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to send values to json post method

I'm creating an android application in which I would like to send some values to the server and in response the server gives me a json response. The values I pass through is of Json post method type.
I would like to know how can I pass the following values to the Json post url:
{
"CPSProfileInfo":
{
"cpsName": "auto",
"userId": "0",
"cpsAddress": "0#0India",
"searchLimit": "10#0",
"searchFlag": "0"
}
}
throught my application so far, I've been using
params.put("cpsName","auto");
But I don't know how to proceed with this type as I don't know how to send the value for CPSProfileInfo
Kindly help me solving this issue!!!

You can go through the tutorial android-json-parsing-tutorial...
First know how json format looks!

To send Json to server, you can try my code:
HttpParams myParams = new BasicHttpParams();
HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(myParams, 10000);
HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout(myParams, 10000);
HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient(myParams);
HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost("*your server addresss and query*");
httppost.setHeader("Content-type", "application/json");
//if needed for authorization:
httppost.setHeader("Authorization", "Bearer " + "*Your string token retrieved from server*");
StringEntity se = new StringEntity("*your json here*");
se.setContentEncoding(new BasicHeader(HTTP.CONTENT_TYPE, "application/json"));
httppost.setEntity(se);
HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httppost);
If you have any questions, please ask.

Checkout Retrofit, it is an awesome networking library by Square.
When posting in retrofit you can just create a class for the object:
#POST("/users/new")
void createUser(#Body User user, Callback<User> cb);
This is posting to the url 'yourdefinedapi.com/users/new with an User object, which is just a POJO object :)
See detailed instructions here: http://square.github.io/retrofit/

Sending POST json from Android and receiving on Django

I am trying to get an android app to interact with a server in Django.
The app is trying to POST "json" data to Django. However, I am unable to receive the object on the Django end.
The value of request.POST is <QueryDict: {}> although the data sent isn't blank. Following is the code snippet for POST request from android.
public static String POST(String url,JSONObject obj){
InputStream inputStream = null;
String result = "";
try{
HttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost(url);
String json = obj.toString();
StringEntity se = new StringEntity(json);
httpPost.setEntity(se);
httpPost.setHeader("Accept", "application/json");
httpPost.setHeader("Content-type","application/json");
HttpResponse httpResponse = httpClient.execute((HttpUriRequest)httpPost);
inputStream = httpResponse.getEntity().getContent();
if(inputStream!=null){
result = convertInputStreamToString(inputStream);
}else{
result = "Did not work!";
}
}catch(Exception e){
}
return result;
}
EDIT:
Earlier, I was getting CSRF error and handled it this way (I haven't worked with Django enough to know if this is correct way to handle CSRF error)
#csrf_exempt
def search(request):
logger.debug(request.POST)
"""Code for JSON object processing"""
Any help with rectifying the problem would be highly appreciated.

OK I'm not very fluent in java but it seems to me that your request is well formed.
I think the issue is that you are sending the data as a json string instead of as if it was a raw form. When you do it this way, the data is not displayed in request.POST but in request.body as what it is: a json string, not form-like data.
So I think you have to take one of these ways:
send the data from the Android app as a form (not json-like). This way you'll see it in request.POST or
translate request.body into a dict and work with it instead of request.POST
Hope this helps! :)

Trouble sending JSON Post Android

It has been a while since I programmed for Android and I have lost all my previous work which had the code in it I am having problems with. I am developing an app for both Android and iPhone which connect to the same server to download data. All is well in the iPhone version but on Android when I hit the server with the post data containing the method name I would like to to run on the server it seems that the data is not added to the request.
Why is the POST not working in this request for Android but does for the iPhone version of the app?
Here is the code I am using:
public static void makeRequest() throws Exception {
Thread t = new Thread() {
public void run() {
Looper.prepare(); //For Preparing Message Pool for the child Thread
HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(client.getParams(), 10000);
HttpResponse response;
HttpEntity entity;
JSONObject json = new JSONObject();
try {
HttpPost post = new HttpPost("http://divisi.co.uk/rest/requesthandler.php");
json.put("method", "getEventListData");
StringEntity se = new StringEntity(json.toString());
se.setContentType(new BasicHeader(HTTP.CONTENT_TYPE, "application/json"));
post.setEntity(se);
response = client.execute(post);
entity = response.getEntity();
String retSrc = EntityUtils.toString(entity);
JSONObject result = new JSONObject(retSrc); //Convert String to JSON Object
if(result.getString("SC") == "200"){
JSONArray data = result.getJSONArray("data");
}
else{
}
} catch(Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
Looper.loop(); //Loop in the message queue
}
};
t.start();
}
The response I get mack from the server is:
{"data":{"scalar":""},"SC":405,"timestamp":1363788265}
Meaning the method name was not found, i.e. not posted in my request to the server.

heres an example of how i do things like this:
HttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpPost postRequest = new HttpPost("http://divisi.co.uk/rest/requesthandler.php");
MultipartEntity reqEntity = new MultipartEntity(HttpMultipartMode.BROWSER_COMPATIBLE);
reqEntity.addPart(new FormBodyPart("method", new StringBody("getEventListData")));
reqEntity.addPart(new FormBodyPart("NEED_A_KEY_HERE", new StringBody("" + json.toString())));
postRequest.setEntity(reqEntity);
HttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(postRequest);
JSONObject responseDict = new JSONObject(EntityUtils.toString(response.getEntity()));

allow this is your "http://divisi.co.uk/rest/requesthandler.php" page code, then in android you can use this... you don't allow post in your URL,

use fiddler on your sever side. see if the http message is correct. it seems your sever side problem, can you show us your sever side code which receive and parse json.

If the server can't read your request try to remove:
se.setContentType(new BasicHeader(HTTP.CONTENT_TYPE, "application/json"));
It will use the mime type defaults HTTP.PLAIN_TEXT_TYPE i.e. "text/plain".
I don't see any other possibility, if your code is the one you posted and not a more complicated input JSON object.

Your code to set the POST body may be just fine. I think the problem may be with your web service. Try using something like Rested or curl to manually make the call to your server. I made exactly the same request you are making, including with and without the POST body, and I got the same response from your server:
{"data":{"scalar":""},"SC":405,"timestamp":1365704082}
Some things that may be tripping you up:
JSONObject result = new JSONObject(retSrc); //Convert String to JSON Object
if(result.getString("SC") == "200"){
JSONArray data = result.getJSONArray("data");
}
Here, you are comparing the string "405" to "200" using ==, when you should first do a null check and then use .equals("200") instead. Or, use result.getInt("SC") == 200 since this is an integer type in your response JSON.
Also, the "data" entity from your server response is not actually coming back as a JSON array. You should use getJSONObject("data") instead.
Additionally, it's always a good idea to externalize your strings.
Here's how the code should look:
public static final String JSON_KEY_SC = "SC";
public static final String JSON_KEY_DATA = "data";
...
JSONObject result = new JSONObject(retSrc); //Convert String to JSON Object
String sc = result.getString(JSON_KEY_SC);
if (sc != null && sc.equals("200")) {
JSONObject data = result.getJSONObject(JSON_KEY_DATA);
}
else {
...
}

How receive JSON object via HttpClient?

I use HttpClient in android to send post request:
HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpPost request = new HttpPost(hostNameCollection);
StringEntity se = new StringEntity(jsonObj.toString());
request.setHeader("Accept", "application/json");
request.setHeader("Content-type", "application/json");
request.setEntity(se);
HttpResponse response = client.execute(request);
Log.v("HttpLogClient.logJSONObject", "wyslano JSON");
and I'dont know how I can receive JSON object on my Java EE servlet.

you need to read the response body text, then parse as JSON,
String result = EntityUtils.toString(response.getEntity());
JSONObject jo = new JSONObject(result);

read the body of the http post ( server-side ) by getting the a stream object on the body and then reading it.
Once youve read it , convert the bytes to chars and that will be json which you can use to build a json object like a jsonNode using 'jackson' libs.

If you are using plain servlets the json stream is located in the body of the HttpServletRequest : request.getReader() or request.getInputStream();
To make things easier you could use a library handling databinding for you.
Have a look at Genson http://code.google.com/p/genson/.
YouClass object = new Genson().deserialize(request.getReader(), YourClass.class);
// or to a plain map
Map<String, Object> map = genson.deserialize(request.getReader(), Map.class);

How to send a JSON object over HttpClient Request with Android?

I want to send the JSON text {} to a web service and read the response. How can I do this from android? What are the steps such as creating request object, setting content headers, etc.
My code is here
public void postData(String result,JSONObject obj) {
// Create a new HttpClient and Post Header
HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpParams myParams = new BasicHttpParams();
HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(myParams, 10000);
HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout(myParams, 10000);
String json=obj.toString();
try {
HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost(result.toString());
StringEntity se = new StringEntity(obj.toString());
se.setContentEncoding(new BasicHeader(HTTP.CONTENT_TYPE, "application/json"));
httppost.setEntity(se);
HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httppost);
String temp = EntityUtils.toString(response.getEntity());
Log.i("tag", temp);
} catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
} catch (IOException e) {
}
}
what mistake i have done plz correct me because it shows me an bad request error
but when i do post in poster it shows me status as Successfull 200 ok

I do this with
httppost.setHeader("Content-type", "application/json");
Also, the new HttpPost() takes the web service URL as argument.

In the try catch loop, I did this:
HttpPost post = new HttpPost(
"https://www.placeyoururlhere.com");
post.setHeader(HTTP.CONTENT_TYPE,"application/json" );
List<NameValuePair> nameValuePairs = new
ArrayList<NameValuePair>(1);
nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("json", json));
post.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(nameValuePairs));
HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpResponse resp = client.execute(post);
HttpEntity entity = resp.getEntity();
response = EntityUtils.toString(entity);
You can add your nameValurPairs according to how many fields you have.
Typically the JSON might become really huge, which I will then suggest gzipping it then sending, but if your JSON is fairly small and always the same size the above should work for you.

If it is a web service and not RestAPI call then, you can get the WSDL file from the server and use a SOAP Stub generator to do all the work of creating the Request objects and the networking code for you, for example WSClient++
If you wish to do it by yourself then things get a little tricky. Android doesn't come with SOAP library.
However, you can download 3rd party library here: http://code.google.com/p/ksoap2-android/
If you need help using it, you might find this thread helpful: How to call a .NET Webservice from Android using KSOAP2?
If its a REST-API Call like POST or GET to be more specific then its is very simple
Just pass a JSON Formatted String object in you function and use org.json package to parse the response string for you.
Hope this helps.