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Posting json object, waiting response in String Volley

I've been using the volley library for consuming services with my android app. I noticed something weird,when I try to post a json object to server, I have to make a response Listener of type JSONObject. But my server returns a String, Success or failure. Is it possible to write a JsonObjectRequest which waits for a String response? this is What I have written. The service runs correctly, but the onErrorResponse is triggered after successful post due to cannot converge String to JSON
JsonObjectRequest jsonRequest = new JsonObjectRequest(Request.Method.POST, url, jsonBody,
new Response.Listener<JSONObject>() {
#Override
public void onResponse(JSONObject response) {
Toast.makeText(StartingActivity.this,response.toString(),Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}, new Response.ErrorListener() {
#Override
public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) {
error.printStackTrace();
Toast.makeText(StartingActivity.this,"That didn't work",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
});
RequestQueue queue = Volley.newRequestQueue(this);
queue.add(jsonRequest);

Use StringRequest instead of JsonObjectRequest. it will return response in string Like this:
StringRequest stringRequest = new StringRequest(Request.Method.POST,url,
new Response.Listener<String>() {
#Override
public void onResponse(String response) {
Log.e(TAG,response);
},
new Response.ErrorListener() {
#Override
public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) {
error.printStackTrace();
}
}) {
#Override
public byte[] getBody() throws AuthFailureError {
//use this to post data.
}
#Override
public Map<String, String> getHeaders() throws AuthFailureError {
//use this for headers.
}
};
stringRequest.setRetryPolicy(new RetryPolicy() {
#Override
public int getCurrentTimeout() {
return 50000;
}
#Override
public int getCurrentRetryCount() {
return 50000;
}
#Override
public void retry(VolleyError error) throws VolleyError {
}
});
RequestQueue requestQueue = Volley.newRequestQueue(context);
requestQueue.add(stringRequest);

The jsonBody your sending to server it should be in String.
JsonObjectRequest jsonRequest = new JsonObjectRequest(Request.Method.POST, url, jsonBody.toString(),
I hope this will help you. Thanks!

Android Volley ECONNRESET

I try to use Volley library and upload image to server. This library should do this process in standalone mode, but have got following error message:
java.net.SocketException: sendto failed: ECONNRESET (Connection reset
by peer)
Is it maybe a server side misconfiguration?
I try to upload a jpeg image with this code:
private void uploadImage(){
final ProgressDialog loading = ProgressDialog.show(this,"Uploading...","Please wait...",false,false);
StringRequest stringRequest = new StringRequest(Request.Method.POST, UPLOAD_URL,
new Response.Listener<String>() {
#Override
public void onResponse(String s) {
loading.dismiss();
Toast.makeText(PhotoActivity.this, s , Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
},
new Response.ErrorListener() {
#Override
public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError volleyError) {
loading.dismiss();
Toast.makeText(PhotoActivity.this, volleyError.getMessage().toString(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
}){
#Override
protected Map<String, String> getParams() throws AuthFailureError {
String image = getStringImage(bitmap);
String name = editTextName.getText().toString().trim();
Map<String,String> params = new Hashtable<String, String>();
params.put(KEY_IMAGE, image);
params.put(KEY_NAME, name);
return params;
}
};
RequestQueue requestQueue = Volley.newRequestQueue(this);
requestQueue.add(stringRequest);
}

just to be sure, you need to change your uploadImage() into something like this:
private void uploadImage(){
final ProgressDialog loading = ProgressDialog.show(this,"Uploading...","Please wait...",false,false);
//here you use your custom multi-part-request as I suggested in the comment:
ImageUploadRequest imageUploadReq = new ImageUploadRequest(UPLOAD_URL,
new Response.ErrorListener() {
#Override
public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError volleyError) {
loading.dismiss();
Toast.makeText(PhotoActivity.this, volleyError.getMessage().toString(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
},
new Response.Listener<String>() {
#Override
public void onResponse(String s) {
loading.dismiss();
Toast.makeText(PhotoActivity.this, s , Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
}, yourImageFile);
RequestQueue requestQueue = Volley.newRequestQueue(this);
requestQueue.add(imageUploadReq);
}
Where your ImageUploadRequest class is defined as demonstrated in the accepted answer here like this:
public class ImageUploadRequest<T> extends Request<T> {
private static final String FILE_PART_NAME = "file";
private MultipartEntityBuilder mBuilder = MultipartEntityBuilder.create();
private final Response.Listener<T> mListener;
private final File mImageToUpload;
protected Map<String, String> headers;
public ImageUploadRequest(String uploadURL, ErrorListener errorListener, Listener<T> listener, File imageFileToUpload){
super(Method.POST, uploadURL, errorListener);
mListener = listener;
mImageToUpload = imageFileToUpload;
//call the helper method to build the multipart entity
buildMultipartEntity();
}
#Override
public Map<String, String> getHeaders() throws AuthFailureError {
Map<String, String> headers = super.getHeaders();
if (headers == null || headers.equals(Collections.emptyMap())) {
headers = new HashMap<String, String>();
}
headers.put("Accept", "application/json");
return headers;
}
private void buildMultipartEntity(){
mBuilder.addBinaryBody(FILE_PART_NAME, mImageToUpload, ContentType.create("image/jpeg"), mImageToUpload.getName());
mBuilder.setMode(HttpMultipartMode.BROWSER_COMPATIBLE);
mBuilder.setLaxMode().setBoundary("xx").setCharset(Charset.forName("UTF-8"));
}
#Override
public String getBodyContentType(){
String contentTypeHeader = mBuilder.build().getContentType().getValue();
return contentTypeHeader;
}
#Override
public byte[] getBody() throws AuthFailureError{
ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
try {
mBuilder.build().writeTo(bos);
} catch (IOException e) {
VolleyLog.e("IOException writing to ByteArrayOutputStream bos, building the multipart request.");
}
return bos.toByteArray();
}
#Override
protected Response<T> parseNetworkResponse(NetworkResponse response) {
T result = null;
return Response.success(result, HttpHeaderParser.parseCacheHeaders(response));
}
#Override
protected void deliverResponse(T response) {
mListener.onResponse(response);
}
}
I have made some minor adaptations of Upload an image using Google Volley to your specific situation. I hope this helps you and that others may also find it useful.

I usually get this error when I don't use url encoded queries.
Take a look URL encoding in Android

How to send a POST request using volley with string body?

I'm developing an Android app that communicate with a RESTful web service I wrote. Using Volley for GET methods is awesome and easy, but I can't put my finger on the POST methods.
I want to send a POST request with a String in the body of the request, and retrieve the raw response of the web service (like 200 ok, 500 server error).
All I could find is the StringRequest which doesn't allow to send with data (body), and also it bounds me to receive a parsed String response.
I also came across JsonObjectRequest which accepts data (body) but retrieve a parsed JSONObject response.
I decided to write my own implementation, but I cannot find a way to receive the raw response from the web service. How can I do it?

You can refer to the following code (of course you can customize to get more details of the network response):
try {
RequestQueue requestQueue = Volley.newRequestQueue(this);
String URL = "http://...";
JSONObject jsonBody = new JSONObject();
jsonBody.put("Title", "Android Volley Demo");
jsonBody.put("Author", "BNK");
final String requestBody = jsonBody.toString();
StringRequest stringRequest = new StringRequest(Request.Method.POST, URL, new Response.Listener<String>() {
#Override
public void onResponse(String response) {
Log.i("VOLLEY", response);
}
}, new Response.ErrorListener() {
#Override
public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) {
Log.e("VOLLEY", error.toString());
}
}) {
#Override
public String getBodyContentType() {
return "application/json; charset=utf-8";
}
#Override
public byte[] getBody() throws AuthFailureError {
try {
return requestBody == null ? null : requestBody.getBytes("utf-8");
} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException uee) {
VolleyLog.wtf("Unsupported Encoding while trying to get the bytes of %s using %s", requestBody, "utf-8");
return null;
}
}
#Override
protected Response<String> parseNetworkResponse(NetworkResponse response) {
String responseString = "";
if (response != null) {
responseString = String.valueOf(response.statusCode);
// can get more details such as response.headers
}
return Response.success(responseString, HttpHeaderParser.parseCacheHeaders(response));
}
};
requestQueue.add(stringRequest);
} catch (JSONException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}

I liked this one, but it is sending JSON not string as requested in the question, reposting the code here, in case the original github got removed or changed, and this one found to be useful by someone.
public static void postNewComment(Context context,final UserAccount userAccount,final String comment,final int blogId,final int postId){
mPostCommentResponse.requestStarted();
RequestQueue queue = Volley.newRequestQueue(context);
StringRequest sr = new StringRequest(Request.Method.POST,"http://api.someservice.com/post/comment", new Response.Listener<String>() {
#Override
public void onResponse(String response) {
mPostCommentResponse.requestCompleted();
}
}, new Response.ErrorListener() {
#Override
public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) {
mPostCommentResponse.requestEndedWithError(error);
}
}){
#Override
protected Map<String,String> getParams(){
Map<String,String> params = new HashMap<String, String>();
params.put("user",userAccount.getUsername());
params.put("pass",userAccount.getPassword());
params.put("comment", Uri.encode(comment));
params.put("comment_post_ID",String.valueOf(postId));
params.put("blogId",String.valueOf(blogId));
return params;
}
#Override
public Map<String, String> getHeaders() throws AuthFailureError {
Map<String,String> params = new HashMap<String, String>();
params.put("Content-Type","application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
return params;
}
};
queue.add(sr);
}
public interface PostCommentResponseListener {
public void requestStarted();
public void requestCompleted();
public void requestEndedWithError(VolleyError error);
}

Name = editTextName.getText().toString().trim();
Email = editTextEmail.getText().toString().trim();
Phone = editTextMobile.getText().toString().trim();
JSONArray jsonArray = new JSONArray();
jsonArray.put(Name);
jsonArray.put(Email);
jsonArray.put(Phone);
final String mRequestBody = jsonArray.toString();
StringRequest stringRequest = new StringRequest(Request.Method.PUT, OTP_Url, new Response.Listener<String>() {
#Override
public void onResponse(String response) {
Log.v("LOG_VOLLEY", response);
}
}, new Response.ErrorListener() {
#Override
public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) {
Log.e("LOG_VOLLEY", error.toString());
}
}) {
#Override
public String getBodyContentType() {
return "application/json; charset=utf-8";
}
#Override
public byte[] getBody() throws AuthFailureError {
try {
return mRequestBody == null ? null : mRequestBody.getBytes("utf-8");
} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException uee) {
VolleyLog.wtf("Unsupported Encoding while trying to get the bytes of %s using %s", mRequestBody, "utf-8");
return null;
}
}
};
stringRequest.setShouldCache(false);
VollySupport.getmInstance(RegisterActivity.this).addToRequestque(stringRequest);

StringRequest stringRequest = new StringRequest(Request.Method.POST, URL, new Response.Listener<String>() {
#Override
public void onResponse(String response) {
Log.e("Rest response",response);
}
}, new Response.ErrorListener() {
#Override
public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) {
Log.e("Rest response",error.toString());
}
}){
#Override
protected Map<String,String> getParams(){
Map<String,String> params = new HashMap<String,String>();
params.put("name","xyz");
return params;
}
#Override
public Map<String,String> getHeaders() throws AuthFailureError {
Map<String,String> params = new HashMap<String,String>();
params.put("content-type","application/fesf");
return params;
}
};
requestQueue.add(stringRequest);

I created a function for a Volley Request. You just need to pass the arguments :
public void callvolly(final String username, final String password){
RequestQueue MyRequestQueue = Volley.newRequestQueue(this);
String url = "http://your_url.com/abc.php"; // <----enter your post url here
StringRequest MyStringRequest = new StringRequest(Request.Method.POST, url, new Response.Listener<String>() {
#Override
public void onResponse(String response) {
//This code is executed if the server responds, whether or not the response contains data.
//The String 'response' contains the server's response.
}
}, new Response.ErrorListener() { //Create an error listener to handle errors appropriately.
#Override
public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) {
//This code is executed if there is an error.
}
}) {
protected Map<String, String> getParams() {
Map<String, String> MyData = new HashMap<String, String>();
MyData.put("username", username);
MyData.put("password", password);
return MyData;
}
};
MyRequestQueue.add(MyStringRequest);
}

error sending data to server using volley library

I have not used volley library much. i have read the tutorials. i want to send data to a url which which will enter that data in database. i have tried the following code but its not working. data is not entered in the database.
String url = "http://tipseducation.com/system/eadmin/insertschedule/";
StringRequest sr = new StringRequest(Request.Method.POST, url, new Response.Listener<String>() {
#Override
public void onResponse(String response) {
//Valid Response
}
}, new Response.ErrorListener() {
#Override
public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) {
//error message
}
}) {
#Override
public Map<String, String> getHeaders() throws AuthFailureError {
Map<String, String> params = new HashMap<>();
params.put("appt_name", ed_name);
params.put("appt_email", ed_email);
params.put("appt_contact", ed_contact);
params.put("appt_date", ed_date);
params.put("appt_time", ed_time);
params.put("appt_service", ed_spinner);
return params;
}
};
can anyone please help me. iam new to this

Instead of getHeaders, you should use getBody for your POST request.
You can refer to my following working sample code (replace my JSONObject and Url by yours). Hope this helps!
...
try {
RequestQueue queue = Volley.newRequestQueue(this);
jsonBody = new JSONObject();
jsonBody.put("Title", "Android Volley POST DATA Demo");
jsonBody.put("Author", "BNK");
jsonBody.put("Date", "2015/09/17");
requestBody = jsonBody.toString();
StringRequest stringRequest = new StringRequest(1, url, new Response.Listener<String>() {
#Override
public void onResponse(String response) {
// do something...
}
}, new Response.ErrorListener() {
#Override
public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) {
// do something...
}
}) {
#Override
public String getBodyContentType() {
return "application/json; charset=utf-8";
}
#Override
public byte[] getBody() throws AuthFailureError {
try {
return requestBody == null ? null : requestBody.getBytes("utf-8");
} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException uee) {
e.printStackTrace();
return null;
}
}
};
queue.addToRequestQueue(stringRequest);
} catch (JSONException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
...

Android Volley Request with Body

Is it possible to send a simple text in the body of a StringRequest using DELETE-Method?
I couldn't find any example where somebody put something in the body of a request...
This is my request and I want to add "{'deviceid':'xyz'}" to the body (method is DELETE):
final StringRequest stringRequest = new StringRequest(method, url + "?token=" + token, new Response.Listener<String>() {
#Override
public void onResponse(String jsonResponse) {
// do something
}, new Response.ErrorListener() {
// do something
}
}) {
#Override
public Map<String, String> getHeaders() throws AuthFailureError {
HashMap<String, String> headers = new HashMap<String, String>();
headers.put("api-version", "1");
return headers;
}
};

This because Volley doesn't send the Body for DELETE by default. Only for POST, PUT and PATCH. Unfortunate to say the least
There is a workaround for it listed here: Volley - how to send DELETE request parameters?

Try this:
public class StringJSONBodyReqest extends StringRequest {
private static final String TAG = StringJSONBodyReqest.class.getName();
private final String mContent;
public StringJSONBodyReqest(int method, String url, String content, Response.Listener<String> listener, Response.ErrorListener errorListener) {
super(method, url, listener, errorListener);
mContent = content;
}
#Override
public Map<String, String> getHeaders() throws AuthFailureError {
HashMap<String, String> headers = new HashMap<String, String>();
headers.put("api-version", "1");
return headers;
}
#Override
public byte[] getBody() throws AuthFailureError {
byte[] body = new byte[0];
try {
body = mContent.getBytes("UTF-8");
} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
Log.e(TAG, "Unable to gets bytes from JSON", e.fillInStackTrace());
}
return body;
}
#Override
public String getBodyContentType() {
return "application/json";
}
}
mContent is your json String

StringRequest stringRequest = new StringRequest(StringRequest.Method.PUT,
BASE_URL + "/addItem",
new Response.Listener<String>() {
#Override
public void onResponse(String response) {
Log.d(TAG, response);
}
},
new Response.ErrorListener() {
#Override
public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) {
//handle error
}
}) {
#Override
public byte[] getBody(){
String jsonString = json to send;
return jsonString.getBytes();
}
#Override
public String getBodyContentType() {
return "application/json";
}
};
MyRequestQueue.getInstance().addRequest(stringRequest);