HttpUtils2Service.bas and application/json

[Ohanian]

I'm trying to post some json data to a web service, but it seems something is wrong and the web service doesn't accept the data.

My code :

Dim job1 As HttpJob 

job1.Initialize("Job1", Me)
   
Dim objMap As Map: objMap.Initialize
   
objMap.Put("id",123)
objMap.Put("params","XXX,YYY")
objMap.Put("method","apiLogin")

Dim objJSon As JSONGenerator: objJSon.Initialize(objMap)
 
 job1.PostString("https://SITEADDRESS/api/jsonrpc/1_0", objJSon.ToPrettyString(2))

And the error from server :

Catchable fatal error: Argument 1 passed to Zend_Json_Server_Request::setOptions() must be an array, null given, called in ...

The server uses https so I've changed this line:

hc.InitializeAcceptAll("hc")

But how to set ContentType to application/json ?

 

[Erel]

you can modify this sub:

Public Sub GetRequest As HttpRequest
   Return req
End Sub

And add:

req.SetContentType(...)

 

[Ohanian]

you can modify this sub:

Public Sub GetRequest As HttpRequest
   Return req
End Sub

And add:

req.SetContentType(...)

tanx Erel,
got the same error, i think i have to set ContentType on POST method.
i have to post some json data, and get the json result.

 

[Erel]

Maybe this error is not related to the content type. Adding this code will set the content type of all requests.

 

[Ohanian]

Maybe this error is not related to the content type. Adding this code will set the content type of all requests.

Here's the working jquery code :

var params = { "method": "apiLogin", "params": ["XXX", "YYY"], "id": 1891274114 };

$.ajax({ url: 'https://SITEADDRESS/api/jsonrpc/1_0', type: 'POST', contentType: "application/json", datatype: "json", traditional: true, data: JSON.stringify(params), success: function(data) { window.alert(data); }, error: function(event, request, settings) { window.alert('Error' + ' : ' + settings); }, timeout: 20000 });

But I couldn't make the equivalent code in B4A, any help plz?

 

[Erel]

You should use:

objMap.Put("params", Array As String("XXX", "YYY"))

Log the generated JSON string and compare it to the working one.

 

[Ohanian]

You should use:

objMap.Put("params", Array As String("XXX", "YYY"))

Log the generated JSON string and compare it to the working one.

tanx again,
here's the result !

objMap.Put("params",Array As String("ohanian", "ceOn2qeHXBjKdWM8E1Ks"))

HttpUtils.PostString("POST JOB1", "https://SITEADDRESS/api/jsonrpc/1_0", objJSon.ToPrettyString(4), ContentType)

{
"id": 1891274114,
"method": "apiLogin",
"params": "[I@410c2718"
}


Does anybody else have/had this problem?
It shouldn't be so hard, but i don't know where the problem is.

 

[Erel]

My mistake. It should be:

Dim l As List
l.Initialize
l.AddAll(Array As String("ohanian", "ceOn2qeHXBjKdWM8E1Ks"))
objMap.Put("params",l)

 

[Ohanian]

My mistake. It should be:

Dim l As List
l.Initialize
l.AddAll(Array As String("ohanian", "ceOn2qeHXBjKdWM8E1Ks"))
objMap.Put("params",l)

tanx, it's ok now.

 

[macnlkc]

you can modify this sub:

Public Sub GetRequest As HttpRequest
   Return req
End Sub

And add:

req.SetContentType(...)

I could never get the code above to work properly. However, if I place the code below it works every time...

'Send a POST request
job2.Initialize("Job2", Me)

Dim objMap As Map: objMap.Initialize

objMap.Put("username","me")
objMap.Put("phone","5551212")
objMap.Put("emailAddress","john@deere.com")
objMap.Put("zip", 78701)

Dim objJSon As JSONGenerator: objJSon.Initialize(objMap)

job2.PutString("http://10.0.1.54:8080/security/register", objJSon.ToPrettyString(2))
job2.GetRequest.SetContentType("application/json")
​

Notice that the job2.GetRequest.SetContentType is always at the end. If I pull it from here and put it in the GetRequest Sub it throws an error every time. Any thoughts?

Also, how do I capture the returned JSON object?

I appreciate all the help. Starting to like B4A!

 

[Erel]

Your code (with the call to GetRequest.SetContentType at the end) is the preferred way to set the encoding.

You should handle the Job_Completed event. See HttpUtils2 tutorial.