[TIMOB-13275] Android: HTTPClient not sending POST vars

GitHub Issue	n/a
Type	Bug
Priority	Critical
Status	Closed
Resolution	Invalid
Resolution Date	2013-03-29T21:07:59.000+0000
Affected Version/s	n/a
Fix Version/s	2013 Sprint 07 API, 2013 Sprint 07
Components	Android
Labels	HttpClient, android, ipass1, sdk2.1.4, triage
Reporter	Patrick Jongmans
Assignee	Joshua Quick
Created	2012-11-15T15:47:11.000+0000
Updated	2018-08-06T17:37:06.000+0000

Description

When using the current SDK 2.1.4 the POST DATA is not sending on Android. A normal json format post is being send:

    //THIS IS NOT RECEIVED ON THE SERVER (ONLY ANDROID) ---
    var orderOptions = {};
    orderOptions.username = 'USERNAME';
    orderOptions.password = 'PASSWORD';
    orderOptions.somevar  = 'Some data';

    var client = Ti.Network.createHTTPClient({
		onload : function(e) {
			
    		}
			
        },
        onerror : function(e) {
        	
        	if(errorCallback != null) {
    			errorCallback(false);
    		}

        },
        timeout : 5000
	});
	
    client.open("POST", 'http://www.somedomain.com/afile.php');
    client.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'text/html; charset=utf-8;');
    client.send(orderOptions);

Comments

Francis Meetze 2012-12-27

Is this issue being escalated? Reference: http://developer.appcelerator.com/question/146006/google-app-engine-seems-to-confuse-android-post-with-get-over-httpclient#answer-253222

Pedro Enrique 2013-03-29

Tested this and confirming bug. (works as expected on android)

Code on my server:

   <?php 
      header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8');
   ?>
   
   { username: "<?php echo $_POST["username"]; ?>", password: "<?php echo $_POST["password"]; ?>" }

Titanium code:

   var win = Ti.UI.createWindow({
   	backgroundColor: 'white'
   });
   
   var btn = Ti.UI.createButton({
   	title: 'here'
   });
   
   win.add(btn);
   
   win.open();
   
   btn.addEventListener('click', function(){
   	var xhr = Ti.Network.createHTTPClient();
   	xhr.onload = function() {
   		alert(this.responseText);
   	}
   	xhr.onerror = function() {
   		alert(this.responseText);
   	}
   	xhr.open('POST', 'http://pec1985.com/me/test.php');
   
   	xhr.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'text/html; charset=utf-8;');
   	
   	xhr.send({
   		username: 'some_user_name',
   		password: 'some_password'
   	});
   });

Expected response from server:

   { username: "some_user_name", password: "some_password" }

Real response from server on Android

   { username: "", password: "" }

Pedro Enrique 2013-03-29

Same happens on 3.0.2.GA
Vishal Duggal 2013-03-29

[~penrique] Shouldn't the content type signify form encoded data (eg:application/x-www-form-urlencoded). Can you retry with the new content type.
Vishal Duggal 2013-03-29

Resolving this as invalid since I suspect this is due to the wrong content type. If it is not so, please reopen ticket.
Francis Meetze 2013-04-23

It would be great if this was re-opened. There seems to be some intermittent issues with the POST method being confused with GET and that is why the POST parameters aren't being received properly. I am able to duplicate this with applications running with the latest Android ICS OS. Something this simple: xhr.open('POST', 'http://www.some-web-site.com/mobileupdate/masterstack'); xhr.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json; charset=utf-8'); xhr.send(); Although no data is being sent in this example, it should still be read as a POST. It is not: [22/Apr/2013:16:58:06 -0700] "GET /mobileupdate/masterstack/ HTTP/1.1" 200 146036 - - "www.my_website.com" ms=58 cpu_ms=21 cpm_usd=0.016321 app_engine_release=1.7.7 However, the POST works fine on devices running Gingerbread. See reference: http://developer.appcelerator.com/question/146006/google-app-engine-seems-to-confuse-android-post-with-get-over-httpclient Titanium 3.1; SDK 3.0.2.GA
Eric Merriman 2017-03-28

[~jquick] Could you see if the POST is working as expected for you.
Eric Merriman 2018-08-06

Closing as invalid. If incorrect, please reopen.

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