GZipped content in http response of GET request using async-http-library for Android

Question

I'm trying to access Google's geocode API using Android-Async-http library in my app. Here is my request and below is response:

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Here is success callback method of AsyncHttpResponseHandler.

@Override
public void onSuccess(int statusCode, Header[] headers, byte[] responseBody) {
    if (statusCode == HttpStatus.SC_OK) {
        try {
            String response = new String(responseBody);
            //String response = new String(responseBody, "UTF-8"); //this is also giving junk reponse
            Log.v("SUCCESS RESPONSE", response);
            networkCallback.onSuccess(response);
        }catch (Exception e){
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

Why am i getting the response as junk? How do I get proper response?

What is the type of response? is it JSON or String?. May be your converting JSON Response as String. — Madhukar Hebbar, Jan 04 '16 at 10:12
@MadhukarHebbar : Google's geocode API can return the response in json and xml formats. I have specified that in my request url which is json. — Santhosh, Jan 04 '16 at 10:14
Yes Then you need to receive it as JSON right? like this `@Override public void onSuccess(int statusCode, Header[] headers, JSONObject response) { // If the response is JSONObject }` — Madhukar Hebbar, Jan 04 '16 at 10:14
@MadhukarHebbar : There is no such that method in Android-async-http library. It just gives the http response in byte array format. So I'm converting byte array to string and then json object — Santhosh, Jan 04 '16 at 10:18
What is the character encoding according to the HTTP header? — Bart Friederichs, Jan 04 '16 at 10:22
May be i am wrong but please check [here](http://stackoverflow.com/a/16790526/4596556) and [here](https://loopj.com/android-async-http/doc/com/loopj/android/http/ResponseHandlerInterface.html) — Madhukar Hebbar, Jan 04 '16 at 10:24
@BartFriederichs : Yes. It is enabled. Do I need to change it? If so, How do I change it? — Santhosh, Jan 04 '16 at 11:05
You can change it in your request headers, or enable gzip in your receiving side. Refer to the library's documentation for that. It says it supports automatic gzip, so I reckon you have some mistakes in your request. — Bart Friederichs, Jan 04 '16 at 11:33
Another solution might be to manually unzip the data you get. — Bart Friederichs, Jan 04 '16 at 11:34

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 04 '16 at 10:39

Try this :

   @Override
        public void onSuccess(int statusCode, Header[] headers, JSONObject response) {
            super.onSuccess(statusCode, headers, response);
            MyLog.log(TAG, response.toString());
            // if is Jsonobjec     
            }

 @Override
        public void onSuccess(int statusCode, Header[] headers, JSONArray response) {
            super.onSuccess(statusCode, headers, response);
             MyLog.log(TAG, response.toString());
            // if is JsonArray    
        }

Or you want get response string:

 @Override
        public void onSuccess(int statusCode, Header[] headers, String responseString) {
            super.onSuccess(statusCode, headers, responseString);
        }

It is returing gzipped content instead of JSON – Santhosh Jan 04 '16 at 11:15 — Santhosh, Jan 04 '16 at 11:15

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 07 '16 at 06:33

0

Used

 compile 'com.loopj.android:android-async-http:1.4.9'

instead of 1.4.5

answered Jan 07 '16 at 06:33

Santhosh

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GZipped content in http response of GET request using async-http-library for Android

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