Android™

Populi Get Roles

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Demonstrates the Populi getRoles task. 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 assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    // First load the previously obtained API token.
    // See Get Populi Access Token for sample code showing how to get the API token.
    CkXml xml = new CkXml();
    success = xml.LoadXmlFile("qa_data/tokens/populi_token.xml");
    String accessKey = xml.getChildContent("access_key");
    if (xml.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, "Did not find the access_key");
        return;
        }

    CkRest rest = new CkRest();

    // Connect using TLS.
    // A single REST object, once connected, can be used for many Populi REST API calls.
    // The auto-reconnect indicates that if the already-established HTTPS connection is closed,
    // then it will be automatically re-established as needed.
    boolean bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect("yourcollege.populi.co",443,true,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    rest.put_Authorization(accessKey);

    rest.AddQueryParam("task","getRoles");

    String responseBody = rest.fullRequestFormUrlEncoded("POST","/api/index.php");
    if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // We should expect a 200 response if successful.
    if (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
        Log.i(TAG, "Request Header: ");
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastRequestHeader());
        Log.i(TAG, "----");
        Log.i(TAG, "Response StatusCode = " + String.valueOf(rest.get_ResponseStatusCode()));
        Log.i(TAG, "Response StatusLine: " + rest.responseStatusText());
        Log.i(TAG, "Response Header:");
        Log.i(TAG, rest.responseHeader());
        Log.i(TAG, "Response Body:");
        Log.i(TAG, responseBody);
        return;
        }

    xml.LoadXml(responseBody);
    Log.i(TAG, xml.getXml());

    // Sample response:
    // Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample XML: 
    // Generate Parsing Code from XML

    // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
    // <response>
    //     <role>
    //         <id>7</id>
    //         <name>Academic Admin</name>
    //         <inactive>0</inactive>
    //     </role>
    //     <role>
    //         <id>19</id>
    //         <name>Financial Aid</name>
    //         <inactive>0</inactive>
    //     </role>
    //     <role>
    //         <id>15</id>
    //         <name>Registrar</name>
    //         <inactive>0</inactive>
    //     </role>
    //     <role>
    //         <id>4</id>
    //         <name>Staff</name>
    //         <inactive>0</inactive>
    //     </role>
    //     <role>
    //         <id>1</id>
    //         <name>Everyone</name>
    //         <inactive>0</inactive>
    //     </role>
    // </response>

    int i;
    int count_i;
    int id;
    String name;
    int inactive;

    i = 0;
    count_i = xml.NumChildrenHavingTag("role");
    while (i < count_i) {
        xml.put_I(i);
        id = xml.GetChildIntValue("role[i]|id");
        name = xml.getChildContent("role[i]|name");
        inactive = xml.GetChildIntValue("role[i]|inactive");
        i = i + 1;
        }


  }

  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."
  }
}