But, do you know exactly what sort of HTTP operation is expected by the server, and how it expects the "xml file" to be encoded and transmitted? If you do not know these answers, very precisely, you won't know how to code you client.
As for HTTP and your second question, see http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616.html and a quick google finds http://www.jmarshall.com/easy/http/ which might be at least as valuable. - Chris On Mar 17, 2010, at 10:50 AM, KC Dev Android 06 wrote: > The server basically expects the contacts stored on a android device > in an xml file. > > So in a HTTP get operation i can send any parameters i want be in a > xml file, string, int etc? > > On Mar 17, 2:44 pm, Chris Ross <cross+goo...@distal.com> wrote: >> You can send parameters encoded in the url of an HTTP GET operation, but I >> wouldn't suggest using anything long. I would suggest using an HTTP POST >> operation, or if you actually want to treat it as a file, rather than a >> "blob of XML data", an HTTP PUT. Most any web server software will know how >> to handle an HTTP POST, for sure. >> >> The question is, what does the server expect? This is much more an HTTP >> question than an android question. >> >> - Chris >> >> On Mar 17, 2010, at 10:38 AM, KC Dev Android 06 wrote: >> >>> What im trying to do is simply send a xml file that i have created >>> into a http server. The way i understand http is that the request and >>> any kind of data ie a name value pair such as a username can be added >>> and included in the actual url string. >> >>> my question is, how do you go about constructing a url connection with >>> an xml file added to it? >> >>> On Mar 17, 2:23 pm, Chris Ross <cross+goo...@distal.com> wrote: >>>> You probably want to look at HttpPost or HttpPut, which implement >>>> HttpRequest, which is an available parameter to the execute() method in >>>> the HttpClient interface. >> >>>> Not 100% sure what you're trying to do, but that's the path of >>>> investigation I'd suggest. >> >>>> - Chris >> >>>> On Mar 17, 2010, at 5:14 AM, KC Dev Android 06 wrote: >> >>>>> Any suggestions? >> >>>>> On Mar 16, 4:45 pm, KC Dev Android 06 >>>>> <kc.dev.android...@googlemail.com> wrote: >>>>>> Hi, as the title says, is it possible to do so? in the examples found >>>>>> herehttp://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/branches/4.... >> >>>>>> It seems that HttpClient only accepts a String as its parameter? how >>>>>> do i go about sending/uploading a xml file using http? >> >>>>>> thanks in advance. >> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "Android Beginners" group. >> >>>>> NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at >>>>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android >> >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> android-beginners+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en >> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Android Beginners" group. >> >>> NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at >>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android >> >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> android-beginners+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Beginners" group. > > NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-beginners+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-beginners+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en
