Get jSON Response for POST

Question

I am trying to send a Request using this code

protected void Authenticate(String mUsername, String mPassword)
    { 
        HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
        HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost("http://192.168.2.5:8000/mobile/");

        try {
            // Add your data
            List<NameValuePair> nameValuePairs = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>(2);
            nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("username", mUsername));
            nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("password", mPassword));
            httppost.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(nameValuePairs));

            // Execute HTTP Post Request
            HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httppost);
            System.out.println("this is the response "+response);
        } catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            System.out.println("CPE"+e);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            System.out.println("IOE"+e);
        }
    }

I am getting a HttpResponse, Is the way I am trying to implement correct ? If yes, How do I convert that response to jSON ?

LOG-CAT

this is the response org.apache.http.message.BasicHttpResponse@2fb67110

Answer 1

This will help you:

public class JSONParser {

static InputStream is = null;
static JSONObject jObj = null;
static String json = "";

// constructor
public JSONParser() {

}

// function get json from url
// by making HTTP POST or GET method
public JSONObject makeHttpRequest(String url, String method,
        List<NameValuePair> params) throws Exception {

    // Making HTTP request
    try {

        // check for request method
        if (method == "POST") {
            // request method is POST
            // defaultHttpClient
            DefaultHttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
            HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost(url);
            httpPost.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(params));

            // new
            HttpParams httpParameters = httpPost.getParams();
            // Set the timeout in milliseconds until a connection is
            // established.
            int timeoutConnection = 10000;
            HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(httpParameters,
                    timeoutConnection);
            // Set the default socket timeout (SO_TIMEOUT)
            // in milliseconds which is the timeout for waiting for data.
            int timeoutSocket = 10000;
            HttpConnectionParams
                    .setSoTimeout(httpParameters, timeoutSocket);
            // new
            HttpResponse httpResponse = httpClient.execute(httpPost);
            HttpEntity httpEntity = httpResponse.getEntity();
            is = httpEntity.getContent();

        } else if (method == "GET") {
            // request method is GET
            DefaultHttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
            String paramString = URLEncodedUtils.format(params, "utf-8");
            url += "?" + paramString;
            HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet(url);
            // new
            HttpParams httpParameters = httpGet.getParams();
            // Set the timeout in milliseconds until a connection is
            // established.
            int timeoutConnection = 10000;
            HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(httpParameters,
                    timeoutConnection);
            // Set the default socket timeout (SO_TIMEOUT)
            // in milliseconds which is the timeout for waiting for data.
            int timeoutSocket = 10000;
            HttpConnectionParams
                    .setSoTimeout(httpParameters, timeoutSocket);
            // new
            HttpResponse httpResponse = httpClient.execute(httpGet);
            HttpEntity httpEntity = httpResponse.getEntity();
            is = httpEntity.getContent();
        }

    } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
        throw new Exception("Unsupported encoding error.");
    } catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
        throw new Exception("Client protocol error.");
    } catch (SocketTimeoutException e) {
        throw new Exception("Sorry, socket timeout.");
    } catch (ConnectTimeoutException e) {
        throw new Exception("Sorry, connection timeout.");
    } catch (IOException e) {
        throw new Exception("I/O error(May be server down).");
    }
    try {
        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
                is, "iso-8859-1"), 8);
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        String line = null;
        while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
            sb.append(line + "\n");
        }
        is.close();
        json = sb.toString();
    } catch (Exception e) {
        throw new Exception(e.getMessage());
    }

    // try parse the string to a JSON object
    try {
        jObj = new JSONObject(json);
    } catch (JSONException e) {
        throw new Exception(e.getMessage());
    }

    // return JSON String
    return jObj;

}
 }

You can use the above class like this: eg:

public class GetName extends AsyncTask<String, String, String> {
String imei = "abc";
JSONParser jsonParser = new JSONParser();

@Override
protected void onPreExecute() {
    super.onPreExecute();
}

protected String doInBackground(String... args) {
    String name = null;
    String URL = "http://192.168.2.5:8000/mobile/";
    List<NameValuePair> params = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
    params.add(new BasicNameValuePair("username", mUsername));
    params.add(new BasicNameValuePair("password", mPassword));
    JSONObject json;
    try {
        json = jsonParser.makeHttpRequest(URL, "POST", params);
        try {
            int success = json.getInt(Settings.SUCCESS);
            if (success == 1) {
                name = json.getString("name");
            } else {
                name = null;
            }
        } catch (JSONException e) {
            name = null;
        }
    } catch (Exception e1) {
    }
    return name;
}

protected void onPostExecute(String name) {
    Toast.makeText(mcontext, name, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
 }
 }

How to use it:
Just create new JSONParse class by copying about class code. Then you can call it any where in your application as shown in second code.

Answer 2

Here is an example from the blog. Hope this helps

    if (response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode() != 200) {
        throw new RuntimeException("Failed : HTTP error code : "
           + response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
    }

    BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(
                     new InputStreamReader((response.getEntity().getContent())));

    String output;
    System.out.println("Output from Server .... \n");
    while ((output = br.readLine()) != null) {
        System.out.println(output);
    }

    httpClient.getConnectionManager().shutdown();

Answer 3

Here what you need to do

  HttpResponse mHttpResponse = mHttpClient.execute(httppost);
                StatusLine status = mHttpResponse.getStatusLine();
                int response = status.getStatusCode();

Answer 4

String jsonString = EntityUtils.toString(response.getEntity());

This is what you need