Thanks very much Mr Gies, I'll digest this later and expand upon my
requirements if still required.
Cheers.
On 30 July, 17:25, Brad Gies <rbg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> To give you good advice, we probably need to know what your server end
> is expecting, and what kind of security you need.
>
> It could be as simple as what's below (NOTE there is extra stuff you
> don't need in here, but it should at least give you what you need) :
>
> List<NameValuePair> nvps;
>
> try
> {
> InputStream is = null;
>
> DefaultHttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
> HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost(urlString);
>
> String searchParams = getSearchParams(); // just my
> function to get what I want to pass
>
> searchParams = URLEncoder.encode(searchParams, HTTP.UTF_8);
>
> nvps.add(new BasicNameValuePair("category", searchParams));
>
> httpPost.setHeader("User-Agent", "iHotTonight Android
> App"); // I set this so my server logs files are easier to read.
> httpPost.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(nvps, HTTP.UTF_8));
> HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httpPost);
>
> HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
>
> if (entity != null)
> {
> try
> {
> is = entity.getContent();
>
> String line;
> StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
> BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new
> InputStreamReader(is), 8192);
> while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null)
> {
> builder.append(line);
> }
> String retStr = builder.toString();
> // Now get any messages coming back.
> if (BistroSharedStatic.DEBUGGING_APP) // I set
> this if I want to log my results.
> Log.d("GetResults", retStr);
>
> if (handler != null) // if I passed a Handler to
> the create then send the result to the Handler.
> sharedFunctions.SendMessage(handler,
> HandlerReturnMessage, param1, param2, retStr);
>
> }
> finally
> {
> entity.consumeContent();
> is = null;
> }
> }
>
> }
> catch (MalformedURLException e)
> {
> // TODO Auto-generated catch block
> e.printStackTrace();
> if (handler != null)
> sharedFunctions.SendMessage(handler, 0, 0, 0,
> e.getMessage()); // if I passed in a Handler then send the exception to
> the handler.
> }
> catch (IOException e)
> {
> // TODO Auto-generated catch block
> e.printStackTrace();
> if (handler != null)
> sharedFunctions.SendMessage(handler, 0, 0, 0,
> e.getMessage());
> }
> catch (Exception e)
> {
> e.printStackTrace();
> if (handler != null)
> sharedFunctions.SendMessage(handler, 0, 0, 0,
> e.getMessage());
> }
>
> AND in PHP on the server end:
>
> $username=$_POST['from'];
> $password=$_POST['theirpassword];"
> $json_string=$_POST['searchwords'];
>
> // do the usual stripslashes and mysql_real_escape_string stuff here.
>
> // now, process the JSON string
> $json = json_decode($json_string);
>
> BUT... depending on the security etc... it can be a lot more
> complicated. Hopefully, this is enough to get you started. :)
>
> On 30/07/2010 7:33 AM, JimBadger wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Hi,
>
> > I've just recently started out with Android development, and have
> > progressed to the point where I have written a very basic Hello World
> > Jersey RESTful web service, and successfully called it from within my
> > Android App.
>
> > What I want to do now though, is send a new user record (just name and
> > password for now) to a web service in JSON format.
>
> > I can create my JSON in the Android app just fine, but I don't know
> > how to get it into the HTTP Request in such a way that the
> > corresponding web service that @Consumes JSON can get at it.
>
> > So, this is how far I've got:
>
> > 1) Create Android App User object...(Tick: done that)
> > 2) Turn that into JSON...(Tick: done that)
> > 3) Put it on the HTTP request.....(Stuck here! Help!)
> > 4) Call the web service...(Tick: done that)
> > 5) Web service retrieve JSON from request...(Stuck here! Help!)
> > 6) Parse the JSON into server side User object and deal with as I see
> > fit...(Don't worry people, I'll be fine with this bit, thanks!)
> > 7) Profit! ;)
>
> > Guys and Girls, I really appreciate any help given, you dear, dear
> > kind souls!
>
> > Cheers,
> > James
>
> --
> Sincerely,
>
> Brad Gies
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