Blackberry send a HTTPPost request - blackberry

Question

i am developing and app for blackberry and i need to send a Http Post Request to my server. I'm using the simulator in order to test my app and i found this code in order to send request:
http://vasudevkamath.techfiz.com/general/posting-data-via-http-from-blackberry/
But i can't get it work, because it fails in this line:
int rc = _httpConnection.getResponseCode();
Any idea?
thanks

Answer 1

Here is a sample code on how to send a POST request:
HttpConnection c = (HttpConnection) Connector.open(url, Connector.READ_WRITE);
c.setRequestMethod(HttpConnection.POST);
OutputStream os = c.openOutputStream();
os.write(request.getBytes("UTF-8"));
os.flush();
os.close();
InputStream is = c.openInputStream();
Just make sure you use this code in a separate thread.

Answer 2

public static ResponseBean sendRequestAndReceiveResponse(String method, String absoluteURL, String bodyData, boolean readResponseBody)
throws IOException
{
ResponseBean responseBean = new ResponseBean();
HttpConnection httpConnection = null;
try
{
String formattedURL = absoluteURL + "deviceside=true;interface=wifi"; // If you are using WiFi
//String formattedURL = absoluteURL + "deviceside=false"; // If you are using BES
//String formattedURL = absoluteURL + "deviceside=true"; // If you are using TCP
if(DeviceInfo.isSimulator()) // if you are using simulator
formattedURL = absoluteURL;
httpConnection = (HttpConnection) Connector.open(formattedURL);
httpConnection.setRequestMethod(method);
if (bodyData != null && bodyData.length() > 0)
{
OutputStream os = httpConnection.openOutputStream();
os.write(bodyData.getBytes("UTF-8"));
}
int responseCode = httpConnection.getResponseCode();
responseBean.setResponseCode(responseCode);
if (readResponseBody)
{
responseBean.setBodyData(readBodyData(httpConnection));
}
}
catch (IOException ex)
{
System.out.println("!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IOException in NetworkUtil::sendRequestAndReceiveResponse(): " + ex);
throw ex;
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
System.out.println("!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Exception in NetworkUtil::sendRequestAndReceiveResponse(): " + ex);
throw new IOException(ex.toString());
}
finally
{
if (httpConnection != null)
httpConnection.close();
}
return responseBean;
}
public static StringBuffer readBodyData(HttpConnection httpConnection) throws UnsupportedEncodingException, IOException
{
if(httpConnection == null)
return null;
StringBuffer bodyData = new StringBuffer(256);
InputStream inputStream = httpConnection.openDataInputStream();
byte[] data = new byte[256];
int len = 0;
int size = 0;
while ( -1 != (len = inputStream.read(data)) )
{
bodyData.append(new String(data, 0, len,"UTF-8"));
size += len;
}
if (inputStream != null)
{
inputStream.close();
}
return bodyData;
}

Answer 3

I know this question is pretty old and OP probably solved it by now, but I've just run into the same problem and managed to fix it!
You need to append ;deviceside=true to your URL.
So for example, your URL will change from "http://example.com/directory/submitpost.php" to "http://example.com/directory/submitpost.php;deviceside=true".
I found this here: http://supportforums.blackberry.com/t5/Java-Development/Different-ways-to-make-an-HTTP-or-socket-connection/ta-p/445879
My POST request was timing out after 3 minutes when I did not have this (See My Comment), but it works fine with this appended to the url.
I would also recommend using ConnectionFactory. Here's some of my code:
Network.httpPost("http://example.com/directory/submitpost.php;deviceside=true", paramNamesArray, paramValsArray)
public static void httpPost(String urlStr, String[] paramName, String[] paramVal) throws Exception {
ConnectionFactory conFactory = new ConnectionFactory();
conFactory.setTimeLimit(1000);
HttpConnection conn = (HttpConnection) conFactory.getConnection(urlStr).getConnection();
conn.setRequestMethod(HttpConnection.POST);
conn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
for (int i = 0; i < paramName.length; i++) {
sb.append(paramName[i]);
sb.append("=");
sb.append(paramVal[i]);
sb.append("&");
}
byte[] postData = sb.toString().getBytes("UTF-8");
conn.setRequestProperty("Content-Length",new Integer(postData.length).toString());
OutputStream out = conn.openOutputStream();
out.write(postData);
//out.flush(); //Throws an Exception for some reason/Doesn't do anything anyways
out.close();
//This writes to our connection and waits for a response
if (conn.getResponseCode() != 200) {
throw new Exception(conn.getResponseMessage());
}
}

Answer 4

Not sure about the site you posted, but I've successfully used the sample ConnectionFactory code provided on the blackberry site.
http://supportforums.blackberry.com/t5/Java-Development/Sample-Code-Using-the-ConnectionFactory-class-in-a-BrowserField/ta-p/532860
Just make sure not to invoke the connection on the EventThread.

Answer 5

That's how you add parameters, Full answer is here:
StringBuffer postData = new StringBuffer();
httpConn = (HttpConnection) Connector.open("https://surveys2.kenexa.com/feedbacksurveyapi/login?");
httpConn.setRequestMethod(HttpConnection.POST);
postData.append("username="+username);
postData.append("&password="+pass);
postData.append("&projectcode="+projectid);
String encodedData = postData.toString();
httpConn.setRequestProperty("Content-Language", "en-US");
httpConn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type","application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
httpConn.setRequestProperty("Content-Length",(new Integer(encodedData.length())).toString());
byte[] postDataByte = postData.toString().getBytes("UTF-8");
OutputStream out = httpConn.openOutputStream();
out.write(postDataByte);
out.close();
httpConn.getResponseCode();