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javaandroidjsonhttppost
Daniel Almeida
Daniel Almeida

Reputation: 49

Is it possible to send JSONArray instead of JSONObject via POST?

Most of the answers on SO on the subject revolve around sending all your data inside one JSONObject, with the JSONArrays inside.

I would like to do the opposite, if possible.

Here's some code:

    JSONObject winnerJSONObject = new JSONObject();
    JSONObject loserJSONObject = new JSONObject();

try{
            winnerJSONObject.put(Columns.ID.toString(), winner.getId());
            winnerJSONObject.put(Columns.NAME.toString(), winner.getName());
            winnerJSONObject.put(Columns.SCORE.toString(),winner.getScore());
            winnerJSONObject.put(Columns.WINS.toString(), winner.getWins());
            winnerJSONObject.put(Columns.LOSSES.toString(), winner.getLosses());
            winnerJSONObject.put(Columns.MAX_SCORE.toString(),winner.getMaxScore());
            winnerJSONObject.put(Columns.MIN_SCORE.toString(),winner.getMinScore());

            loserJSONObject.put(Columns.ID.toString(), loser.getId());
            loserJSONObject.put(Columns.NAME.toString(), loser.getName());
            loserJSONObject.put(Columns.SCORE.toString(),loser.getScore());
            loserJSONObject.put(Columns.WINS.toString(),loser.getWins());
            loserJSONObject.put(Columns.LOSSES.toString(),loser.getLosses());
            loserJSONObject.put(Columns.MAX_SCORE.toString(),loser.getMaxScore());
            loserJSONObject.put(Columns.MIN_SCORE.toString(),loser.getMinScore());
} catch (JSONException e) {
e.printStackTrace(); 
}


    DefaultHttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
    HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost(url);
    HttpResponse httpResponse = null;

    try {
        httpPost.setHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
        httpPost.setHeader("Accept", "application/json");
        httpPost.setEntity(new StringEntity(jsonArray.toString(), HTTP.UTF_8));
    } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

    try {
        httpResponse = httpClient.execute(httpPost);
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

    JSONArray jsonArray = new JSONArray();
    jsonArray.put(winnerJSONObject);
    jsonArray.put(loserJSONObject);

Why is this a wrong approach?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1563

Answers (1)

Anjali Tripathi
Anjali Tripathi

Reputation: 1477

Yes it is possible.

Example:

Like if we have our data in arraylist to upload on server, Yo can send it in this way 

JsonArray _array = new JsonArray()

for(i = 0; i< _arraylist.size(); i++){
JsonObject obj = new JsonObject();

obj.put(_array.list.get(i).getValue);

_array.put(obj);
}

}

Upvotes: 1

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