Send data to server and handle response - Android

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I'm trying to post data to a this webservice, but seems I cannot get this right! So Im trying to post json to the server but I dont know how to do that. I need to send this example json in order to get a json responce:

Content-Type : application/json HTTPMethod : POST HTTPBody : {"CouponVerificationCode":"594952223490","ApiKey":"zFyWQDYUKXQQpvG86snPD1OSslr7Q6DGEGbQ1f7P2YeTxB56y","Token":"_2_jx1YFvTZGGLNtJBoDW3gDZmNNAGpTWzT7dC6GrNAIkhhX9PWv75b776gq1ZO_2_SxMJjq8_2_kaDMyxX59HczOyaw=="}

but instead of getting a json responce i get html responce. Can someone please help me solve this issue?

This is the code im using to communicate with the server:

public static String makeRequest(String path) throws Exception {

        DefaultHttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
        HttpPost httpost = new HttpPost(path);
        JSONObject holder = new JSONObject();
        // holder.accumulate(name, value)


        String test = "{\"ApiKey\":\"somekey\","
                + "\"OperativeSystem\":\"0\","
                + "\"AppVersion\":\"1\","
                + "\"WebServiceVersion\":\"1\"}";
        StringEntity se = new StringEntity(test);
        Log.v("--", test);
        httpost.setEntity(se);
        httpost.setHeader("Accept", "application/json");
        httpost.setHeader("Content-type", "application/json");

        ResponseHandler responseHandler = new BasicResponseHandler();
        String response = httpclient.execute(httpost, responseHandler);
        // HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
        Log.v("--", response);
        return response;
    }

You sure that's the correct url and it accepts json data?? I used to fiddler to trace the request sent when you fill in the details at the provided url. And its posting form data not Json. Please provide the correct url. — Gaurav, Feb 26 '14 at 18:30
@Gaurav that is the url that is provided to me, do you think maybe the url is wrong? — Darko Petkovski, Feb 26 '14 at 18:34
@DarkoPetkovski - You need to confirm the following combination url ,request type,request content type. If one of them isn't right you won't be able to hit the webservice correctly. — Gaurav, Feb 26 '14 at 18:46

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 26 '14 at 18:19

Try Using httpGet instead of httpPost. here is my working code:

            HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();

            // make GET request to the given URL
            HttpGet httpGet =new HttpGet(url);
            String User =  context.getString(R.string.json_uname);
            String Password =  context.getString(R.string.json_pwd);
            httpGet.setHeader("Authorization", "Basic "+ new String(Base64.encode((User +":"+ Password).getBytes(),Base64.NO_WRAP )));

            HttpResponse httpResponse = httpclient.execute(httpGet);

            // receive response as inputStream
            inputStream = httpResponse.getEntity().getContent();

            // convert inputstream to string
            if(inputStream != null)
            {
                //convertInputStreamToString(inputStream);
                BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream, "UTF-8"));
                String json = reader.readLine();
                JSONTokener tokener = new JSONTokener(json);
                 finalResult = new JSONArray(tokener);
            }
            else
                 finalResult =null;

Send data to server and handle response - Android

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