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Send a Staged REST Request with a Streamed Body

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Demonstrates Rest.SendReqStreamBody, which sends a request whose body is read from a Stream, then reads the response in separate steps.

The file paths are relative to the application's current working directory. Absolute paths may also be used. Supply the paths appropriate to your own environment.

Background. The staged request model separates sending from reading: a SendReq method transmits the request, ReadResponseHeader reads the status line and headers, and a ReadResp method reads the body. This gives fine control over large or streamed messages compared with the single-call full-request methods.

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;
        }

    //  The file paths are relative to the application's current working directory.  Absolute paths
    //  may also be used.  Supply the paths appropriate to your own environment.

    //  The request body is read from a Stream whose source is a local file.
    CkStream bodyStream = new CkStream();
    bodyStream.put_SourceFile("qa_data/upload.json");

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

    //  Send the request, reading the body from the stream.  The 3rd argument is the Stream.
    success = rest.SendReqStreamBody("POST","/api/upload",bodyStream);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  After sending, read the response status line and header fields.  The return value is the HTTP
    //  status code, or -1 if no response was received.
    int statusCode = rest.ReadResponseHeader();
    if (statusCode < 0) {
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, "Response status code: " + String.valueOf(statusCode));

    //  Read the response body as text.
    String responseBody = rest.readRespBodyString();
    if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, responseBody);

  }

  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."
  }
}