If Android does not have all the classes necessary to compile that, try include commons-httpclient in your classpath (http://hc.apache.org/ downloads.cgi)
On Apr 30, 11:54 am, shaun <[email protected]> wrote: > I found this bit of code. Not put it to use yet, but looks good to > go. The "data" object is the byte[] representing the image. > > PostMethod method; > try { > HttpClient client = new HttpClient(); > > client.getHttpConnectionManager().getParams().setConnectionTimeout( > 5000); > method = new PostMethod(urlString); > > Part[] parts = { > new FilePart("videoFile", new > ByteArrayPartSource( > "videoFile", > data)), > new StringPart("videoName", > filename) }; > method.setRequestEntity(new > MultipartRequestEntity(parts, method > .getParams())); > client.executeMethod(method); > response = method.getResponseBodyAsString(); > method.releaseConnection(); > } catch (Exception ex) { > Log.v(TAG, "Exception", ex); > } finally { > method.releaseConnection(); > } > > On Apr 29, 3:25 am, Amit <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > I am a newbie to Android development; and I want to upload an image > > (NOT an image file on the device, but a frame from a camera preview) > > to a web-server. I searched around and got a snippet of code that can > > be used to upload a byte array. This is the code: > > > public void uploadImage(final byte[] data) { > > // spawn off a new thread to do the image uploading > > new Thread(new Runnable() { > > > @Override > > public void run() { > > // TODO Auto-generated method stub > > Log.d(TAG, "onRun:"); > > HttpURLConnection conn = null; > > try { > > serverURL = new URL(URL); > > } catch (MalformedURLException e) { > > // TODO Auto-generated catch block > > Log.e(TAG, "Malformed URL!"); > > e.printStackTrace(); > > } > > try { > > // open up a connection with the > > server > > conn = (HttpURLConnection) > > serverURL.openConnection(); > > > // set up the conection > > conn.setDoInput(true); > > conn.setDoOutput(true); > > conn.setUseCaches(true); > > conn.setRequestMethod("POST"); > > > > conn.setRequestProperty("Connection", "Keep-Alive"); > > > // now transfer the byte-stream > > DataOutputStream ostream = new > > DataOutputStream(conn.getOutputStream()); > > ostream.write(data); > > ostream.flush(); > > ostream.close(); > > > } catch (IOException e) { > > // TODO Auto-generated catch block > > Log.e(TAG, "No response from > > server!"); > > e.printStackTrace(); > > } finally { > > conn.disconnect(); > > } > > > // wait for server response > > try { > > BufferedReader reader = new > > BufferedReader( > > new > > InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream()) > > ); > > String response; > > while ((response = > > reader.readLine()) != null ) { > > Log.d("server response: ", > > response); > > } > > reader.close(); > > } catch (IOException e) { > > // TODO Auto-generated catch block > > e.printStackTrace(); > > } > > > } > > > }).start(); > > } > > > First, is this code right, or am I missing something here? > > > Next, I want to know how can I simultaneously upload image AND > > optional image tags to the server? > > I got to the level that I need to send a multi-part request, but can't > > seem to figure out the specifics. Can someone help me? > > > Also are there some 'best practices' to follow while doing this (like > > for responsiveness, etc)? > > > Any help is much appreciated! > > > Thanks, > > Amit > > > PS: Although this may be a little out-of-bounds for this forum, but > > I'm also writing the server -- any help/ pointers on how to write it > > to handle this POST request that the client sends? Got to write the > > server in ASP.NET > > Thanks again, > > amit > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
