//NOTE:Comment out the functionality which you don't want to test getBirthdayFromNameUsingGet("John"); getBirthdayFromNameUsingPost("John"); } catch (IOException e) { System.out.println("IOException " + e.toString()); } }
/** This function connects to web server and passes the parameter name to the target in HTTP Get request. Upon successful connection, web server returns birthday for 'name'. This function also calls getConnectionInformation to retrieve properties of HTTPConnection **/
public void getBirthdayFromNameUsingGet(String name) throws IOException {
// This function retrieves the information of this connection getConnectionInformation(httpConn);
/** Initiate connection and check for the response code. If the response code is HTTP_OK then get the content from the target **/ int respCode = httpConn.getResponseCode(); if (respCode == httpConn.HTTP_OK) { StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(); os = httpConn.openOutputStream(); is = httpConn.openDataInputStream(); int chr; while ((chr = is.read()) != -1) sb.append((char) chr);
// Web Server just returns the birthday in mm/dd/yy format. System.out.println(name+"'s Birthday is " + sb.toString()); } else { System.out.println("Error in opening HTTP Connection. Error#" + respCode); }
/** This function connects to web server and passes the parameter name to the target in HTTP POST request. Upon successful connection, web server returns birthday for 'name'. This function also calls getConnectionInformation to retrieve properties of HTTPConnection **/
public void getBirthdayFromNameUsingPost(String name) throws IOException {
HttpConnection httpConn = null; String url = "http://localhost:8080/examples/servlet/GetBirthday"; InputStream is = null; OutputStream os = null;
try { // Open an HTTP Connection object httpConn = (HttpConnection)Connector.open(url); // Setup HTTP Request to POST httpConn.setRequestMethod(HttpConnection.POST);
httpConn.setRequestProperty("User-Agent", "Profile/MIDP-1.0 Confirguration/CLDC-1.0"); httpConn.setRequestProperty("Accept_Language","en-US"); //Content-Type is must to pass parameters in POST Request httpConn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
// This function retrieves the information of this connection getConnectionInformation(httpConn);
os = httpConn.openOutputStream();
String params; params = "name=" + name;
os.write(params.getBytes());
/**Caution: os.flush() is controversial. It may create unexpected behavior on certain mobile devices. Try it out for your mobile device **/
//os.flush();
// Read Response from the Server
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(); is = httpConn.openDataInputStream(); int chr; while ((chr = is.read()) != -1) sb.append((char) chr);
// Web Server just returns the birthday in mm/dd/yy format. System.out.println(name+"'s Birthday is " + sb.toString());
/*** After setup, attributes of the HttpConnection object can be retrived using various get methods. ***/ void getConnectionInformation(HttpConnection hc) {
System.out.println("Request Method for this connection is " + hc.getRequestMethod()); System.out.println("URL in this connection is " + hc.getURL()); // It better be HTTP:) System.out.println("Protocol for this connection is " + hc.getProtocol()); System.out.println("This object is connected to " + hc.getHost() + " host"); System.out.println("HTTP Port in use is " + hc.getPort()); System.out.println("Query parameter in this request are " + hc.getQuery());
How to use GET and POST methods in HTTP from a MIDlet
This example shows how to use GET and POST methods in HTTP from a MIDlet. /*** Chapter 5 Sample to demonstrate Http GET and POST from MIDlet ***/import