(Android™) Add Custom Header to HTTP GET

Demonstrates how to add a custom HTTP request header to an HTTP GET. This is not a request parameter, but is a header added to the MIME header of the HTTP request.

Chilkat Android™ Downloads Android™ Java Libraries Android C/C++ Libraries

// 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);

    // All Chilkat classes can be unlocked at once at the beginning of a program
    // by calling UnlockBundle.  It requires a Bundle unlock code.
    CkGlobal chilkatGlob = new CkGlobal();
    boolean success = chilkatGlob.UnlockBundle("Anything for 30-day trial.");
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, chilkatGlob.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();

    // Add a custom header.  The MIME field name is "X-CSRF-Token", and the 
    // header field value is "Fetch".
    http.SetRequestHeader("X-CSRF-Token","Fetch");

    // Send the HTTP GET and return the content in a string.
    String html;
    html = http.quickGetStr("http://www.galapagos.org/");

    Log.i(TAG, html);

  }

  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."
  }
}