The server basically expects the contacts stored on a android device
in an xml file.

So in a HTTP get operation i can send any parameters i want be in a
xml file, string, int etc?

On Mar 17, 2:44 pm, Chris Ross <cross+goo...@distal.com> wrote:
>   You can send parameters encoded in the url of an HTTP GET operation, but I 
> wouldn't suggest using anything long.  I would suggest using an HTTP POST 
> operation, or if you actually want to treat it as a file, rather than a "blob 
> of XML data", an HTTP PUT.  Most any web server software will know how to 
> handle an HTTP POST, for sure.
>
>   The question is, what does the server expect?  This is much more an HTTP 
> question than an android question.
>
>                           - Chris
>
> On Mar 17, 2010, at 10:38 AM, KC Dev Android 06 wrote:
>
> > What im trying to do is simply send a xml file that i have created
> > into a http server. The way i understand http is that the request and
> > any kind of data ie a name value pair such as a username can be added
> > and included in the actual url string.
>
> > my question is, how do you go about constructing a url connection with
> > an xml file added to it?
>
> > On Mar 17, 2:23 pm, Chris Ross <cross+goo...@distal.com> wrote:
> >>   You probably want to look at HttpPost or HttpPut, which implement 
> >> HttpRequest, which is an available parameter to the execute() method in 
> >> the HttpClient interface.
>
> >>   Not 100% sure what you're trying to do, but that's the path of 
> >> investigation I'd suggest.
>
> >>                        - Chris
>
> >> On Mar 17, 2010, at 5:14 AM, KC Dev Android 06 wrote:
>
> >>> Any suggestions?
>
> >>> On Mar 16, 4:45 pm, KC Dev Android 06
> >>> <kc.dev.android...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> >>>> Hi, as the title says, is it possible to do so? in the examples found
> >>>> herehttp://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/branches/4....
>
> >>>> It seems that HttpClient only accepts a String as its parameter? how
> >>>> do i go about sending/uploading a xml file using http?
>
> >>>> thanks in advance.
>
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