HttpURLConnection does only support things like GET, POST and HEAD - but no REPORT/PROPFIND. I'm going to implement a CalDAV-Client but without theese operations (if I want to use them I get a ProtocolException) I have to write/deliver a complete and huge HTTP library with auth and so on.
"Overkill".
How do I send requests with PROPFIND and REPORT?
I had similar problem on WebDav for PROPFIND method.
Solved the problem by implementing this solution:
https://java.net/jira/browse/JERSEY-639
try {
httpURLConnection.setRequestMethod(method);
} catch (final ProtocolException pe) {
try {
final Class<?> httpURLConnectionClass = httpURLConnection
.getClass();
final Class<?> parentClass = httpURLConnectionClass
.getSuperclass();
final Field methodField;
// If the implementation class is an HTTPS URL Connection, we
// need to go up one level higher in the heirarchy to modify the
// 'method' field.
if (parentClass == HttpsURLConnection.class) {
methodField = parentClass.getSuperclass().getDeclaredField(
"method");
} else {
methodField = parentClass.getDeclaredField("method");
}
methodField.setAccessible(true);
methodField.set(httpURLConnection, method);
} catch (final Exception e) {
throw new RuntimeException(e);
}
}
You'd probably want to look for a WebDAV libary, not an HTTP library, for this one.
Maybe take a look at Apache Jackrabbit.
Either you can use https://github.com/square/okhttp
Sample Code
// using OkHttp
public class PropFindExample {
private final OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
String run(String url) throws IOException {
String credential = Credentials.basic(userName, password);
// body
String body = "<d:propfind xmlns:d=\"DAV:\" xmlns:cs=\"http://calendarserver.org/ns/\">\n" +
" <d:prop>\n" +
" <d:displayname />\n" +
" <d:getetag />\n" +
" </d:prop>\n" +
"</d:propfind>";
Request request = new Request.Builder()
.url(url)
.method("PROPFIND", RequestBody.create(MediaType.parse(body), body))
.header("DEPTH", "1")
.header("Authorization", credential)
.header("Content-Type", "text/xml")
.build();
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
return response.body().string();
}
}
Or play with Sockets
Sample Code
String host = "example.com";
int port = 443;
String path = "/placeholder";
String userName = "username";
String password = "password";
SSLSocketFactory ssf = (SSLSocketFactory) SSLSocketFactory.getDefault();
Socket socket = ssf.createSocket(host, port);
PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(socket.getOutputStream())));
// xml data to be sent in body
String xmlData = "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?> <d:propfind xmlns:d=\"DAV:\" xmlns:cs=\"http://calendarserver.org/ns/\"> <d:prop> <d:displayname /> <d:getetag /> </d:prop> </d:propfind>";
// append headers
out.println("PROPFIND path HTTP/1.1");
out.println("Host: "+host);
String userCredentials = username+":"+password;
String basicAuth = "Basic " + new String(Base64.encode(userCredentials.getBytes(), Base64.DEFAULT));
String authorization = "Authorization: " + basicAuth;
out.println(authorization.trim());
out.println("Content-Length: "+ xmlData.length());
out.println("Content-Type: text/xml");
out.println("Depth: 1");
out.println();
// append body
out.println(xmlData);
out.flush();
// get response
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(socket.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
System.out.println("--------------------------------------------------------");
System.out.println("---------------Printing response--------------------------");
System.out.println("--------------------------------------------------------");
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
System.out.println(inputLine);
}
in.close();
You could try to use another HTTP library, such as Apache HTTP client and extend its HttpRequestBase
(see HttpGet
and HttpPost
for example).
Alternatively, you could use a WebDAV client library directly.
private static void setRequestMethod(HttpURLConnection conn, String method) throws Throwable {
try {
conn.setRequestMethod(method);
} catch (ProtocolException e) {
Class<?> c = conn.getClass();
Field methodField = null;
Field delegateField = null;
try {
delegateField = c.getDeclaredField("delegate");
} catch (NoSuchFieldException nsfe) {
}
while (c != null && methodField == null) {
try {
methodField = c.getDeclaredField("method");
} catch (NoSuchFieldException nsfe) {
}
if (methodField == null) {
c = c.getSuperclass();
}
}
if (methodField != null) {
methodField.setAccessible(true);
methodField.set(conn, method);
}
if (delegateField != null) {
delegateField.setAccessible(true);
HttpURLConnection delegate = (HttpURLConnection) delegateField.get(conn);
setRequestMethod(delegate, method);
}
}
}