I'm experienced with PHP, JavaScript and a lot of other scripting languages, but I don't have a lot of experience with Java or Android.
I'm looking for a way to send POST data to a PHP script and display the result.
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You can use the following to send an HTTP-POST request to a URL and receive the response. I always use this:
try {
AsyncHttpClient client = new AsyncHttpClient();
// Http Request Params Object
RequestParams params = new RequestParams();
String u = "B2mGaME";
String au = "gamewrapperB2M";
// String mob = "880xxxxxxxxxx";
params.put("usr", u.toString());
params.put("aut", au.toString());
params.put("uph", MobileNo.toString());
// params.put("uph", mob.toString());
client.post("http://196.6.13.01:88/ws/game_wrapper_reg_check.php", params, new AsyncHttpResponseHandler() {
@Override
public void onSuccess(String response) {
playStatus = response;
//////Get your Response/////
Log.i(getClass().getSimpleName(), "Response SP Status. " + playStatus);
}
@Override
public void onFailure(Throwable throwable) {
super.onFailure(throwable);
}
});
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
You Also need to Add bellow Jar file in libs folder
android-async-http-1.3.1.jar
Finally, I have edit your build.gradle:
dependencies {
compile files('libs/<android-async-http-1.3.1.jar>')
}
In the last Rebuild your project.
You can POST an HttpRequest using WebServer class and track the response in its listener interface.
WebServer server=new WebServer(getApplicationContext());
server.setOnServerStatusListner(new WebServer.OnServerStatusListner() {
@Override
public void onServerResponded(String responce) {
}
@Override
public void onServerRevoked() {
}
});
Now create a DataRack to bind your data
List<DataRack> racks=new ArrayList<DataRack>();
racks.add(new DataRack("name","Simon"));
racks.add(new DataRack("age","40"));
racks.add(new DataRack("location","Canada"));
Now simply send the POST request with that rack
server.connectWithPOST(MainActivity.this,"http://sangeethnandakumar.esy.es/PROJECTS/PUBLIC_SERVICE/posttest.php",racks);
You need to include my library for this. Documentations here
This is an example of how to POST multi-part data WITHOUT using external Apache libraries:
byte[] buffer = getBuffer();
if(buffer.length > 0) {
String lineEnd = "\r\n";
String twoHyphens = "--";
String boundary = "RQdzAAihJq7Xp1kjraqf";
ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
DataOutputStream dos = new DataOutputStream(baos);
// Send parameter #1
dos.writeBytes(twoHyphens + boundary + lineEnd);
dos.writeBytes("Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"param1\"" + lineEnd);
dos.writeBytes("Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII" + lineEnd);
dos.writeBytes("Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit" + lineEnd);
dos.writeBytes(lineEnd);
dos.writeBytes(myStringData + lineEnd);
// Send parameter #2
//dos.writeBytes(twoHyphens + boundary + lineEnd);
//dos.writeBytes("Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"param2\"" + lineEnd + lineEnd);
//dos.writeBytes("foo2" + lineEnd);
// Send a binary file
dos.writeBytes(twoHyphens + boundary + lineEnd);
dos.writeBytes("Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"param3\";filename=\"test_file.dat\"" + lineEnd);
dos.writeBytes("Content-Type: application/octet-stream" + lineEnd);
dos.writeBytes("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary" + lineEnd);
dos.writeBytes(lineEnd);
dos.write(buffer);
dos.writeBytes(lineEnd);
dos.writeBytes(twoHyphens + boundary + twoHyphens + lineEnd);
dos.flush();
dos.close();
ByteArrayInputStream content = new ByteArrayInputStream(baos.toByteArray());
BasicHttpEntity entity = new BasicHttpEntity();
entity.setContent(content);
HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost(myURL);
httpPost.addHeader("Connection", "Keep-Alive");
httpPost.addHeader("Content-Type", "multipart/form-data; boundary="+boundary);
//MultipartEntity entity = new MultipartEntity();
//entity.addPart("param3", new ByteArrayBody(buffer, "test_file.dat"));
//entity.addPart("param1", new StringBody(myStringData));
httpPost.setEntity(entity);
/*
String httpData = "";
ByteArrayOutputStream baos1 = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
entity.writeTo(baos1);
httpData = baos1.toString("UTF-8");
*/
/*
Header[] hdrs = httpPost.getAllHeaders();
for(Header hdr: hdrs) {
httpData += hdr.getName() + " | " + hdr.getValue() + " |_| ";
}
*/
//Log.e(TAG, "httpPost data: " + httpData);
response = httpClient.execute(httpPost);
}
For me works next :
private sendData() {
JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject();
jsonObject.accumulate("key1", value1);
jsonObject.accumulate("key2", value2);
boolean success = sendPost(SERVER_URL + "/v1/auth", jsonObject);
}
private boolean sendPost(String url, JSONObject parameters) {
boolean requestResult = false;
InputStream inputStream = null;
String result = "";
try {
HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost(url);
String json = "";
json = parameters.toString();
StringEntity se = new StringEntity(json);
httpPost.setEntity(se);
httpPost.setHeader("Accept", "application/json");
httpPost.setHeader("Content-type", "application/json");
HttpResponse httpResponse = httpclient.execute(httpPost);
inputStream = httpResponse.getEntity().getContent();
if (inputStream != null) {
result = convertInputStreamToString(inputStream);
requestResult = true;
} else {
result = "Did not work!";
requestResult = false;
}
System.out.println(result);
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.d("InputStream", e.getLocalizedMessage());
requestResult = false;
}
return requestResult;
}
By this way we can send data with http post method and get result
public class MyHttpPostProjectActivity extends Activity implements OnClickListener {
private EditText usernameEditText;
private EditText passwordEditText;
private Button sendPostReqButton;
private Button clearButton;
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.login);
usernameEditText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.login_username_editText);
passwordEditText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.login_password_editText);
sendPostReqButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.login_sendPostReq_button);
sendPostReqButton.setOnClickListener(this);
clearButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.login_clear_button);
clearButton.setOnClickListener(this);
}
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
if(v.getId() == R.id.login_clear_button){
usernameEditText.setText("");
passwordEditText.setText("");
passwordEditText.setCursorVisible(false);
passwordEditText.setFocusable(false);
usernameEditText.setCursorVisible(true);
passwordEditText.setFocusable(true);
}else if(v.getId() == R.id.login_sendPostReq_button){
String givenUsername = usernameEditText.getEditableText().toString();
String givenPassword = passwordEditText.getEditableText().toString();
System.out.println("Given username :" + givenUsername + " Given password :" + givenPassword);
sendPostRequest(givenUsername, givenPassword);
}
}
private void sendPostRequest(String givenUsername, String givenPassword) {
class SendPostReqAsyncTask extends AsyncTask<String, Void, String>{
@Override
protected String doInBackground(String... params) {
String paramUsername = params[0];
String paramPassword = params[1];
System.out.println("*** doInBackground ** paramUsername " + paramUsername + " paramPassword :" + paramPassword);
HttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
// In a POST request, we don't pass the values in the URL.
//Therefore we use only the web page URL as the parameter of the HttpPost argument
HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost("http://www.nirmana.lk/hec/android/postLogin.php");
// Because we are not passing values over the URL, we should have a mechanism to pass the values that can be
//uniquely separate by the other end.
//To achieve that we use BasicNameValuePair
//Things we need to pass with the POST request
BasicNameValuePair usernameBasicNameValuePair = new BasicNameValuePair("paramUsername", paramUsername);
BasicNameValuePair passwordBasicNameValuePAir = new BasicNameValuePair("paramPassword", paramPassword);
// We add the content that we want to pass with the POST request to as name-value pairs
//Now we put those sending details to an ArrayList with type safe of NameValuePair
List<NameValuePair> nameValuePairList = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
nameValuePairList.add(usernameBasicNameValuePair);
nameValuePairList.add(passwordBasicNameValuePAir);
try {
// UrlEncodedFormEntity is an entity composed of a list of url-encoded pairs.
//This is typically useful while sending an HTTP POST request.
UrlEncodedFormEntity urlEncodedFormEntity = new UrlEncodedFormEntity(nameValuePairList);
// setEntity() hands the entity (here it is urlEncodedFormEntity) to the request.
httpPost.setEntity(urlEncodedFormEntity);
try {
// HttpResponse is an interface just like HttpPost.
//Therefore we can't initialize them
HttpResponse httpResponse = httpClient.execute(httpPost);
// According to the JAVA API, InputStream constructor do nothing.
//So we can't initialize InputStream although it is not an interface
InputStream inputStream = httpResponse.getEntity().getContent();
InputStreamReader inputStreamReader = new InputStreamReader(inputStream);
BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(inputStreamReader);
StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
String bufferedStrChunk = null;
while((bufferedStrChunk = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null){
stringBuilder.append(bufferedStrChunk);
}
return stringBuilder.toString();
} catch (ClientProtocolException cpe) {
System.out.println("First Exception caz of HttpResponese :" + cpe);
cpe.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException ioe) {
System.out.println("Second Exception caz of HttpResponse :" + ioe);
ioe.printStackTrace();
}
} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException uee) {
System.out.println("An Exception given because of UrlEncodedFormEntity argument :" + uee);
uee.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
}
@Override
protected void onPostExecute(String result) {
super.onPostExecute(result);
if(result.equals("working")){
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "HTTP POST is working...", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}else{
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Invalid POST req...", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
}
}
SendPostReqAsyncTask sendPostReqAsyncTask = new SendPostReqAsyncTask();
sendPostReqAsyncTask.execute(givenUsername, givenPassword);
}
}
to @primpop answer I would add how to convert the response in a String:
HttpResponse response = client.execute(request);
HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
if (entity != null) {
InputStream instream = entity.getContent();
String result = RestClient.convertStreamToString(instream);
Log.i("Read from server", result);
}
Better use Apache Commons HttpClient, that is also included in android already. Have a look at Android Developer: Apache HTTP Client Package Summary for general api info.
for Android = > 5
The org.apache.http classes and the AndroidHttpClient class have been deprecated in Android 5.1. These classes are no longer being maintained and you should migrate any app code using these APIs to the URLConnection classes as soon as possible.
https://developer.android.com/about/versions/android-5.1.html#http
Thought of sharing my code using HttpUrlConnection
public String performPostCall(String requestURL,
HashMap<String, String> postDataParams) {
URL url;
String response = "";
try {
url = new URL(requestURL);
HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
conn.setReadTimeout(15000);
conn.setConnectTimeout(15000);
conn.setRequestMethod("GET");
conn.setDoInput(true);
conn.setDoOutput(true);
OutputStream os = conn.getOutputStream();
BufferedWriter writer = new BufferedWriter(
new OutputStreamWriter(os, "UTF-8"));
writer.write(getPostDataString(postDataParams));
writer.flush();
writer.close();
os.close();
int responseCode=conn.getResponseCode();
if (responseCode == 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;
}
...
private String getPostDataString(HashMap<String, String> params) throws UnsupportedEncodingException{
StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
boolean first = true;
for(Map.Entry<String, String> entry : params.entrySet()){
if (first)
first = false;
else
result.append("&");
result.append(URLEncoder.encode(entry.getKey(), "UTF-8"));
result.append("=");
result.append(URLEncoder.encode(entry.getValue(), "UTF-8"));
}
return result.toString();
}
also you can Post method :
conn.setRequestMethod("POST");
Update 21/02/2016
for post request with json , see this example :
public class Empty extends
AsyncTask<Void, Void, Boolean> {
String urlString = "http://www.yoursite.com/";
private final String TAG = "post json example";
private Context context;
private int advertisementId;
public Empty(Context contex, int advertisementId) {
this.context = contex;
this.advertisementId = advertisementId;
}
@Override
protected void onPreExecute() {
Log.e(TAG, "1 - RequestVoteTask is about to start...");
}
@Override
protected Boolean doInBackground(Void... params) {
boolean status = false;
String response = "";
Log.e(TAG, "2 - pre Request to response...");
try {
response = performPostCall(urlString, new HashMap<String, String>() {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
{
put("Accept", "application/json");
put("Content-Type", "application/json");
}
});
Log.e(TAG, "3 - give Response...");
Log.e(TAG, "4 " + response.toString());
} catch (Exception e) {
// displayLoding(false);
Log.e(TAG, "Error ...");
}
Log.e(TAG, "5 - after Response...");
if (!response.equalsIgnoreCase("")) {
try {
Log.e(TAG, "6 - response !empty...");
//
JSONObject jRoot = new JSONObject(response);
JSONObject d = jRoot.getJSONObject("d");
int ResultType = d.getInt("ResultType");
Log.e("ResultType", ResultType + "");
if (ResultType == 1) {
status = true;
}
} catch (JSONException e) {
// displayLoding(false);
// e.printStackTrace();
Log.e(TAG, "Error " + e.getMessage());
} finally {
}
} else {
Log.e(TAG, "6 - response is empty...");
status = false;
}
return status;
}
@Override
protected void onPostExecute(Boolean result) {
//
Log.e(TAG, "7 - onPostExecute ...");
if (result) {
Log.e(TAG, "8 - Update UI ...");
// setUpdateUI(adv);
} else {
Log.e(TAG, "8 - Finish ...");
// displayLoding(false);
// finish();
}
}
public String performPostCall(String requestURL,
HashMap<String, String> postDataParams) {
URL url;
String response = "";
try {
url = new URL(requestURL);
HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
conn.setReadTimeout(context.getResources().getInteger(
R.integer.maximum_timeout_to_server));
conn.setConnectTimeout(context.getResources().getInteger(
R.integer.maximum_timeout_to_server));
conn.setRequestMethod("POST");
conn.setDoInput(true);
conn.setDoOutput(true);
conn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json");
Log.e(TAG, "11 - url : " + requestURL);
/*
* JSON
*/
JSONObject root = new JSONObject();
//
String token = Static.getPrefsToken(context);
root.put("securityInfo", Static.getSecurityInfo(context));
root.put("advertisementId", advertisementId);
Log.e(TAG, "12 - root : " + root.toString());
String str = root.toString();
byte[] outputBytes = str.getBytes("UTF-8");
OutputStream os = conn.getOutputStream();
os.write(outputBytes);
int responseCode = conn.getResponseCode();
Log.e(TAG, "13 - responseCode : " + responseCode);
if (responseCode == HttpsURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {
Log.e(TAG, "14 - HTTP_OK");
String line;
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
conn.getInputStream()));
while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
response += line;
}
} else {
Log.e(TAG, "14 - False - HTTP_OK");
response = "";
}
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return response;
}
}
UPDATE 24/08/2016
Use some best library , such as :
because :
On lower API levels (mostly on Gingerbread and Froyo), HttpUrlConnection and HttpClient are far from being perfect
Since the introduction of Honeycomb (API 11), it's been mandatory to perform network operations on a separate thread, different from the main thread
If you just want to append data to the Url You can do so by using HttpUrlConnection since HttpClient is now deprecated. A better way would be to use a library like-
Volley Retrofit
We can post data to the php script and fetch result and display it by using this code performed Through AsyncTask class.
private class LongOperation extends AsyncTask<String, Void, Void> {
// Required initialization
private String Content;
private String Error = null;
private ProgressDialog Dialog = new ProgressDialog(Login.this);
String data ="";
int sizeData = 0;
protected void onPreExecute() {
// NOTE: You can call UI Element here.
//Start Progress Dialog (Message)
Dialog.setMessage("Please wait..");
Dialog.show();
Dialog.setCancelable(false);
Dialog.setCanceledOnTouchOutside(false);
try{
// Set Request parameter
data +="&" + URLEncoder.encode("username", "UTF-8") + "="+edittext.getText();
} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
// Call after onPreExecute method
protected Void doInBackground(String... urls) {
/************ Make Post Call To Web Server ***********/
BufferedReader reader=null;
// Send data
try
{
// Defined URL where to send data
URL url = new URL(urls[0]);
// Send POST data request
URLConnection conn = url.openConnection();
conn.setConnectTimeout(5000);//define connection timeout
conn.setReadTimeout(5000);//define read timeout
conn.setDoOutput(true);
OutputStreamWriter wr = new OutputStreamWriter(conn.getOutputStream());
wr.write( data );
wr.flush();
// Get the server response
reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream()));
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
String line = null;
// Read Server Response
while((line = reader.readLine()) != null)
{
// Append server response in string
sb.append(line + " ");
}
// Append Server Response To Content String
Content = sb.toString();
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
Error = ex.getMessage();
}
finally
{
try
{
reader.close();
}
catch(Exception ex) {}
}
return null;
}
protected void onPostExecute(Void unused) {
// NOTE: You can call UI Element here.
// Close progress dialog
Dialog.dismiss();
if (Error != null) {
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Error encountered",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
else {
try {
JSONObject jsonRootObject = new JSONObject(Content);
JSONObject json2 =jsonRootObject.getJSONObject("jsonkey");//pass jsonkey here
String id =json2.optString("id").toString();//parse json to string through parameters
//the result is stored in string id. you can display it now
} catch (JSONException e) {e.printStackTrace();}
}
}
}
But using libraries such as volley or retrofit is much better option because Asynctask class and HttpurlConnection is slower compared to libraries. Also the library will fetch everything and is faster as well.
I found this helpful example with this video tutorial.
Connector Class:
package com.tutorials.hp.mysqlinsert;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
/**
* Created by Oclemmy on 3/31/2016 for ProgrammingWizards Channel.
*/
public class Connector {
/*
1.SHALL HELP US ESTABLISH A CONNECTION TO THE NETWORK
2. WE ARE MAKING A POST REQUEST
*/
public static HttpURLConnection connect(String urlAddress) {
try
{
URL url=new URL(urlAddress);
HttpURLConnection con= (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
//SET PROPERTIES
con.setRequestMethod("POST");
con.setConnectTimeout(20000);
con.setReadTimeout(20000);
con.setDoInput(true);
con.setDoOutput(true);
//RETURN
return con;
} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
}
}
DataPackager Class:
package com.tutorials.hp.mysqlinsert;
import org.json.JSONException;
import org.json.JSONObject;
import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import java.net.URLEncoder;
import java.util.Iterator;
/**
* Created by Oclemmy on 3/31/2016 for ProgrammingWizards Channel.
* 1.BASICALLY PACKS DATA WE WANNA SEND
*/
public class DataPackager {
String name,position,team;
/*
SECTION 1.RECEIVE ALL DATA WE WANNA SEND
*/
public DataPackager(String name, String position, String team) {
this.name = name;
this.position = position;
this.team = team;
}
/*
SECTION 2
1.PACK THEM INTO A JSON OBJECT
2. READ ALL THIS DATA AND ENCODE IT INTO A FROMAT THAT CAN BE SENT VIA NETWORK
*/
public String packData()
{
JSONObject jo=new JSONObject();
StringBuffer packedData=new StringBuffer();
try
{
jo.put("Name",name);
jo.put("Position",position);
jo.put("Team",team);
Boolean firstValue=true;
Iterator it=jo.keys();
do {
String key=it.next().toString();
String value=jo.get(key).toString();
if(firstValue)
{
firstValue=false;
}else
{
packedData.append("&");
}
packedData.append(URLEncoder.encode(key,"UTF-8"));
packedData.append("=");
packedData.append(URLEncoder.encode(value,"UTF-8"));
}while (it.hasNext());
return packedData.toString();
} catch (JSONException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
}
}
Sender Class:
package com.tutorials.hp.mysqlinsert;
import android.app.ProgressDialog;
import android.content.Context;
import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.Toast;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.BufferedWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
/**
* Created by Oclemmy on 3/31/2016 for ProgrammingWizards Channel and Camposha.com.
* 1.SEND DATA FROM EDITTEXT OVER THE NETWORK
* 2.DO IT IN BACKGROUND THREAD
* 3.READ RESPONSE FROM A SERVER
*/
public class Sender extends AsyncTask<Void,Void,String> {
Context c;
String urlAddress;
EditText nameTxt,posTxt,teamTxt;
String name,pos,team;
ProgressDialog pd;
/*
1.OUR CONSTRUCTOR
2.RECEIVE CONTEXT,URL ADDRESS AND EDITTEXTS FROM OUR MAINACTIVITY
*/
public Sender(Context c, String urlAddress,EditText...editTexts) {
this.c = c;
this.urlAddress = urlAddress;
//INPUT EDITTEXTS
this.nameTxt=editTexts[0];
this.posTxt=editTexts[1];
this.teamTxt=editTexts[2];
//GET TEXTS FROM EDITEXTS
name=nameTxt.getText().toString();
pos=posTxt.getText().toString();
team=teamTxt.getText().toString();
}
/*
1.SHOW PROGRESS DIALOG WHILE DOWNLOADING DATA
*/
@Override
protected void onPreExecute() {
super.onPreExecute();
pd=new ProgressDialog(c);
pd.setTitle("Send");
pd.setMessage("Sending..Please wait");
pd.show();
}
/*
1.WHERE WE SEND DATA TO NETWORK
2.RETURNS FOR US A STRING
*/
@Override
protected String doInBackground(Void... params) {
return this.send();
}
/*
1. CALLED WHEN JOB IS OVER
2. WE DISMISS OUR PD
3.RECEIVE A STRING FROM DOINBACKGROUND
*/
@Override
protected void onPostExecute(String response) {
super.onPostExecute(response);
pd.dismiss();
if(response != null)
{
//SUCCESS
Toast.makeText(c,response,Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
nameTxt.setText("");
posTxt.setText("");
teamTxt.setText("");
}else
{
//NO SUCCESS
Toast.makeText(c,"Unsuccessful "+response,Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
}
/*
SEND DATA OVER THE NETWORK
RECEIVE AND RETURN A RESPONSE
*/
private String send()
{
//CONNECT
HttpURLConnection con=Connector.connect(urlAddress);
if(con==null)
{
return null;
}
try
{
OutputStream os=con.getOutputStream();
//WRITE
BufferedWriter bw=new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(os,"UTF-8"));
bw.write(new DataPackager(name,pos,team).packData());
bw.flush();
//RELEASE RES
bw.close();
os.close();
//HAS IT BEEN SUCCESSFUL?
int responseCode=con.getResponseCode();
if(responseCode==con.HTTP_OK)
{
//GET EXACT RESPONSE
BufferedReader br=new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
StringBuffer response=new StringBuffer();
String line;
//READ LINE BY LINE
while ((line=br.readLine()) != null)
{
response.append(line);
}
//RELEASE RES
br.close();
return response.toString();
}else
{
}
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
}
}
MainActivity:
package com.tutorials.hp.mysqlinsert;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
/*
1.OUR LAUNCHER ACTIVITY
2.INITIALIZE SOME UI STUFF
3.WE START SENDER ON BUTTON CLICK
*/
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
String urlAddress="http://10.0.2.2/android/poster.php";
EditText nameTxt,posTxt,teamTxt;
Button saveBtn;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
//INITIALIZE UI FIELDS
nameTxt= (EditText) findViewById(R.id.nameEditTxt);
posTxt= (EditText) findViewById(R.id.posEditTxt);
teamTxt= (EditText) findViewById(R.id.teamEditTxt);
saveBtn= (Button) findViewById(R.id.saveBtn);
saveBtn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
//START ASYNC TASK
Sender s=new Sender(MainActivity.this,urlAddress,nameTxt,posTxt,teamTxt);
s.execute();
}
});
}
}
ContentMain.xml:
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
app:layout_behavior="@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior"
tools:context="com.tutorials.hp.mysqlinsert.MainActivity"
tools:showIn="@layout/activity_main">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Hello World!" />
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_marginTop="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:paddingLeft="15dp"
android:paddingRight="15dp"
android:paddingTop="50dp">
<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
android:id="@+id/nameLayout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<EditText
android:id="@+id/nameEditTxt"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:singleLine="true"
android:hint= "Name" />
</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>
<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
android:id="@+id/teamLayout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<EditText
android:id="@+id/teamEditTxt"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="Description" />
</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>
<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
android:id="@+id/posLayout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<EditText
android:id="@+id/posEditTxt"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="Position" />
<!--android:inputType="textPassword"-->
</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>
<Button android:id="@+id/saveBtn"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Save"
android:clickable="true"
android:background="@color/colorAccent"
android:layout_marginTop="40dp"
android:textColor="@android:color/white"/>
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
You can use URLConnection with setDoOutput(true), getOutputStream() (for sending data), and getInputStream() (for receiving). Sun has an example for exactly this.
Method to post data as HTTP request,
public static InputStream callPostService(String Url,
List<NameValuePair> data) {
HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost(Url);
try {
httppost.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(data));
HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httppost);
HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
return entity.getContent();
} catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
}
Use the open source okHttp library from Square. okHttp works from Android 2.3 and up and has an Apache 2.0 license on GitHub.
Sending POST data is as simple as adding the following in an AsyncTask:
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
RequestBody formBody = new FormBody.Builder()
.add("email", emailString) // A sample POST field
.add("comment", commentString) // Another sample POST field
.build();
Request request = new Request.Builder()
.url("https://yourdomain.org/callback.php") // The URL to send the data to
.post(formBody)
.build();
okHttp also has a namespace on maven, so adding it to your Android Studio project is simple. Just add compile 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.11.0' to your app's build.gradle.
Complete Code
Add the following to your activity:
public class CallAPI extends AsyncTask<String, String, String> {
String emailString;
String commentString;
public CallAPI(String email, String commnt){
emailString = email;
commentString = commnt;
}
@Override
protected void onPreExecute() {
super.onPreExecute();
}
@Override
protected String doInBackground(String... params) {
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
RequestBody formBody = new FormBody.Builder()
.add("email", emailString) // A sample POST field
.add("comment", commentString) // Another sample POST field
.build();
Request request = new Request.Builder()
.url("https://yourdomain.org/callback.php") // The URL to send the data to
.post(formBody)
.build();
return "";
}
@Override
protected void onPostExecute(String s) {
super.onPostExecute(s);
}
}
And call it using:
new CallAPI(emailString, commentString).execute();
In newer versions of Android you have to put all web I/O requests into a new thread. AsyncTask works best for small requests.
Source: Stackoverflow.com