("password", sPass); // sPass


//            js.put("data", jsonobject.toString());

        } catch (JSONException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        return jsonobject;
    }

    public void parseResponse(JSONObject response) {

        Boolean bIsSuccess = false; // Write according to your logic this is demo.
        try {
            JSONObject jObject = new JSONObject(String.valueOf(response));
            bIsSuccess = jObject.getBoolean("success");


        } catch (JSONException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            Toast.makeText(VolleyMethods.this, "" + e.toString(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); // Test
        }

    }

When you working with JsonObject request you need to pass the parameters right after you pass the link in the initialization , take a look on this code :

        HashMap<String, String> params = new HashMap<>();
        params.put("user", "something" );
        params.put("some_params", "something" );

    JsonObjectRequest request = new JsonObjectRequest(Request.Method.POST, "request_URL", new JSONObject(params), new Response.Listener<JSONObject>() {
        @Override
        public void onResponse(JSONObject response) {

           // Some code 

        }
    }, new Response.ErrorListener() {
        @Override
        public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) {
            //handle errors
        }
    });


}

All you need to do is to override getParams method in Request class. I had the same problem and I searched through the answers but I could not find a proper one. The problem is unlike get request, post parameters being redirected by the servers may be dropped. For instance, read this. So, don't risk your requests to be redirected by webserver. If you are targeting http://example/myapp , then mention the exact address of your service, that is http://example.com/myapp/index.php.
Volley is OK and works perfectly, the problem stems from somewhere else.

Easy one for me ! I got it few weeks ago :

This goes in getBody() method, not in getParams() for a post request.

Here is mine :

    @Override
/**
 * Returns the raw POST or PUT body to be sent.
 *
 * @throws AuthFailureError in the event of auth failure
 */
public byte[] getBody() throws AuthFailureError {
    //        Map<String, String> params = getParams();
    Map<String, String> params = new HashMap<String, String>();
    params.put("id","1");
    params.put("name", "myname");
    if (params != null && params.size() > 0) {
        return encodeParameters(params, getParamsEncoding());
    }
    return null;

}

(I assumed you want to POST the params you wrote in your getParams)

I gave the params to the request inside the constructor, but since you are creating the request on the fly, you can hard coded them inside your override of the getBody() method.

This is what my code looks like :

    Bundle param = new Bundle();
    param.putString(HttpUtils.HTTP_CALL_TAG_KEY, tag);
    param.putString(HttpUtils.HTTP_CALL_PATH_KEY, url);
    param.putString(HttpUtils.HTTP_CALL_PARAM_KEY, params);

    switch (type) {
    case RequestType.POST:
        param.putInt(HttpUtils.HTTP_CALL_TYPE_KEY, RequestType.POST);
        SCMainActivity.mRequestQueue.add(new SCRequestPOST(Method.POST, url, this, tag, receiver, params));

and if you want even more this last string params comes from :

param = JsonUtils.XWWWUrlEncoder.encode(new JSONObject(paramasJObj)).toString();

and the paramasJObj is something like this : {"id"="1","name"="myname"} the usual JSON string.

You can create a custom JSONObjectReuqest and override the getParams method, or you can provide them in the constructor as a JSONObject to be put in the body of the request.

Like this (I edited your code):

JSONObject obj = new JSONObject();
obj.put("id", "1");
obj.put("name", "myname");

RequestQueue queue = MyVolley.getRequestQueue();
JsonObjectRequest jsObjRequest = new JsonObjectRequest(Request.Method.POST,SPHERE_URL,obj,
    new Response.Listener<JSONObject>() {
        @Override
        public void onResponse(JSONObject response) {
             System.out.println(response);
             hideProgressDialog();
        }
    },
    new Response.ErrorListener() {
        @Override
        public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) {
             hideProgressDialog();
        }
    });
queue.add(jsObjRequest);

---

build gradle(app)

dependencies {
    implementation fileTree(dir: "libs", include: ["*.jar"])
    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:$kotlin_version"
    implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.1.0'
    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0-alpha01'
    implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:1.1.3'
    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.1'
    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.2.0'
    implementation 'com.android.volley:volley:1.1.1'
}

---

android manifest

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />

---

MainActivity
When you use JsonObjectRequest it is mandatory to send a jsonobject and receive jsonobject otherwise you will get an error as it only accepts jsonobject.

import com.android.volley.Request
import com.android.volley.Response
import com.android.volley.toolbox.JsonObjectRequest
import com.android.volley.toolbox.Volley

fun peticion(){
    val jsonObject = JSONObject()
    jsonObject.put("user", "jairo")
    jsonObject.put("password", "1234")
    val queue = Volley.newRequestQueue(this)
    val url = "http://192.168.0.3/get_user.php"
    // GET: JsonObjectRequest( url, null,
    // POST: JsonObjectRequest( url, jsonObject,
    val jsonObjectRequest = JsonObjectRequest( url, jsonObject,
        Response.Listener { response ->
            // Check if the object 'msm' does not exist
            if(response.isNull("msm")){
                println("Name: "+response.getString("nombre1"))
            }
            else{
                // If the object 'msm' exists we print it
                println("msm: "+response.getString("msm"))
            }
        },
        Response.ErrorListener { error ->
            error.printStackTrace()
            println(error.toString())
        }
    )
    queue.add(jsonObjectRequest)
}

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file php get_user.php

<?php
    header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *");
    header("Access-Control-Allow-Headers: *");
    // we receive the parameters
    $json = file_get_contents('php://input');
    $params = json_decode($json);
    error_reporting(0);
    require_once 'conexion.php';

    $mysqli=getConex();
    $user=$params->user;
    $password=$params->password;
    $res=array();
    $verifica_usuario=mysqli_query($mysqli,"SELECT * FROM usuarios WHERE usuario='$user' and clave='$password'");
    if(mysqli_num_rows($verifica_usuario)>0){
        $query="SELECT * FROM usuarios WHERE usuario='$user'";
        $result=$mysqli->query($query);
        while($row = $result->fetch_array(MYSQLI_ASSOC)){
            $res=$row;
        }
    }
    else{
        $res=array('msm'=>"Incorrect user or password");
    }
    $jsonstring = json_encode($res);
    header('Content-Type: application/json');
    echo $jsonstring;
?>

---

file php conexion

<?php
    function getConex(){
        $servidor="localhost";
        $usuario="root";
        $pass="";  
        $base="db";
        
        $mysqli = mysqli_connect($servidor,$usuario,$pass,$base);
        if (mysqli_connect_errno($mysqli)){
            echo "Fallo al conectar a MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error();
        }
        $mysqli->set_charset('utf8');
        return $mysqli;
    }
?>

The override function getParams works fine. You use POST method and you have set the jBody as null. That's why it doesn't work. You could use GET method if you want to send null jBody. I have override the method getParams and it works either with GET method (and null jBody) either with POST method (and jBody != null)

Also there are all the examples here

I had the same issue once, the empty POST array is caused due a redirection of the request (on your server side), fix the URL so it doesn't have to be redirected when it hits the server. For Example, if https is forced using the .htaccess file on your server side app, make sure your client request has the "https://" prefix. Usually when a redirect happens the POST array is lost. I Hope this helps!