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How do I print the content of httprequest request?


I've got a bug involving httprequest, which happens sometimes, so I'd like to log HttpGet and HttpPost request's content when that happens.

So, let's say, I create HttpGet like this:

HttpGet g = new HttpGet();
g.setURI(new URI("http://www.google.com"));
g.setHeader("test", "hell yeah");

This is the string representation that I'd like to get:

GET / HTTP/1.1
Host: www.google.com
test: hell yeah

With the post request, I'd also like to get the content string.

What is the easiest way to do it in java for android?


Solution

  • You can print the request type using:

    request.getMethod();
    

    You can print all the headers as mentioned here:

    Enumeration<String> headerNames = request.getHeaderNames();
    while(headerNames.hasMoreElements()) {
      String headerName = headerNames.nextElement();
      System.out.println("Header Name - " + headerName + ", Value - " + request.getHeader(headerName));
    }
    

    To print all the request params, use this:

    Enumeration<String> params = request.getParameterNames(); 
    while(params.hasMoreElements()){
     String paramName = params.nextElement();
     System.out.println("Parameter Name - "+paramName+", Value - "+request.getParameter(paramName));
    }
    

    request is the instance of HttpServletRequest

    You can beautify the outputs as you desire.