[android-developers] Re: RESTful user authentication

2009-05-21 Thread Tom
Hi, I would like to know if you had some answers to your question. I'm developping an Android application wich uses a restFul webservice too. The schem of the application is pretty close to yours. Indeed Android app ask a RestFul WS (in Java RestLet) in order to communicate some datas...

[android-developers] Re: RESTful user authentication

2009-04-01 Thread Wouter
Sorry I never created a web service before. I only want to use this web service now to send HTTP request (HTTP POST and HTTP GET) in my Google Android application. If a user logins at my application (with username and password) the username and password would be sended to my web service and

[android-developers] Re: RESTful user authentication

2009-03-31 Thread Wouter
Hey JP, Thank you for your explenation! I am making this android application for my Bachelor test at the high school and at present I don't have to setup a server because I gonna use the localhost server for testing. When my application is ready, I can buy a server when i gonna release my

[android-developers] Re: RESTful user authentication

2009-03-31 Thread Wouter
Indeed you are right! Do you know a google group or other discussion board when I can ask such questions? Wouter On Mar 30, 11:38 pm, JP joachim.pfeif...@gmail.com wrote: On Mar 30, 10:21 am, Wouter wouterg...@gmail.com wrote: But it is still Android related because i want to use this

[android-developers] Re: RESTful user authentication

2009-03-30 Thread Mark Murphy
Wouter wrote: But how can i make a restful webservice (in Java) where I can authenticate a user.. Use HTTP authentication. See _RESTful Web Services_ (O'Reilly Associates, 2007), Chapter 8, pages 238-243. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsguy

[android-developers] Re: RESTful user authentication

2009-03-30 Thread Wouter
And can i use a database where i can put the user data in? Can i make a restfull web service with eclipse? On Mar 30, 5:36 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: Wouter wrote: But how can i make a restful webservice (in Java) where I can authenticate a user.. Use HTTP

[android-developers] Re: RESTful user authentication

2009-03-30 Thread JP
On Mar 30, 8:41 am, Wouter wouterg...@gmail.com wrote: And can i use a database where i can put the user data in? Can i make a restfull web service with eclipse? Check out Google App Engine. It eliminates the overhead of setting up a web server.

[android-developers] Re: RESTful user authentication

2009-03-30 Thread Wouter
But i cant make a java restful webservice with the Google App Engine! Or am i wrong? On Mar 30, 6:02 pm, JP joachim.pfeif...@gmail.com wrote: On Mar 30, 8:41 am, Wouter wouterg...@gmail.com wrote: And can i use a database where i can put the user data in? Can i make a restfull web service

[android-developers] Re: RESTful user authentication

2009-03-30 Thread Wouter
How can i make a Java restful webservice with a (mysql) database? I want to login and do other stuff later with the webservice like getting data from a user, friend, places.. On Mar 30, 6:39 pm, Wouter wouterg...@gmail.com wrote: But i cant make a java restful webservice with the Google App

[android-developers] Re: RESTful user authentication

2009-03-30 Thread Mark Murphy
Wouter wrote: How can i make a Java restful webservice with a (mysql) database? I want to login and do other stuff later with the webservice like getting data from a user, friend, places.. These questions are not Android questions. You will have better luck asking those questions some place

[android-developers] Re: RESTful user authentication

2009-03-30 Thread JP
On Mar 30, 9:39 am, Wouter wouterg...@gmail.com wrote: But i cant make a java restful webservice with the Google App Engine! Or am i wrong? You are correct. My point is whether you use Java-built servlets (or not) is the least of your worries. Rather... are you ready and committed to set up

[android-developers] Re: RESTful user authentication

2009-03-30 Thread JP
On Mar 30, 10:21 am, Wouter wouterg...@gmail.com wrote: But it is still Android related because i want to use this webservice only in my android application! Sure but REST is an architecture that provides abstraction from the web service implementation. There is no consideration whether the