Thanks, @shaun! I came across another thread someone had started with some code; and I tweaked that around and have seemed to got it working.
Will post the code; it's very similar to the one you've put in. On Apr 30, 8:57 pm, shaun <[email protected]> wrote: > 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? 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