Trying to POST and getting NullPointerExection

[kireol]

I've read and tried just about every solution on the internet for doing this, and they all seem to produce an exception for me. I am successfully doing a GET but can't seem to get a POST to work.

Here's my current code:

		String url = new String("http://www.myurl.com/scripts/json/v1/slipmanager.php");
		
		MultiValueMap<String, Object> formData = new LinkedMultiValueMap<String, Object>();
		formData.add("username", userName);
		formData.add("password", userPassword);
		formData.add("method", "getslips");

		HttpHeaders requestHeaders = new HttpHeaders();
		requestHeaders.setContentType(MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA);
		HttpEntity<MultiValueMap<String, Object>> requestEntity = new HttpEntity<MultiValueMap<String, Object>>(formData, requestHeaders);
		RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplate();


        //I TRIED THIS ONE TOO AND IT GIVES AN EXCEPTION AS WELL
	    //restTemplate.getMessageConverters().add(new MappingJacksonHttpMessageConverter());

		restTemplate.getMessageConverters().add(new StringHttpMessageConverter());
		ResponseEntity<String> response = null;
		try {
		response = restTemplate.exchange(url, HttpMethod.POST, requestEntity,
				String.class);
		} catch (Exception e) {
			Log.e("get post", e.getMessage(), e);
		}

		JSONObject motdsJSONObject = new JSONObject( response.getBody());

There error that I'm getting:

    11-28 15:03:41.419: E/get post(7954): null
    11-28 15:03:41.419: E/get post(7954): java.lang.NullPointerException
    11-28 15:03:41.419: E/get post(7954): 	at org.springframework.http.client.SimpleClientHttpResponse.getStatusCode(SimpleClientHttpResponse.java:62)
    11-28 15:03:41.419: E/get post(7954): 	at org.springframework.web.client.DefaultResponseErrorHandler.hasError(DefaultResponseErrorHandler.java:46)
    11-28 15:03:41.419: E/get post(7954): 	at org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate.doExecute(RestTemplate.java:476)
    11-28 15:03:41.419: E/get post(7954): 	at org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate.execute(RestTemplate.java:438)
    11-28 15:03:41.419: E/get post(7954): 	at org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate.exchange(RestTemplate.java:414)
    11-28 15:03:41.419: E/get post(7954): 	at com.mytemp.myapp.TimeSlipAPI.readTimeSlipFromAPI(TimeSlipAPI.java:75)
    11-28 15:03:41.419: E/get post(7954): 	at com.mytemp.myapp.TimeSlipPicker.populateList(TimeSlipPicker.java:382)
    11-28 15:03:41.419: E/get post(7954): 	at com.mytemp.myapp.TimeSlipPicker.onCreate(TimeSlipPicker.java:79)
    11-28 15:03:41.419: E/get post(7954): 	at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5104)
    11-28 15:03:41.419: E/get post(7954): 	at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1080)
    11-28 15:03:41.419: E/get post(7954): 	at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2144)
    11-28 15:03:41.419: E/get post(7954): 	at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2230)
    11-28 15:03:41.419: E/get post(7954): 	at android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:141)
    11-28 15:03:41.419: E/get post(7954): 	at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1234)
    11-28 15:03:41.419: E/get post(7954): 	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
    11-28 15:03:41.419: E/get post(7954): 	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
    11-28 15:03:41.419: E/get post(7954): 	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5039)
    11-28 15:03:41.419: E/get post(7954): 	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
    11-28 15:03:41.419: E/get post(7954): 	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
    11-28 15:03:41.419: E/get post(7954): 	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:793)
    11-28 15:03:41.419: E/get post(7954): 	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:560)
    11-28 15:03:41.419: E/get post(7954): 	at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

Running on my Galaxy Nexus running 4.2.1

[kireol]

well, it appears I copied a few bad examples as this line was missing: template.setRequestFactory(new HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory());


adding that line in fixes the issue

[Roy Clarkson]

@kireol it appears you are experiencing an issue that has been resolved and will be available in the next release. RestTemplate supports multiple HTTP clients, including the standard J2SE (default) and the HttpComponents clients. The exception you are seeing is related to the standard J2SE client, so switching to the Http Components client, as you did, should resolve this for now. This should be working in the latest build snapshot too.

https://jira.springsource.org/browse/ANDROID-102