Android™

HTTP POST with XML Body

Demonstrates sending an HTTP POST with a XML body. 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;

    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();

    // Implements the following CURL command:

    // curl -X POST https://example.com/StockQuote \
    //   -H "Host: www.example.org" \
    //   -H "Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8" \
    //   -H "SOAPAction: http://www.example.org/StockPrice" \
    //   -d '<?xml version="1.0"?>
    // 
    // <soap:Envelope
    // xmlns:soap="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope/"
    // soap:encodingStyle="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-encoding">
    // 
    // <soap:Body xmlns:m="http://www.example.org/stock">
    //   <m:GetStockPrice>
    //     <m:StockName>IBM</m:StockName>
    //   </m:GetStockPrice>
    // </soap:Body>
    // 
    // </soap:Envelope>'

    // Use the following online tool to generate HTTP code from a CURL command
    // Convert a cURL Command to HTTP Source Code

    // Use this online tool to generate code from sample XML:
    // Generate Code to Create XML

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Also see Chilkat's Online WSDL Code Generator
    // to generate code and SOAP Request and Response XML for each operation in a WSDL.
    // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    // The following XML is sent in the request body.

    // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    // <soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope/" soap:encodingStyle="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-encoding">
    //     <soap:Body xmlns:m="http://www.example.org/stock">
    //         <m:GetStockPrice>
    //             <m:StockName>IBM</m:StockName>
    //         </m:GetStockPrice>
    //     </soap:Body>
    // </soap:Envelope>
    // 

    CkXml xml = new CkXml();
    xml.put_Tag("soap:Envelope");
    xml.AddAttribute("xmlns:soap","http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope/");
    xml.AddAttribute("soap:encodingStyle","http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-encoding");
    xml.UpdateAttrAt("soap:Body",true,"xmlns:m","http://www.example.org/stock");
    xml.UpdateChildContent("soap:Body|m:GetStockPrice|m:StockName","IBM");

    http.SetRequestHeader("SOAPAction","http://www.example.org/StockPrice");
    http.SetRequestHeader("Host","www.example.org");
    http.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8");

    CkStringBuilder sbRequestBody = new CkStringBuilder();
    xml.GetXmlSb(sbRequestBody);

    CkHttpResponse resp = new CkHttpResponse();
    success = http.HttpSb("POST","https://example.com/StockQuote",sbRequestBody,"utf-8","application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8",resp);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, String.valueOf(resp.get_StatusCode()));
    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."
  }
}