Android™

Example: Http.HttpBd method

Shows how to use the HttpBd method to send an HTTP POST request with the contents of a BinData as the request body. The example sends the following request:

POST /api/v1/sites/123/deploys HTTP/1.1
Host: example.com
Accept: */*
Accept-Encoding: gzip
Content-Type: application/zip
Content-Length: 123456

[binary data bytes of the BinData]

Also see: Chilkat Http Default and Auto-Filled Headers

Android™

// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    boolean success = false;

    String localFilePath = "C:/example/zips/data.zip";
    CkBinData bd = new CkBinData();
    success = bd.LoadFile(localFilePath);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, bd.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    String url = "https://example.com/api/v1/sites/123/deploys";

    //  Send a POST with the contents of the BinData in the binary HTTP request body.
    CkHttpResponse resp = new CkHttpResponse();
    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();
    success = http.HttpBd("POST",url,bd,"application/zip",resp);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, "Response Status Code: " + String.valueOf(resp.get_StatusCode()));
    Log.i(TAG, "Response body:");
    Log.i(TAG, resp.bodyStr());

  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}