Http Requests POST vs GET
- by behrk2
Hi everyone,
I am using a lot of HTTP Requests in an application that I am writing which uses OAuth. Currently, I am sending my GET and POST requests the same way:
HttpConnection connection = (HttpConnection) Connector.open(url
+ connectionParameters);
connection.setRequestMethod(method);
connection.setRequestProperty("WWW-Authenticate",
"OAuth realm=api.netflix.com");
int responseCode = connection.getResponseCode();
And this is working fine. I am successfully POSTing and GETing. However, I am worried that I am not doing POST the right way. Do I need to include in the above code the following if-statement?
if (method.equals("POST") && postData != null) {
connection.setRequestProperty("Content-type",
"application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
connection.setRequestProperty("Content-Length", Integer
.toString(postData.length));
OutputStream requestOutput = connection.openOutputStream();
requestOutput.write(postData);
requestOutput.close();
}
If so, why? What's the difference? I would appreciate any feedback.
Thanks!
