How to HTTP POST in Android Studio

Question

I'm trying to do a HTTP POST in Android studio using with to retrieve values. I have already tested the thing in POSTMAN but I'm unsure of how to type it in Android studio. Please assist me in creating the HTTP POST Code for this.

i'm doing a POST to

ml2.internalpositioning.com/track

with this body

{"username":"fyp","location":"location","group":"cowardlycrab","time":1501640084739,"wifi-fingerprint":[{"mac":"04:c5:a4:66:43:7k","rssi":-29}]}

Answer 1

 //call asynctask  like below : 

JSONObject post_dict = new JSONObject();
                    try {
                        post_dict.put("username", "your_username_data");
 post_dict.put("location", "your_location_data");
 post_dict.put("group", "your_group_data");
 post_dict.put("time", "your_time_data");

JSONArray jarr = new JSONArray();
JSONObject jonj = new JSONObject();
jonj.put("mac","your_mac_data");
jonj.put("rssi","your_rssi_data");
jarr.put(jonj);
post_dict.put("wifi-fingerprint", jarr);
                    } catch (JSONException e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                    }
                    new YourAsyncTask().execute(String.valueOf(post_dict));



//Actual Async Task Class 

      public class YourAsyncTask extends AsyncTask<String, String, String> {
            ProgressDialog progressDialog;

            protected void onPreExecute() {
                progressDialog = ProgressDialog.show(MainActivity.this,
                        "Please Wait...",
                        "Registering Device");
                super.onPreExecute();
            }

            protected String doInBackground(String... params) {
                String JsonResponse = null;
                String JsonDATA = params[0];
                HttpURLConnection urlConnection = null;
                BufferedReader reader = null;
                try {
                    URL url = new URL("ml2.internalpositioning.com/track");
                    urlConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
                    urlConnection.setDoOutput(true);
                    // is output buffer writter
                    urlConnection.setRequestMethod("POST");
                    urlConnection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json");
                    urlConnection.setRequestProperty("Accept", "application/json");
                    //set headers and method
                    Writer writer = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(urlConnection.getOutputStream(), "UTF-8"));
                    writer.write(JsonDATA);
                    // json data
                    writer.close();
                    InputStream inputStream = urlConnection.getInputStream();
                    //input stream
                    StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
                    if (inputStream == null) {
                        // Nothing to do.
                        return null;
                    }
                    reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream));

                    String inputLine;
                    while ((inputLine = reader.readLine()) != null)
                        buffer.append(inputLine + "\n");
                    if (buffer.length() == 0) {
                        // Stream was empty. No point in parsing.
                        return null;
                    }
                    JsonResponse = buffer.toString();
                    //response data
                    try {
                    //send to post execute
                        return JsonResponse;
                    } catch (Exception e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                    }
                    return null;

                } catch (IOException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                } finally {
                    if (urlConnection != null) {
                        urlConnection.disconnect();
                    }
                    if (reader != null) {
                        try {
                            reader.close();
                        } catch (final IOException e) {
                        }
                    }
                }
                return null;
            }

            @Override
            protected void onPostExecute(String result) {
                if (progressDialog != null)
                    progressDialog.dismiss();
                super.onPostExecute(result);
               //Do something with result
            }
        }