How to do a post request using FORM-DATA or x-www-form-urlencoded with Android?

Question

I have an issue with my code, I want to send a post with x-www-form-urlencoded or form-data, I need to send two parameters:

• Email: String
• Password: String

And after I receive two parameters in Json:

• Token: String
• Success: Boolean

It's important that the Email and Password are sent in Form-Data.

Postman example:

Answer 1

Follow these steps to send Form data or URL encoded data in android using Retrofit.

Build.gradle

//Retrofit
implementation "com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.8.0"
implementation "com.squareup.okhttp3:logging-interceptor:3.8.0"
implementation ("com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit:2.5.0"){
// exclude Retrofit’s OkHttp peer-dependency module and define your own module 
import
exclude module: 'okhttp'
}

Make interface class name

ApiInterface.kt

import retrofit2.Call
import retrofit2.http.*
interface ApiInterface {

@FormUrlEncoded
@POST("")
fun register(
    @Field("email") email: String,
    @Field("password") password: String?,
): Call<EmailResponse>
}

MainActivity.kt

val retrofit = Retrofit.Builder()
    .baseUrl(Constants.BASE_URL)
    .addConverterFactory(GsonConverterFactory.create())
    .build()
val service = retrofit.create(ApiInterface::class.java)
val call = service.register(email, password)


call!!.enqueue(object : Callback<EmailResponse> {
    override fun onResponse(
        call: Call<EmailResponse>,
        response: Response<EmailResponse>,
    ) {
        if (response.isSuccessful) {

            val emailResponse: EmailResponse = response.body()!!
            val token = emailResponse.token
            val success = emailResponse.success

        }
    }

    override fun onFailure(call: Call<EmailResponse>, t: Throwable) {
        Log.e(TAG, "onFailure: ")
    }
})

EmailResponse.kt

data class EmailResponse(
val token: String,
val success: Boolean,
)

And you Constants.BASE_URL will be https://URLEJEMPLO.com