[android-developers] Re: RESTful user authentication

2009-05-21 Thread Tom
Hi, I would like to know if you had some answers to your question. I'm developping an Android application wich uses a restFul webservice too. The schem of the application is pretty close to yours. Indeed Android app ask a RestFul WS (in Java RestLet) in order to communicate some datas... Moreover

[android-developers] Re: RESTful user authentication

2009-04-01 Thread Wouter
Sorry I never created a web service before. I only want to use this web service now to send HTTP request (HTTP POST and HTTP GET) in my Google Android application. If a user logins at my application (with username and password) the username and password would be sended to my web service and checke

[android-developers] Re: RESTful user authentication

2009-03-31 Thread Wouter
Indeed you are right! Do you know a google group or other discussion board when I can ask such questions? Wouter On Mar 30, 11:38 pm, JP wrote: > On Mar 30, 10:21 am, Wouter wrote: > > > But it is still Android related because i want to use this webservice > > only in my android application! >

[android-developers] Re: RESTful user authentication

2009-03-31 Thread Wouter
Hey JP, Thank you for your explenation! I am making this android application for my Bachelor test at the high school and at present I don't have to setup a server because I gonna use the localhost server for testing. When my application is ready, I can buy a server when i gonna release my applica

[android-developers] Re: RESTful user authentication

2009-03-30 Thread JP
On Mar 30, 10:21 am, Wouter wrote: > But it is still Android related because i want to use this webservice > only in my android application! Sure but REST is an architecture that provides abstraction from the web service implementation. There is no consideration whether the the web service is

[android-developers] Re: RESTful user authentication

2009-03-30 Thread JP
On Mar 30, 9:39 am, Wouter wrote: > But i cant make a java restful webservice with the Google App Engine! > Or am i wrong? You are correct. My point is whether you use Java-built servlets (or not) is the least of your worries. Rather... are you ready and committed to set up and maintain a web s

[android-developers] Re: RESTful user authentication

2009-03-30 Thread Wouter
Thank you Mark! But it is still Android related because i want to use this webservice only in my android application! Maybe someone knows the answer for me.. On Mar 30, 7:18 pm, Mark Murphy wrote: > Wouter wrote: > > How can i make a Java restful webservice with a (mysql) database? > > I want to

[android-developers] Re: RESTful user authentication

2009-03-30 Thread Mark Murphy
Wouter wrote: > How can i make a Java restful webservice with a (mysql) database? > I want to login and do other stuff later with the webservice like > getting data from a user, friend, places.. These questions are not Android questions. You will have better luck asking those questions some place

[android-developers] Re: RESTful user authentication

2009-03-30 Thread Wouter
How can i make a Java restful webservice with a (mysql) database? I want to login and do other stuff later with the webservice like getting data from a user, friend, places.. On Mar 30, 6:39 pm, Wouter wrote: > But i cant make a java restful webservice with the Google App Engine! > Or am i wrong

[android-developers] Re: RESTful user authentication

2009-03-30 Thread Wouter
But i cant make a java restful webservice with the Google App Engine! Or am i wrong? On Mar 30, 6:02 pm, JP wrote: > On Mar 30, 8:41 am, Wouter wrote:> And can i use a > database where i can put the user data in? > > Can i make a restfull web service with eclipse? > > Check out Google App Engi

[android-developers] Re: RESTful user authentication

2009-03-30 Thread JP
On Mar 30, 8:41 am, Wouter wrote: > And can i use a database where i can put the user data in? > Can i make a restfull web service with eclipse? Check out Google App Engine. It eliminates the overhead of setting up a web server. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received

[android-developers] Re: RESTful user authentication

2009-03-30 Thread Wouter
And can i use a database where i can put the user data in? Can i make a restfull web service with eclipse? On Mar 30, 5:36 pm, Mark Murphy wrote: > Wouter wrote: > > But how can i make a restful webservice (in Java) where I can > > authenticate a user.. > > Use HTTP authentication. See _RESTful

[android-developers] Re: RESTful user authentication

2009-03-30 Thread Mark Murphy
Wouter wrote: > But how can i make a restful webservice (in Java) where I can > authenticate a user.. Use HTTP authentication. See _RESTful Web Services_ (O'Reilly & Associates, 2007), Chapter 8, pages 238-243. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsgu