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Android

Max Wei
Max Wei
6,399 Points
Posted by Max Wei
Max Wei
6,399 Points

okhttp asynchronous post always executing onFailure

Hi! I'm trying to perform an asynchronous post with okhttp. I'm trying to send a string specified by postBody (an email and password) and i'm expecting to get a string in response (an authentication token). When the code is executed, the onFailure method is always executed after a slight delay. Can anyone spot any blatant mistakes?

String url = "https://hoverapp.herokuapp.com/authenticate"; String email = "d1@example.com"; String password = "password";

    MediaType MEDIA_TYPE_MARKDOWN
            = MediaType.parse("text/plain; charset=utf-8");

    OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();

    String postBody = "{\"email\":\""
            + email + "\",\"password\":\""
            + password + "\"}";
    Request request = new Request.Builder()
            .url(url)
            .post(RequestBody.create(MEDIA_TYPE_MARKDOWN, postBody))
            .build();


    Call call = client.newCall(request);
    call.enqueue(new Callback() {
        @Override
        public void onFailure(Call call, IOException e) {
            Log.d(TAG,"failed in callback");
        }

        @Override
        public void onResponse(Call call, Response response) throws IOException {
            try {
                //Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
                mAuthResponse = response.body().string();
                Log.d(TAG,"response.body().string() was received.");
                if (!response.isSuccessful()) throw new IOException("Unexpected code " + response);
            }
            catch (IOException e){
                alertUserAboutError();
            }
        }
    });