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I've been trying to find a way to upload a video from an Android device to an API, but I haven't found a good way to do it. It seems most of the information I've found online is fairly out of date (a lot of it being from last year). Most of them are using a method like this: http://getablogger.blogspot.com/2008/01/android-how-to-post-file-to-php-server.html



What's the easiest/preferred way to upload something to an API with a multipart POST?






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I've been trying to find a way to upload a video from an Android device to an API, but I haven't found a good way to do it. It seems most of the information I've found online is fairly out of date (a lot of it being from last year). Most of them are using a method like this: http://getablogger.blogspot.com/2008/01/android-how-to-post-file-to-php-server.html



What's the easiest/preferred way to upload something to an API with a multipart POST?






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I've been trying to find a way to upload a video from an Android device to an API, but I haven't found a good way to do it. It seems most of the information I've found online is fairly out of date (a lot of it being from last year). Most of them are using a method like this: http://getablogger.blogspot.com/2008/01/android-how-to-post-file-to-php-server.html



What's the easiest/preferred way to upload something to an API with a multipart POST?






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I've been trying to find a way to upload a video from an Android device to an API, but I haven't found a good way to do it. It seems most of the information I've found online is fairly out of date (a lot of it being from last year). Most of them are using a method like this: http://getablogger.blogspot.com/2008/01/android-how-to-post-file-to-php-server.html



What's the easiest/preferred way to upload something to an API with a multipart POST?






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I have an Android app I'm developing against the Campfire chat service's "API". The code here uploads a file through multipart POST:



http://github.com/klondike/android-campfire/blob/master/src/com/github/klondike/java/campfire/Room.java#L175



Everything after the "dos.close()" line is related to checking the response to detect whether the post was successful.



Not everything in there is necessary for every multi-part post; for example, the X-Requested-With header is specific to Campfire, the User-Agent is optional, and the Cookie is because I have to stay logged in. Also, the "OH MY GOD" comment about spacing is probably Campfire-specific.



I've heard that the latest version of the HttpClient library from Apache has more convenient built-in multi-part support, but the last sync Google performed against it to Android didn't include those features, so here I am doing it manually.



Hope that's of some help.






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    You could use the HttpClient from the Apache Software Foundation. It is part of the Android API:



    HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
    
HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost("www.somewebpage.com/site-that-can-handle-post");
    

    
try {
    
    MultipartEntity entity = new MultipartEntity();
    
    entity.addPart("timestamp", new StringBody("1311789946"));
    
    entity.addPart("image", new FileBody(new File("/foo/bar/video.mpeg")));
    
    httppost.setEntity(entity);
    
    HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httppost);
    
} catch (Exception e) {
    
    Log.v(MyActivity.TAG, "doh!", e);
    
}


    Hope that helps. :)






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    I have an Android app I'm developing against the Campfire chat service's "API". The code here uploads a file through multipart POST:



    http://github.com/klondike/android-campfire/blob/master/src/com/github/klondike/java/campfire/Room.java#L175



    Everything after the "dos.close()" line is related to checking the response to detect whether the post was successful.



    Not everything in there is necessary for every multi-part post; for example, the X-Requested-With header is specific to Campfire, the User-Agent is optional, and the Cookie is because I have to stay logged in. Also, the "OH MY GOD" comment about spacing is probably Campfire-specific.



    I've heard that the latest version of the HttpClient library from Apache has more convenient built-in multi-part support, but the last sync Google performed against it to Android didn't include those features, so here I am doing it manually.



    Hope that's of some help.






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      I have an Android app I'm developing against the Campfire chat service's "API". The code here uploads a file through multipart POST:



      http://github.com/klondike/android-campfire/blob/master/src/com/github/klondike/java/campfire/Room.java#L175



      Everything after the "dos.close()" line is related to checking the response to detect whether the post was successful.



      Not everything in there is necessary for every multi-part post; for example, the X-Requested-With header is specific to Campfire, the User-Agent is optional, and the Cookie is because I have to stay logged in. Also, the "OH MY GOD" comment about spacing is probably Campfire-specific.



      I've heard that the latest version of the HttpClient library from Apache has more convenient built-in multi-part support, but the last sync Google performed against it to Android didn't include those features, so here I am doing it manually.



      Hope that's of some help.






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        I have an Android app I'm developing against the Campfire chat service's "API". The code here uploads a file through multipart POST:



        http://github.com/klondike/android-campfire/blob/master/src/com/github/klondike/java/campfire/Room.java#L175



        Everything after the "dos.close()" line is related to checking the response to detect whether the post was successful.



        Not everything in there is necessary for every multi-part post; for example, the X-Requested-With header is specific to Campfire, the User-Agent is optional, and the Cookie is because I have to stay logged in. Also, the "OH MY GOD" comment about spacing is probably Campfire-specific.



        I've heard that the latest version of the HttpClient library from Apache has more convenient built-in multi-part support, but the last sync Google performed against it to Android didn't include those features, so here I am doing it manually.



        Hope that's of some help.






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        I have an Android app I'm developing against the Campfire chat service's "API". The code here uploads a file through multipart POST:



        http://github.com/klondike/android-campfire/blob/master/src/com/github/klondike/java/campfire/Room.java#L175



        Everything after the "dos.close()" line is related to checking the response to detect whether the post was successful.



        Not everything in there is necessary for every multi-part post; for example, the X-Requested-With header is specific to Campfire, the User-Agent is optional, and the Cookie is because I have to stay logged in. Also, the "OH MY GOD" comment about spacing is probably Campfire-specific.



        I've heard that the latest version of the HttpClient library from Apache has more convenient built-in multi-part support, but the last sync Google performed against it to Android didn't include those features, so here I am doing it manually.



        Hope that's of some help.







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            You could use the HttpClient from the Apache Software Foundation. It is part of the Android API:



            HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
            
HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost("www.somewebpage.com/site-that-can-handle-post");
            

            
try {
            
    MultipartEntity entity = new MultipartEntity();
            
    entity.addPart("timestamp", new StringBody("1311789946"));
            
    entity.addPart("image", new FileBody(new File("/foo/bar/video.mpeg")));
            
    httppost.setEntity(entity);
            
    HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httppost);
            
} catch (Exception e) {
            
    Log.v(MyActivity.TAG, "doh!", e);
            
}


            Hope that helps. :)






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            • Link redirected to other page -> HttpClient

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            • Thanks, updated the link.

              – Håvard Geithus
              Nov 23 '18 at 12:22
















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            You could use the HttpClient from the Apache Software Foundation. It is part of the Android API:



            HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
            
HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost("www.somewebpage.com/site-that-can-handle-post");
            

            
try {
            
    MultipartEntity entity = new MultipartEntity();
            
    entity.addPart("timestamp", new StringBody("1311789946"));
            
    entity.addPart("image", new FileBody(new File("/foo/bar/video.mpeg")));
            
    httppost.setEntity(entity);
            
    HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httppost);
            
} catch (Exception e) {
            
    Log.v(MyActivity.TAG, "doh!", e);
            
}


            Hope that helps. :)






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            • Link redirected to other page -> HttpClient

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              Nov 23 '18 at 10:05











            • Thanks, updated the link.

              – Håvard Geithus
              Nov 23 '18 at 12:22














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            You could use the HttpClient from the Apache Software Foundation. It is part of the Android API:



            HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
            
HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost("www.somewebpage.com/site-that-can-handle-post");
            

            
try {
            
    MultipartEntity entity = new MultipartEntity();
            
    entity.addPart("timestamp", new StringBody("1311789946"));
            
    entity.addPart("image", new FileBody(new File("/foo/bar/video.mpeg")));
            
    httppost.setEntity(entity);
            
    HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httppost);
            
} catch (Exception e) {
            
    Log.v(MyActivity.TAG, "doh!", e);
            
}


            Hope that helps. :)






            share|improve this answer















            You could use the HttpClient from the Apache Software Foundation. It is part of the Android API:



            HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
            
HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost("www.somewebpage.com/site-that-can-handle-post");
            

            
try {
            
    MultipartEntity entity = new MultipartEntity();
            
    entity.addPart("timestamp", new StringBody("1311789946"));
            
    entity.addPart("image", new FileBody(new File("/foo/bar/video.mpeg")));
            
    httppost.setEntity(entity);
            
    HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httppost);
            
} catch (Exception e) {
            
    Log.v(MyActivity.TAG, "doh!", e);
            
}


            Hope that helps. :)







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            • Link redirected to other page -> HttpClient

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            • Link redirected to other page -> HttpClient

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            • Thanks, updated the link.

              – Håvard Geithus
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            Link redirected to other page -> HttpClient

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            Link redirected to other page -> HttpClient

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            Thanks, updated the link.

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            Thanks, updated the link.

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