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Send a REST Request using StringBuilder Bodies

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Demonstrates Rest.FullRequestSb, which sends a complete request whose text body is read from a StringBuilder and stores the text response body in a second StringBuilder.

Background. Using StringBuilder objects for the request and response bodies avoids extra string conversions, which is helpful when working with large payloads.

Chilkat Android™ Downloads

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;

    CkRest rest = new CkRest();
    boolean bTls = true;
    boolean bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect("example.com",443,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  FullRequestSb sends a request whose text body is read from a StringBuilder and stores the text
    //  response body in a second StringBuilder.  This avoids extra string conversions for large bodies.
    CkStringBuilder sbRequest = new CkStringBuilder();
    sbRequest.Append("{ \"query\": \"chilkat\" }");

    rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json");

    CkStringBuilder sbResponse = new CkStringBuilder();
    success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/api/search",sbRequest,sbResponse);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    String responseText = sbResponse.getAsString();
    if (sbResponse.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, sbResponse.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, responseText);

  }

  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."
  }
}