Ubidot HTTP Java Example

UbidotsHTTPJava.java

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package httpexample;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.ProtocolException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

/**
 *
 * @author jose garcia
 */
public class HttpExample {

    /**
     * @param args the command line arguments
     * @throws java.net.MalformedURLException
     */
    
    private static String deviceLabel = "my-device";
    private static String variableLabel = "my-variable";
    private static String token = "";
    private static String endpoint = "https://industrial.api.ubidots.com/api/v1.6/devices";
    private static String userAgent = "Java/0.1";
    
    public static void main(String[] args) throws MalformedURLException, IOException {
        String ubiEndpoint= endpoint + "/" + deviceLabel;
        String testValue = "1";
        URL ubiUrl = new URL(ubiEndpoint);
        String json = "{\"" + variableLabel + "\":" + testValue + "}";
        
        System.out.println("payload: " + json);

        HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) ubiUrl.openConnection();
        con.setRequestMethod("POST");
        con.setRequestProperty("User-Agent", userAgent);
        con.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=UTF-8");
        con.setRequestProperty("X-AUTH-TOKEN", token);
        con.setDoOutput(true);
        con.setDoInput(true);
 
        try {
            con.setRequestMethod("POST");
            try (OutputStream os = con.getOutputStream()) {
                os.write(json.getBytes("UTF-8"));
            }
            int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();
            System.out.println("response code: " + responseCode);
        } catch (ProtocolException ex) {
            Logger.getLogger(HttpExample.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        }
        
    }
    
}