Execute HTTP POST Requests In Android

Android

HTTP POST requests is essential to any Android apps that utilizes internet, follow the simple steps below to implement the functionality

  • Declare Internet permissions in the manifest by adding the following line to AndroidManifest.xml. This allows your application to use any Internet connections.
    <uses-permission android:name=”android.permission.INTERNET” />
  • Create your HttpClient and HttpPost objects to execute the POST request. The address object is a String representing your POST’s destination, such as a PHP page.

    HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
    HttpPost post = new HttpPost(address);

  • Set your POST data. This is done by creating and setting a list of NameValuePairs as your HttpPost’s entity. Be sure to catch the UnsupportedEncodingException thrown by HttpPost.setEntity().

    List<NameValuePair> pairs = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
    pairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair(“key1”, “value1”));
    pairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair(“key2”, “value2”));
    post.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(pairs));

  • Execute the POST request. This returns an HttpResponse object, whose data can be extracted and parsed. Be sure to catch the ClientProtocolException and IOException thrown.

    HttpResponse response = client.execute(post);

Amarnath Natarajan

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