what is the standard way to post JSON Object along with file using MultipartEntityBuilder and HTTP Client in Android

android, apache-httpclient-4.x, http-post, json, multipartentity

Solution

I found the solution,we can split the json object like following and send as a key value

  multipartEntity.addPart("data[Asset][file]", new FileBody(file,
                            ContentType.APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM, "filename.png"));
                    multipartEntity.addTextBody("data[Person][first]", "kk");
                    multipartEntity.addTextBody("data[Person][email]",
                            "rajesh123458@gmail.com");
                    multipartEntity.addTextBody("data[Person][birthdate]",
                            "1984-01-01");
                    multipartEntity.addTextBody("data[Person][Account][username]",
                            "savita123458");
                    multipartEntity.addTextBody("data[Person][Account][password]",
                            "testuser12345678");
        httppost.setEntity(multipartEntity.build());
                    try {
                        HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httppost);
                        Log.d("status", response.getStatusLine().toString());

                        Log.d("data", EntityUtils.toString(response.getEntity()));

                    } catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                    } catch (IOException e) {
                        e.printStackTrace(); // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                    }

Problem

I am able to post json object using StringEntity using httppost.setEntity(newStringEntity(obj.toString())); HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httppost); but I have to post a file along with json data , I have found many Answers Using MultipartEntity but it has been deprecated , Please suggest me any tutorial or sample code which uses MultipartEntityBuilder , thanks Here is my Code ``` Thread t = new Thread(new Runnable() { @Override public void run() { JSONObject jsonobject = null; String requestURL = "URL"; try { jsonobject = new JSONObject("{\"first\": \"Test\",\"last\": \"User\",\"name\": \"Test User\",\"email\": \"tr0121345899@gmail.com\",\"birthdate\": \"1984-01-01\",\"Account\": {\"username\": \"t1r0123425899\",\"password\": \"testuser1234567899\"},\"Address\": {\"postal_code\": \"11230\",\"state_or_province\": \"NY\",\"country\": \"US\"}}"); } catch (JSONException e1) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e1.printStackTrace(); } HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient(); HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost(requestURL); httppost.addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json"); httppost.addHeader("X-ConsumerApiClient","0f8f0a024d6344e429f5ee96aa66fbfb5c3973b5"); httppost.addHeader("X-ConsumerApiSignature", "qmt8aEAGRQUvldkDnHw8zgn1kRYuXRDwvmo3TpWlCtE="); MultipartEntityBuilder multipartEntity = MultipartEntityBuilder.create(); multipartEntity.setMode(HttpMultipartMode.BROWSER_COMPATIBLE); multipartEntity.addPart("file", new FileBody(new File(fileName))); multipartEntity.addPart("Person", jsonobject.toString()); httppost.setEntity(multipartEntity.build()); try { HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httppost); Log.d("status", "" + response.getStatusLine()); Log.d("response",EntityUtils.toString(response.getEntity())); } catch (ClientProtocolException e) { } catch (IOException e) { } } }); t.start(); ```

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