I'm using this following code to send simple HTTP Request :
try
{
Socket s = new Socket ();
s.bind (new InetSocketAddress (ipFrom, 0));
s.connect (new InetSocketAddress (ipTo, 80), 1000);
PrintWriter writer = new PrintWriter (s.getOutputStream ());
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader (s.getInputStream ()));
writer.print ("GET " + szUrl + " HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n");
writer.flush ();
s .close ();
reader.close ();
writer.close ();
}
However, as you can see, I don't send a custom HEADER.
What should I add to send a custom HEADER ?
Cheers,
Christophe OLIVIER
When you write
writer.print ("GET " + szUrl + " HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n");
The \r\n\r\n
bit is sending a line-feed/carriage-return to end the line and then another one to indicate that there are no more headers. This is a standard in both HTTP and email formats, i.e. a blank line indicates the end of headers. In order to add additional headers you just need to not send that sequence until you're done. You can do the following instead
writer.print ("GET " + szUrl + " HTTP/1.0\r\n");
writer.print ("header1: value1\r\n");
writer.print ("header2: value2\r\n");
writer.print ("header3: value3\r\n");
// end the header section
writer.print ("\r\n");
Don't try to implement the HTTP protocol yourself.
Use HttpComponents by Apache.
(or its older and a little easier to use version - HttpClient)
Even if I suggest to try HttpComponents as mentioned by Bozho instead of implementing HTTP by yourself, this is would be the way to add a custom header:
writer.print ("GET " + szUrl + " HTTP/1.0\r\n");
writer.print ("X-MyOwnHeader: SomeValue\r\n");
You should use classes already prepared to be used for http connections, like HTTPUrlConnection
that is a childreon of UrlConnection
and has this method
void setRequestProperty(String key, String value)
that should be used to set parameters of the request (like HEADER field).. check here for reference
You can also see URLConnection.
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/api/java/net/URLConnection.html
If you absolutely have to do it yourself by hand it must follow this format with each header on its own line.
name: value
Look into the header format in HTTP spec.
http://www.w3.org/Protocols/HTTP/1.0/draft-ietf-http-spec.html#Message-Headers