(Android™) QuickDeleteStr Example

Sends a DELETE request to a URL. The URL can potentially include params, and custom request headers can be added.

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// 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);

    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();
    int statusCode;

    // Specifiy a session log file so we can see the exact request/response
    http.put_SessionLogFilename("c:/aaworkarea/sessionLog.txt");

    // Perhaps add a custom header or two..
    http.SetRequestHeader("x-exz-date","20201012T235046Z");
    http.SetRequestHeader("x-exz-id","1234");

    // Send a DELETE request to https://www.example.com/someting?param1=123&param2=abc
    String url = "https://www.example.com/someting?param1=123&param2=abc";
    String reponseBodyStr = http.quickDeleteStr(url);
    if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        // This will happen if the response status code was 400 or greater,
        // or if the request could not be sent, or if no response was received.
        statusCode = http.get_LastStatus();
        Log.i(TAG, "Response status: " + String.valueOf(statusCode));

        if (statusCode == 0) {
            // There was an error in communications.  
            Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
            }
        else {
            // We received a response status code indicating failure.
            // Examine the response body.
            Log.i(TAG, http.lastResponseBody());
            }

        return;
        }

    // The DELETE request that is sent looks like this.
    // The Accept and Accept-Encoding headers are automatically added by default.

    // 	DELETE /someting?param1=123&param2=abc HTTP/1.1
    // 	Host: www.example.com
    // 	Accept: */*
    // 	Accept-Encoding: gzip
    // 	x-exz-date: 20201012T235046Z
    // 	x-exz-id: 1234

    // Get the response status
    statusCode = http.get_LastStatus();
    Log.i(TAG, "Response status: " + String.valueOf(statusCode));

    // Show the response body
    Log.i(TAG, reponseBodyStr);

  }

  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."
  }
}