Android™

Demonstrates the Http.QuickRequestParams Method

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Demonstrates how to use the Http.QuickRequestParams method. This is where query params can be provided non-URL-encoded in JSON format. 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();

    // Demonstrate sending a GET request with query parameters.
    CkJsonObject queryParams = new CkJsonObject();
    queryParams.UpdateInt("limit",100);
    queryParams.UpdateString("email","joe@example.com");
    queryParams.UpdateString("token","VGhlIHF1aWNrIGJyb3duIGZveCBqdW1wZWQgb3ZlciB0aGUgbGF6eSBkb2cuLi4=");

    // Set a session log filename so we can examine the exact request that is sent.
    String sessionLogPath = "qa_output/sessionLog.txt";
    http.put_SessionLogFilename(sessionLogPath);

    // Send the GET request to an endpoint.  We don't care about the response. The purpose of this example
    // is to see the exact HTTP request that is sent..
    CkHttpResponse resp = new CkHttpResponse();
    success = http.HttpParams("GET","https://www.chilkatsoft.com/echoPostBody.asp",queryParams,resp);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    CkFileAccess fac = new CkFileAccess();
    String sessionLog = fac.readEntireTextFile(sessionLogPath,"utf-8");
    Log.i(TAG, sessionLog);
    success = fac.FileDelete(sessionLogPath);

    // This is the exact GET request that was sent.
    // Notice how each query parameter is URL encoded and added to the HTTP start line of the request.

    // GET /echoPostBody.asp?limit=100&email=joe%40example.com&token=VGhlIHF1aWNrIGJyb3duIGZveCBqdW1wZWQgb3ZlciB0aGUgbGF6eSBkb2cuLi4%3D HTTP/1.1
    // Host: www.chilkatsoft.com
    // Accept: */*
    // Accept-Encoding: gzip

  }

  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."
  }
}