Question

I need to upload some data on a site, using a POST request. I know to use HTTP client to execute a POST request

The problem is that in order to do this, you should authenticate first.
The site is a simple page prompting for a username and a password. I assume it stores a cookie in the browser and checks subsequent requests to see if I’m already authenticated.
But I don’t have a concrete idea how to implement this on Android.

The client just gave me this:
URL to upload: http://xyz.com/?page=add
Credentials: admin/admin
Format of data:

$_POST = {
  ["Name"]=>string(255)
  ["Address"]=>string(255)
  ["ZIP"]=>string(50)
  ["City"]=>string(100)
  ["Phone"]=>string(50)
  ["Email"]=>string(50)
  ["Age"]=>int(11)
  ["Validation_Result"]=>string(255)
  ["Comment"]=>string(-)
}
$_FILES["Image"] = {
    ["name"]=>string "3D-graphics_3D_Triangles_006790_.jpg"
    ["type"]=>string "image/jpeg"
    ["tmp_name"]=>string "C:\Windows\Temp\php1362.tmp"
    ["error"]=>int(0)
    ["size"]=>int
}

And nothing else.

Could you please point me in the right direction how I would go about doing this?

Answer 1

How to do HTTP authentication in android?

Check out the top answer on this question. Very good explanation.