maybe you can help me out. I’m working on an Android app project that calls on the Rotten Tomatoes API, which returns JSON data. But whenever I run my code the application crashes. The specific bit of code that’s giving me problems is httpClient.execute(httpPost);
The url string that’s being passed to the method is fine and returns the correct data when I type it in my browser, so I know that isn’t the problem. I’m kinda at a loss. I’ve never had an issue with an HttpClient, though in the past I’ve only worked with XML, never JSON.
I’ve been struggling with this for a while now. If anyone has any insight, it would be greatly appreciated.
public JSONObject getJSON(String url) {
//Make HTTP Request
try {
//defaultHttpClient
DefaultHttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost(url);
//Log.d("RunTest", url);
HttpResponse httpResponse = httpClient.execute(httpPost); // THIS LINE CAUSES APPLICATION TO CRASH
HttpEntity httpEntity = httpResponse.getEntity();
is = httpEntity.getContent();
} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException uee) {
Log.d("Exceptions", "UnsupportedEncodingException");
uee.printStackTrace();
} catch (ClientProtocolException cpe) {
Log.d("Exceptions", "ClientProtocolException");
cpe.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException ioe) {
Log.d("Exceptions", "IOException");
ioe.printStackTrace();
}
10-27 02:52:44.484: I/Choreographer(627): Skipped 147 frames! The application may be doing too much work on its main thread.
10-27 02:52:44.704: W/dalvikvm(627): threadid=12: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x40a13300)
10-27 02:52:44.724: E/AndroidRuntime(627): FATAL EXCEPTION: AsyncTask #1
10-27 02:52:44.724: E/AndroidRuntime(627): java.lang.RuntimeException: An error occured while executing doInBackground()
10-27 02:52:44.724: E/AndroidRuntime(627): at android.os.AsyncTask$3.done(AsyncTask.java:299)
10-27 02:52:44.724: E/AndroidRuntime(627): at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerSetException(FutureTask.java:273)
10-27 02:52:44.724: E/AndroidRuntime(627): at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.setException(FutureTask.java:124)
10-27 02:52:44.724: E/AndroidRuntime(627): at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:307)
10-27 02:52:44.724: E/AndroidRuntime(627): at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:137)
10-27 02:52:44.724: E/AndroidRuntime(627): at android.os.AsyncTask$SerialExecutor$1.run(AsyncTask.java:230)
10-27 02:52:44.724: E/AndroidRuntime(627): at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1076)
10-27 02:52:44.724: E/AndroidRuntime(627): at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:569)
10-27 02:52:44.724: E/AndroidRuntime(627): at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:856)
10-27 02:52:44.724: E/AndroidRuntime(627): Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Target host must not be null, or set in parameters. scheme=null, host=null, path=api.rottentomatoes.com/api/public/v1.0/lists/movies/box_office.json
10-27 02:52:44.724: E/AndroidRuntime(627): at org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRequestDirector.determineRoute(DefaultRequestDirector.java:591)
10-27 02:52:44.724: E/AndroidRuntime(627): at org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRequestDirector.execute(DefaultRequestDirector.java:293)
10-27 02:52:44.724: E/AndroidRuntime(627): at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:555)
10-27 02:52:44.724: E/AndroidRuntime(627): at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:487)
10-27 02:52:44.724: E/AndroidRuntime(627): at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:465)
10-27 02:52:44.724: E/AndroidRuntime(627): at com.example.rottentomatoesclient.JSONParser.getJSON(JSONParser.java:39)
10-27 02:52:44.724: E/AndroidRuntime(627): at com.example.rottentomatoesclient.MoviesActivity$getMovieList.doInBackground(MoviesActivity.java:90)
10-27 02:52:44.724: E/AndroidRuntime(627): at com.example.rottentomatoesclient.MoviesActivity$getMovieList.doInBackground(MoviesActivity.java:1)
10-27 02:52:44.724: E/AndroidRuntime(627): at android.os.AsyncTask$2.call(AsyncTask.java:287)
10-27 02:52:44.724: E/AndroidRuntime(627): at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:305)
10-27 02:52:44.724: E/AndroidRuntime(627): ... 5 more
10-27 02:52:44.774: W/ActivityManager(148): Force finishing activity com.example.rottentomatoesclient/.MoviesActivity
OK, your URL is probably not correct. In the middle of your long stack-trace you can find this:
This looks like an error returned from the server – you did not supply all paramterers.