Android™

HTTP POST and Stream Response to File

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Demonstrates how to send an HTTP POST and stream the response body directly to a file. 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 requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkRest rest = new CkRest();

    CkUrl url = new CkUrl();
    // This URL will emit a response that echos the query params (name and age)
    url.ParseUrl("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/readPost.asp");

    // Connect to the web server
    boolean bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect(url.host(),url.get_Port(),url.get_Ssl(),bAutoReconnect);
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    rest.AddQueryParam("name","John");
    rest.AddQueryParam("age","33");

    //  Send the HTTP POST.
    success = rest.SendReqFormUrlEncoded("POST",url.path());
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Read the response header.
    int responseStatusCode = rest.ReadResponseHeader();
    if (responseStatusCode < 0) {
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, "Response status code = " + String.valueOf(responseStatusCode));

    // We expect a 200 response status if the file data is coming.
    // Otherwise, we'll get a string response body with an error message(or no response body).
    if (responseStatusCode == 200) {

        CkStream bodyStream = new CkStream();

        // The stream's sink will be a file.
        bodyStream.put_SinkFile("qa_output/out.txt");

        // Read the response body to the stream.  Given that we've
        // set the stream's sink to a file, it will stream directly
        // to the file.
        success = rest.ReadRespBodyStream(bodyStream,true);
        if (success != true) {
            Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
            return;
            }

        Log.i(TAG, "Successfully streamed the response to a file.");

        }
    else {
        String errResponse = rest.readRespBodyString();
        if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
            Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
            }
        else {
            Log.i(TAG, errResponse);
            }

        }


  }

  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."
  }
}