[android] How to set custom header in Volley Request

How can custom headers be set for a Volley request? At the moment, there is way to set body content for a POST request. I've a simple GET request, but I need to pass the custom headers alongwith. I don't see how JsonRequest class supports it. Is it possible at all?

The accepted answer with getParams() is for setting POST body data, but the question in the title asked how to set HTTP headers like User-Agent. As CommonsWare said, you override getHeaders(). Here's some sample code which sets the User-Agent to 'Nintendo Gameboy' and Accept-Language to 'fr':

public void requestWithSomeHttpHeaders() {
    RequestQueue queue = Volley.newRequestQueue(this);
    String url = "http://www.somewebsite.com";
    StringRequest getRequest = new StringRequest(Request.Method.GET, url, 
        new Response.Listener<String>() 
        {
            @Override
            public void onResponse(String response) {
                // response
                Log.d("Response", response);
            }
        }, 
        new Response.ErrorListener() 
        {
            @Override
            public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                Log.d("ERROR","error => "+error.toString());
            }
        }
    ) {     
        @Override
        public Map<String, String> getHeaders() throws AuthFailureError { 
                Map<String, String>  params = new HashMap<String, String>();  
                params.put("User-Agent", "Nintendo Gameboy");  
                params.put("Accept-Language", "fr");

                return params;  
        }
    };
    queue.add(getRequest);

}

In Kotlin,

You have to override getHeaders() method like :

val volleyEnrollRequest = object : JsonObjectRequest(GET_POST_PARAM, TARGET_URL, PAYLOAD_BODY_IF_YOU_WISH,
            Response.Listener {
                // Success Part  
            },

            Response.ErrorListener {
                // Failure Part
            }
        ) {
            // Providing Request Headers

            override fun getHeaders(): Map<String, String> {
               // Create HashMap of your Headers as the example provided below

                val headers = HashMap<String, String>()
                headers["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
                headers["app_id"] = APP_ID
                headers["app_key"] = API_KEY

                return headers
            }
        }

Looking for solution to this problem as well. see something here: http://developer.android.com/training/volley/request.html

is it a good idea to directly use ImageRequest instead of ImageLoader? Seems ImageLoader uses it internally anyway. Does it miss anything important other than ImageLoader's cache support?

ImageView mImageView;
String url = "http://i.imgur.com/7spzG.png";
mImageView = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.myImage);
...

// Retrieves an image specified by the URL, displays it in the UI.
mRequestQueue = Volley.newRequestQueue(context);;
ImageRequest request = new ImageRequest(url,
  new Response.Listener() {
      @Override
      public void onResponse(Bitmap bitmap) {
          mImageView.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
      }
  }, 0, 0, null,
  new Response.ErrorListener() {
      public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) {
          mImageView.setImageResource(R.drawable.image_load_error);
      }
  })   {
    @Override
    public Map<String, String> getHeaders() throws AuthFailureError {
        Map<String, String> params = new Map<String, String>();
        params.put("User-Agent", "one");
        params.put("header22", "two");

        return params;
    };
mRequestQueue.add(request);

public class CustomJsonObjectRequest  extends JsonObjectRequest
{
    public CustomJsonObjectRequest(int method, String url, JSONObject jsonRequest,Response.Listener listener, Response.ErrorListener errorListener)
    {
        super(method, url, jsonRequest, listener, errorListener);
    }


@Override
public Map getHeaders() throws AuthFailureError {
    Map headers = new HashMap();
    headers.put("AppId", "xyz");

    return headers;
}

}

If what you need is to post data instead of adding the info in the url.

public Request post(String url, String username, String password, 
      Listener listener, ErrorListener errorListener) {
  JSONObject params = new JSONObject();
  params.put("user", username);
  params.put("pass", password);
  Request req = new Request(
     Method.POST,
     url,
     params.toString(),
     listener,
     errorListener
  );

  return req;
}

If what you want to do is edit the headers in the request this is what you want to do:

// could be any class that implements Map
Map<String, String> mHeaders = new ArrayMap<String, String>();
mHeaders.put("user", USER);
mHeaders.put("pass", PASSWORD);
Request req = new Request(url, postBody, listener, errorListener) {
  public Map<String, String> getHeaders() {
    return mHeaders;
  }
}

try this

{
    @Override
       public Map<String, String> getHeaders() throws AuthFailureError {
           String bearer = "Bearer ".concat(token);
            Map<String, String> headersSys = super.getHeaders();
            Map<String, String> headers = new HashMap<String, String>();
            headersSys.remove("Authorization");
            headers.put("Authorization", bearer);
            headers.putAll(headersSys);
            return headers;
       }
};

You can see this solution. It shows how to get/set cookies, but cookies are just one of the headers in a request/response. You have to override one of the Volley's *Request classes and set the required headers in getHeaders()

Here is the linked source:

public class StringRequest extends com.android.volley.toolbox.StringRequest {

private final Map<String, String> _params;

/**
 * @param method
 * @param url
 * @param params
 *            A {@link HashMap} to post with the request. Null is allowed
 *            and indicates no parameters will be posted along with request.
 * @param listener
 * @param errorListener
 */
public StringRequest(int method, String url, Map<String, String> params, Listener<String> listener,
        ErrorListener errorListener) {
    super(method, url, listener, errorListener);

    _params = params;
}

@Override
protected Map<String, String> getParams() {
    return _params;
}

/* (non-Javadoc)
 * @see com.android.volley.toolbox.StringRequest#parseNetworkResponse(com.android.volley.NetworkResponse)
 */
@Override
protected Response<String> parseNetworkResponse(NetworkResponse response) {
    // since we don't know which of the two underlying network vehicles
    // will Volley use, we have to handle and store session cookies manually
    MyApp.get().checkSessionCookie(response.headers);

    return super.parseNetworkResponse(response);
}

/* (non-Javadoc)
 * @see com.android.volley.Request#getHeaders()
 */
@Override
public Map<String, String> getHeaders() throws AuthFailureError {
    Map<String, String> headers = super.getHeaders();

    if (headers == null
            || headers.equals(Collections.emptyMap())) {
        headers = new HashMap<String, String>();
    }

    MyApp.get().addSessionCookie(headers);

    return headers;
}

}

And MyApp class:

public class MyApp extends Application {
    private static final String SET_COOKIE_KEY = "Set-Cookie";
    private static final String COOKIE_KEY = "Cookie";
    private static final String SESSION_COOKIE = "sessionid";

    private static MyApp _instance;
    private RequestQueue _requestQueue;
    private SharedPreferences _preferences;

    public static MyApp get() {
        return _instance;
    }

    @Override
    public void onCreate() {
        super.onCreate();
        _instance = this;
            _preferences = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);
        _requestQueue = Volley.newRequestQueue(this);
    }

    public RequestQueue getRequestQueue() {
        return _requestQueue;
    }


    /**
     * Checks the response headers for session cookie and saves it
     * if it finds it.
     * @param headers Response Headers.
     */
    public final void checkSessionCookie(Map<String, String> headers) {
        if (headers.containsKey(SET_COOKIE_KEY)
                && headers.get(SET_COOKIE_KEY).startsWith(SESSION_COOKIE)) {
                String cookie = headers.get(SET_COOKIE_KEY);
                if (cookie.length() > 0) {
                    String[] splitCookie = cookie.split(";");
                    String[] splitSessionId = splitCookie[0].split("=");
                    cookie = splitSessionId[1];
                    Editor prefEditor = _preferences.edit();
                    prefEditor.putString(SESSION_COOKIE, cookie);
                    prefEditor.commit();
                }
            }
    }

    /**
     * Adds session cookie to headers if exists.
     * @param headers
     */
    public final void addSessionCookie(Map<String, String> headers) {
        String sessionId = _preferences.getString(SESSION_COOKIE, "");
        if (sessionId.length() > 0) {
            StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
            builder.append(SESSION_COOKIE);
            builder.append("=");
            builder.append(sessionId);
            if (headers.containsKey(COOKIE_KEY)) {
                builder.append("; ");
                builder.append(headers.get(COOKIE_KEY));
            }
            headers.put(COOKIE_KEY, builder.toString());
        }
    }

}

As addition I'd like to share something I found regarding the Content-Type: On top of

@Override
public Map<String, String> getHeaders() throws AuthFailureError {
Map<String, String> params = new HashMap<String, String>();
.
.
.
return params;
}

I had to add:

@Override
public String getBodyContentType() {
return /*(for exmaple)*/ "application/json";
}

Don't ask me why, I just thought it might help some others that can't get the Content-Type set right.

You can make a custom Request class that extends the StringRequest and override the getHeaders() method inside it like this:

public class CustomVolleyRequest extends StringRequest {

    public CustomVolleyRequest(int method, String url,
                           Response.Listener<String> listener,
                           Response.ErrorListener errorListener) {
        super(method, url, listener, errorListener);
    }

    @Override
    public Map<String, String> getHeaders() throws AuthFailureError {
        Map<String, String> headers = new HashMap<>();
        headers.put("key1","value1");
        headers.put("key2","value2");
        return headers;
    }
}

try this

 public void VolleyPostReqWithResponseListenerwithHeaders(String URL,final Map<String, String> params,final Map<String, String> headers,Response.Listener<String> responseListener) {


    String url = URL;

    Log.i("url:", ":" + url);
    StringRequest mStringRequest = new StringRequest(Request.Method.POST,
            url, responseListener, new Response.ErrorListener() {
        @Override
        public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) {
            // error


            //Log.d("Error.Response", error.getLocalizedMessage());
        }
    }){
        @Override
        protected Map<String, String> getParams() {
            return params;
        }

        @Override
        public Map<String, String> getHeaders() throws AuthFailureError {
            return headers;
        }
    };



    mStringRequest.setRetryPolicy(new DefaultRetryPolicy(
            60000,
            DefaultRetryPolicy.DEFAULT_MAX_RETRIES,
            DefaultRetryPolicy.DEFAULT_BACKOFF_MULT));

    mStringRequest.setShouldCache(true);



    //  dialog.show();
    SingletonRequestQueue.getInstance(context).addToRequestQueue(mStringRequest);
}

That is my code, dont forget = object: if don't put don't works

val queue = Volley.newRequestQueue(this)
        val url = "http://35.237.133.137:8080/lamarrullaWS/rest/lamarrullaAPI"
        // Request a string response from the provided URL.
        val jsonObjectRequest = object: JsonObjectRequest(Request.Method.GET, url, null,
                Response.Listener { response ->
                    txtPrueba.text = "Response: %s".format(response.toString())
                },
                Response.ErrorListener { txtPrueba.text = "That didn't work!" }
        )
        {
            @Throws(AuthFailureError::class)
            override fun getHeaders(): Map<String, String> {
                val headers = HashMap<String, String>()
                headers.put("Content-Type", "application/json")
                return headers
            }
        }
        queue.add(jsonObjectRequest)

Here is setting headers from github sample:

StringRequest myReq = new StringRequest(Method.POST,
                       "http://ave.bolyartech.com/params.php",
                        createMyReqSuccessListener(),
                        createMyReqErrorListener()) {

 protected Map<String, String> getParams() throws 
         com.android.volley.AuthFailureError {
                        Map<String, String> params = new HashMap<String, String>();
                        params.put("param1", num1);
                        params.put("param2", num2);
                        return params;
                    };
                };
                queue.add(myReq);