Android™

Send JSON REST Request, Get JSON Response

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Demonstrates sending a RESTful JSON request, and receiving a JSON response. This example will create a bucket in Google Cloud Storage (which involves sending and receiving JSON). 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;

    //  This example will create a bucket in Google Cloud Storage.

    //  It requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    //  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkAuthGoogle gAuth = new CkAuthGoogle();
    //  Obtain an access token as shown in one of the following examples:
    //  See Get Access Token using a Service Account JSON Key
    //  See Get Access Token using a P12 File

    CkRest rest = new CkRest();

    //  Connect using TLS.
    boolean bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect("www.googleapis.com",443,true,bAutoReconnect);

    //  Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access key)
    success = rest.SetAuthGoogle(gAuth);

    //  Build the JSON request body for creating a bucket.
    //  The only required property is the "name", but we'll add more
    //  to make a better example..
    CkJsonObject jsonReqBody = new CkJsonObject();
    jsonReqBody.AppendString("name","chilkat-bucket-c");
    jsonReqBody.AppendString("kind","storage#bucket");
    jsonReqBody.AppendString("location","US");

    CkJsonObject objVersioning = new CkJsonObject();
    jsonReqBody.AppendObject2("versioning",objVersioning);
    objVersioning.AppendBool("enabled",true);

    //  Show the HTTP request body we'll be sending.
    Log.i(TAG, jsonReqBody.emit());

    //  Add the required query parameter.
    //  See https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/json_api/v1/buckets/insert
    success = rest.AddQueryParam("project","chilkattest-1050");

    //  Add the Content-Type HTTP request header.
    success = rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json; charset=UTF-8");

    String jsonResponseStr = rest.fullRequestString("POST","/storage/v1/b",jsonReqBody.emit());
    if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Show the JSON response.  (See below for a sample JSON response.)
    Log.i(TAG, "Json Response: " + jsonResponseStr);

    //  {
    //   "kind": "storage#bucket",
    //   "id": "chilkat-bucket-c",
    //   "selfLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/chilkat-bucket-c",
    //   "projectNumber": "999992999999",
    //   "name": "chilkat-bucket-c",
    //   "timeCreated": "2016-04-29T21:08:10.451Z",
    //   "updated": "2016-04-29T21:08:10.451Z",
    //   "metageneration": "1",
    //   "owner": {
    //    "entity": "project-owners-999992999999"
    //   },
    //   "location": "US",
    //   "versioning": {
    //    "enabled": true
    //   },
    //   "storageClass": "STANDARD",
    //   "etag": "CAE="
    //  }
    //  

  }

  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."
  }
}