Android Question B4A to send a HTTP Post to add a row to a CakePHP table

[deantangNYP]

Using Chrome debugger, the HTTP Post Form data looks like this:

_method=POST&_method=POST&data%5BUpload%5D%5Bpicture%5D=Pic2&data%5BUpload%5D%5Bbubble_no%5D=1

The parsed version looks like this:

_method:POST
data[Upload][picture]:Pic2
data[Upload][bubble_no]:1

How do I use Basic4Android to send this httpPost/httpJob over to add the new row to my Cakephp table?
Can you point me to a correct URL if there is any? Or provide me with a correct code for the example above? Thanks in advance.

 

[nwhitfield]

It's probably easier to look at the form source code, rather than the data. There you'll see the various bits of the HTML form with thing like

<input type="text" name="picture"></input><input type="text" name="bubble_no"></input>

Then, assuming you know the URL, you can use the PostString function; let's say you have assigned your variables as strings that match the names of the fields in the form, and the URL to a string called CakeURL, you post the data like this

Dim j As HttpJob
j.Initialise("cake",Me)

j.PostString(CakeURL,"picture=" & picture & "&bubble_no=" & bubble_no)

You can check the result in the JobDone sub. If there are a lot of fields, you might want to build the string with StringBuilder, eg

Dim form As StringBuilder
form.Initialize

form.Append("picture=")
form.Append(picture)
form.Append("&bubble_no=")
form.Append(bubble_no)

j.PostString(CakeURL,form.ToString)

 

[deantangNYP]

It's probably easier to look at the form source code, rather than the data. There you'll see the various bits of the HTML form with thing like

<input type="text" name="picture"></input><input type="text" name="bubble_no"></input>

Then, assuming you know the URL, you can use the PostString function; let's say you have assigned your variables as strings that match the names of the fields in the form, and the URL a string called CakeURL, you post the data like this

Dim j As HttpJob
j.Initialise("cake",Me)

j.PostString(CakeURL,"picture=" & picture & "&bubble_no=" & bubble_no)

You can check the result in the JobDone sub. If there are a lot of fields, you might want to build the string with StringBuilder, eg

Dim form As StringBuilder
form.Initialize

form.Append("picture=")
form.Append(picture)
form.Append("&bubble_no=")
form.Append(bubble_no)

j.PostString(CakeURL,form.ToString)

Thanks for the reply. Will give it a try.