(Android™) Example: Http.HttpReq method

Demonstrates how to call the HttpReq method.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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// 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;

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();
    success = false;

    // This example will send an HTTP POST with the body of the HTTP request containing JSON.

    // Create the following JSON: { "name": "Harry", "state": "FL" }

    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    json.UpdateString("name","Harry");
    json.UpdateString("state","FL");

    // Specify the details of the request
    CkHttpRequest req = new CkHttpRequest();

    req.put_HttpVerb("POST");
    req.put_ContentType("application/json");
    req.LoadBodyFromString(json.emit(),"utf-8");

    // Send the charset attribute in the HTTP request header.
    req.put_SendCharset(true);
    req.put_Charset("utf-8");

    // Send the POST
    // You can send the POST to the URL below.  
    // The response will contain the raw body of the request that was sent.
    // (i.e. everything except the HTTP request header).

    CkHttpResponse resp = new CkHttpResponse();
    success = http.HttpReq("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/echo_request_body.asp",req,resp);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Examine the HTTP request header we sent:
    Log.i(TAG, http.lastHeader());

    // The response body contains the raw content of the HTTP request body we sent.
    Log.i(TAG, resp.bodyStr());

    // Sample output:

    // POST /echo_request_body.asp HTTP/1.1
    // Host: www.chilkatsoft.com
    // Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
    // Content-Length: 29
    // 
    // 
    // {"name":"Harry","state":"FL"}

  }

  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."
  }
}