java posting example

gistfile1.java

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
import java.net.URLConnection;
import java.net.URLEncoder;
import java.net.URL;

import java.util.Hashtable;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Iterator;

class Test
{
	public static void main (String args[])
	{
		try {
			System.out.println("requesting the URL");

			// construct the arguments we"re going to post
			Hashtable<String, String> opts = new Hashtable<String, String>();
			opts.put("facebook_token", "123");
			opts.put("another", "yes");

			// construct the raw 
			String raw = new String();
			Iterator<Map.Entry<String, String>> it = opts.entrySet().iterator();

			while (it.hasNext()) {
				Map.Entry<String, String> entry = it.next();
				raw = raw + entry.getKey() + "=" + URLEncoder.encode(entry.getValue(), "UTF-8") + "&";
			}
			
			System.out.println("generated post arguments is " + raw + "\n\n\n");
			
			
			// now, request the url
			URL url = new URL("http://okc1-dev1.stormwest.com/post-get-test.php");
			URLConnection conn = url.openConnection();
		    conn.setDoOutput(true);
		    OutputStreamWriter wr = new OutputStreamWriter(conn.getOutputStream());
		    wr.write(raw);
		    wr.flush();

			// read response back
			BufferedReader rd = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream()));
			String line;
			while ((line = rd.readLine()) != null) {
				System.out.println("got " + line);
			}
			
			wr.close();
			rd.close();
		} catch (Exception e) {
			System.err.print(e.toString());
		}
	}
}