How to call API with Body Content

Question

I have tried to get post response like

StringEntity  entity;
private static final int TIMEOUT_MILLISEC = 20000;
private static final String serverurl = "http://appcodetechnology.net/meravenue/api/";

below function m calling

  post("master_details.php");

//

public String post(String request)
    {
        String result = null;
        try
        {   
            HttpParams params = new BasicHttpParams();
            HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(params,TIMEOUT_MILLISEC);
            HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout(params,TIMEOUT_MILLISEC);
            HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient(params);
            System.out.println("Getting url: "+request);
            HttpPost post = new HttpPost(serverurl+request);

             String body  = "{\"action\":\"get_all_cities\"}";

                try {
                    //entity = new StringEntity("action=" + java.net.URLEncoder.encode(body, "utf-8"));                     
                    //entity = new StringEntity("data=" + java.net.URLEncoder.encode(body, "utf-8"));                       
                     entity = new StringEntity(java.net.URLEncoder.encode(body, "utf-8"));                          
                     entity.setContentType("application/x-www-form-urlencoded");

                } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e1) {
                    // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                    e1.printStackTrace();
                }
               // entity.setContentType("application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
                post.setEntity(entity);


            HttpResponse response = client.execute(post);
            HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
            if(entity != null)
            {
                result = EntityUtils.toString(entity);
            }
            else
            {
                Log.d("Response Failed","Response from server is failed");
            }

        }catch(Exception ex)
        {
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }
        return result;
    }

and response getting

{"result":false,"message":"Invalid method name.","error_code":"406"}

no any error i m getting.

for below API i m working

URL : http://appcodetechnology.net/meravenue/api/master_details.php
Method : POST
Request Body : {"action":"get_all_cities"}

but not getting response

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

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Use this to post a json object:

                JSONObject json = new JSONObject();
                json.put("YOUR_KEY", YOUR_VALUE);
                post.setEntity(new ByteArrayEntity(json .toString().getBytes("UTF8")));

Or just ref this page to find how to post json:

How to send a JSON object over Request with Android?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

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answered Aug 15 '13 at 09:41

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not getting reponse , String body = "\"action\":\"get_all_cities\""; managing issue – Ankitkumar Makwana Aug 15 '13 at 09:48
what error do you get? what do you mean by "String body = "\"action\":\"get_all_cities\""; managing issue"? – kvh Aug 15 '13 at 09:52
i have tried according your example, no error getting , respone like = {"result":false,"message":"Invalid method name.","error_code":"406"} this i m geting – Ankitkumar Makwana Aug 15 '13 at 09:58
body should be {"action":"get_all_cities"} – Ankitkumar Makwana Aug 15 '13 at 10:05
in Numvalues is passing like action=get_all_cities – Ankitkumar Makwana Aug 15 '13 at 10:05
oh, i see. you should make your body to be "{\"action\":\"get_all_cities\"}"; the service need to decode from your json string. see my edit – kvh Aug 15 '13 at 10:12
i run curl in my linux console, got this:[root@192.168.0.197 ~]# curl --data "{\"action\":\"get_all_cities\"}" http://appcodetechnology.net/meravenue/api/master_details.php {"get_all_cities":[{"city_id":"1","state_id":"23","city_name":....... – kvh Aug 15 '13 at 10:19
yet not getting respone – Ankitkumar Makwana Aug 15 '13 at 10:35
let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/35504/discussion-between-ankit-makwana-and-kevinhoo) – Ankitkumar Makwana Aug 15 '13 at 10:51
request ? whose object – Ankitkumar Makwana Aug 15 '13 at 10:57
did you fix the problem? – kvh Aug 15 '13 at 11:01

How to call API with Body Content

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