Make an HTTP request with android

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I have searched everywhere but I couldn't find my answer, is there a way to make a simple HTTP request? I want to request a PHP page / script on one of my websites but I don't want to show the webpage.

If possible I even want to do it in the background (in a BroadcastReceiver)

androidhttpclient httpwebrequest android
12 Answers

Use Volley as suggested above. Add following into build.gradle (Module: app)

implementation 'com.android.volley:volley:1.1.1'

Add following into AndroidManifest.xml:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />

And add following to you Activity code:

public void httpCall(String url) {

    RequestQueue queue = Volley.newRequestQueue(this);

    StringRequest stringRequest = new StringRequest(Request.Method.GET, url,
            new Response.Listener<String>() {
                @Override
                public void onResponse(String response) {
                    // enjoy your response
                }
            }, new Response.ErrorListener() {
                @Override
                public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) {
                    // enjoy your error status
                }
    });

    queue.add(stringRequest);
}

It replaces http client and it is very simple.

user_38997130

As none of the answers described a way to perform requests with OkHttp, which is very popular http client nowadays for Android and Java in general, I am going to provide a simple example:

//get an instance of the client
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();

//add parameters
HttpUrl.Builder urlBuilder = HttpUrl.parse("https://www.example.com").newBuilder();
urlBuilder.addQueryParameter("query", "stack-overflow");


String url = urlBuilder.build().toString();

//build the request
Request request = new Request.Builder().url(url).build();

//execute
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();

The clear advantage of this library is that it abstracts us from some low level details, providing more friendly and secure ways to interact with them. The syntax is also simplified and permits to write nice code.

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