NetRequest 
This lightweight library makes it easy to use HTTP requests. Although the purpose is to make the use of Json data easy, it also allows to retrieve the server response using other formats, XML and TEXT.
This library is available under the MIT License.
Usage
The NetRequet library is available from JitPack.
First add JitPack dependency line in your project build.gradle file:
allprojects {
repositories {
...
maven {
url 'https://jitpack.io'
}
}
}
And then simply add the following line to the dependencies section of your app module build.gradle file:
compile 'com.github.thunder413:NetRequest:1.4'Javadocs are available here.
FAQ
What is the Purpose?
I'm sure that every android developer notice that most of the time when it come to make HTTP request it's about pulling structured data from the server such as JSON or XML , of course there are other libraries that handle quiet well the same kind of data but they are also shipped with other bunch of parsers that you may not need. In the other hand it's a matter of taste regarding the callbacks and how the request is built which drives me to develop this library
The Library is built on top of kevinsawicki http-request library which is a great library for using an HttpURLConnection and by the way if you are interested in handling Http request by yourself, I highly recommend you to give it a try
How are requests managed?
The NetRequest library is queue based which mean that requests are stored in a pool and then executed, but you can control the execution mode while in the most case you will need the requests to be run in parallel (which is the default behavior) you can also turn that off and make the pool executor to run requests in sequence using setParallelRequestEnabled(boolean state).
How To ?
Initialize manager
NetRequest has a manager but it auto-manage itself and using it is optional however it is useful in some cases, especially when you have repeating treatment, like always have to send a user_id every time you perform an http request. It also allow you to control the library behavior like printing debug in development mode or enabling/disabling parallel execution .
I recommend you to do it once in onCreate of your application class but you can use it anywhere you would like.
NetRequestManager.getInstance()
.setDebug(true) // Enable debug false default
.setParallelRequestEnabled(true) // Default
.addParamter("user_id",1) // send user_id each time a request is made
.addParameter("username","john") // same as user_id
.addParamters(Map<String,Object> map) // or add parameters as map
;Build and execute a request
NetRequest netRequest = new NetRequest(context);
netRequest.load("http://google.com");
You can also use setRequestUri to set your url
NetRequest netRequest = new NetRequest(context);
netRequest.setRequestUri("http://google.com");
netRequest.load();
Perform a GET/POST Request
The default method is GET
netRequest.setRequestMethod(RequestMethod.GET|RequestMethod.POST);
netRequest.load("http://google.com");
Adding query parameters
netRequest.addParameter("id",1);
netRequest.addParameter("username","john");
netRequest.addParameter("password","********");
netRequest.load("http://google.com");
Using map as query parameters
// Build your map Map<String,Object> map = new HashMap<>();
map.put("id",1);
map.put("username","john");
map.put("password","*****");
netRequest.addParameterSet(map);
netRequest.load("http://google.com");
What kind of data are you expecting ?
The default expected data is RequestDataType.JSON but you can also set it up using setRequestDataType
netRequest.setRequestDataType(RequestDataType.XML);
netRequest.load("http://google.com/xml");
Get the request ressult
netRequest.setOnResponseListener(new OnNetResponse() {
@Override
public void onNetResponseCompleted(NetResponse response) {
Log.d("TAG",response.toString());
}
@Override
public void onNetResponseError(NetError error) {
Log.d("TAG",error.toString());
}
}
);
netRequest.load("http://google.com");
setOnResponseListener expect an interface so you can make your activity or fragment implement OnNetResponseListener class
Handle response
...
@Override
public void onNetResponseCompleted(NetResponse response) {
// Get response
Log.d("TAG",response.toString());
// If you are expecting json data just use
JsonObject data = response.toJson();
// If you are exepecting xml data just use
Document xml = response.toXML();
// You can also rely on the dataType from response
RequestDataType dataType = response.getRequestDataType();
if(dataType.equals(RequestDataType.JSON)) {
}
else if(dataType.equals(RequestDataType.XML)){
}
}
...Handle errors
...
@Override
public void onNetResponseError(NetError error) {
Log.d("TAG",error.toString());
// Handle error
switch (error.getStatus()) {
case CONNECTION_ERROR: // No internet connection detected
break;
case PARSE_ERROR: // Fail to parse data into request data type
break;
case ERROR: // Error
break;
case INVALID_URI_ERROR: // when no uri is supplied or null
break;
case NOT_FOUND: // HttpStatus 404
break;
case BAD_GATEWAY: // HttpStatus 502
break;
case SERVER_ERROR: // Any other HTTPStatus error
break;
case REQUEST_ERROR: // Internal module error
break;
case CANCELED: // Request cancelled
break;
}
}
...Cancel a request
You can cancel a request at any time using cancel on your netRequest instance
// Just call cancel on your netRequest instance NetRequet netRequest = new NetRequest(context);
netRequest.load("http://google.com");
// Later netRequest.cancel()Request TAG
NetRequest allow you to use tags, this is usefull when in one activity or fragment you have to make multiple request you can re-use the OnResponseListener
... // Tag can be any data type you would like (Integer,String,Object ....) netRequest.setTag(tag);
netRequest.setOnResponseListener(new OnNetResponse() {
@Override
public void onNetResponseCompleted(NetResponse response) {
Log.d("TAG",response.toString());
// Deal with tag
Object tag = response.getTag();
}
@Override
public void onNetResponseError(NetError error) {
Log.d("TAG",error.toString());
// Deal with tag
Object tag = error.getTag();
}
}
);
netRequest.load("http://google.com");
Author
- Thunder413 ( https://github.com/thunder413)
License
This project is licensed under the MIT License
Acknowledgments
- kevinsawicki http-request
- Google Gson