StringEntity object from JSONObject gives java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException

Question

I am new to Java and trying to make native android application which includes making HTTP Calls to API Server. Now My issue is that for making HTTP POST (apache httpPost and httpClient) call with some JSON data. So to make StringEntity out of JSONObject I am writing this line of code:

StringEntity userDataStringEntity = new StringEntity(userDataString);

Where StringEntity is imported from import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity;.

I have tried searching for this issue and I am finding same method with same "string" parameter.

Here are some links, but it didn't help me:

How to send a JSON object over HttpClient Request with Android?

How to send a JSON object over Request with Android?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 23 '15 at 12:03

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That's definitely weird, by default the StringEntity goes for the charset "ISO-8859-1" which tells me that the userDataString is in another charset.

Either way, try:

StringEntity userDataStringEntity = new StringEntity(userDataString, "UTF-8");

This will work for utf-8 encoded strings.

answered Feb 23 '15 at 12:03

Mário Fernandes

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Hey Mario, Thanks for the answer. I figured this out too.. and one more thing, There was error of Unhandled exception also. – jimish Feb 24 '15 at 04:41
@Jimish good to know :) not the Unhandled exception of course but that you figured it out ;) – Mário Fernandes Feb 24 '15 at 07:22

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 02 '15 at 02:04

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Perhaps unrelated, but I was getting an error at compile time, as the new StringEntity(str) wasn't wrapped in a try catch.

Might be of use to someone tho :)

answered May 02 '15 at 02:04

David McEleney

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StringEntity object from JSONObject gives java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException

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