Capture the Composed REST Request for Debugging

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Demonstrates Rest.GetLastDebugRequest, which copies the fully composed HTTP request (request line, headers, and body) into a BinData. The example builds a two-part multipart request so the captured output shows the multipart boundaries, part headers, and part bodies. This works when the DebugMode property was enabled while the request was composed.

// 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;
        }

    //  Enable debug mode so the fully composed HTTP request is captured instead of being sent.
    rest.put_DebugMode(true);

    //  Build a multipart request with two parts.  The captured debug output will show the multipart
    //  boundaries, part headers, and part bodies.
    rest.put_PartSelector("1");
    rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","text/plain");
    rest.AddHeader("Content-Disposition","form-data; name=\"field1\"");
    success = rest.SetMultipartBodyString("value1");
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    rest.put_PartSelector("2");
    rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json");
    rest.AddHeader("Content-Disposition","form-data; name=\"metadata\"");
    success = rest.SetMultipartBodyString("{ \"active\": true }");
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Compose the multipart request.  In debug mode the request is built but not transmitted.
    success = rest.SendReqMultipart("POST","/api/upload");
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Copy the composed request (request line, headers, and multipart body that would be sent) into a
    //  BinData, then view it as text.
    CkBinData bdRequest = new CkBinData();
    rest.GetLastDebugRequest(bdRequest);

    String requestText = bdRequest.getString("utf-8");
    if (bdRequest.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, bdRequest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, requestText);

  }

  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."
  }
}