Android HTTPUrlConnection : how to set post data in http body?
If you want to send String only try this way:
String str = "some string goes here";byte[] outputInBytes = str.getBytes("UTF-8");OutputStream os = conn.getOutputStream();os.write( outputInBytes ); os.close();But if you want to send as Json change Content type to:
conn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type","application/json"); and now our str we can write:
String str = "{\"x\": \"val1\",\"y\":\"val2\"}";Hope it will help,
Guruparan's link in the comment above gives a really nice answer to this question. I highly recommend looking at it. Here is the principle that makes his solution work:
From what I understand, the HttpURLConnection represents the response body as an OutputStream. So you need to call something like:
get the connection's output stream
OutputStream op = conn.getOuputStream();write the response body
op.write( [/*your string in bit form*/] );close the output stream
op.close();and then carry on your merry way with the connection (which you will still need to close).