Does anybody know how to attach a session cookie to the request using com.android.volley library? When I log in to a web site it gives me a session cookie. Browser would send that cookie back with any subsequent request. Volley does not seem to do that, at least not automatically.
Thanks.
vmirinov is right!
Here is how I solved the problem:
Request class:
public class StringRequest extends com.android.volley.toolbox.StringRequest {
private final Map<String, String> _params;
/**
* @param method
* @param url
* @param params
* A {@link HashMap} to post with the request. Null is allowed
* and indicates no parameters will be posted along with request.
* @param listener
* @param errorListener
*/
public StringRequest(int method, String url, Map<String, String> params, Listener<String> listener,
ErrorListener errorListener) {
super(method, url, listener, errorListener);
_params = params;
}
@Override
protected Map<String, String> getParams() {
return _params;
}
/* (non-Javadoc)
* @see com.android.volley.toolbox.StringRequest#parseNetworkResponse(com.android.volley.NetworkResponse)
*/
@Override
protected Response<String> parseNetworkResponse(NetworkResponse response) {
// since we don't know which of the two underlying network vehicles
// will Volley use, we have to handle and store session cookies manually
MyApp.get().checkSessionCookie(response.headers);
return super.parseNetworkResponse(response);
}
/* (non-Javadoc)
* @see com.android.volley.Request#getHeaders()
*/
@Override
public Map<String, String> getHeaders() throws AuthFailureError {
Map<String, String> headers = super.getHeaders();
if (headers == null
|| headers.equals(Collections.emptyMap())) {
headers = new HashMap<String, String>();
}
MyApp.get().addSessionCookie(headers);
return headers;
}
}
and MyApp:
public class MyApp extends Application {
private static final String SET_COOKIE_KEY = "Set-Cookie";
private static final String COOKIE_KEY = "Cookie";
private static final String SESSION_COOKIE = "sessionid";
private static MyApp _instance;
private RequestQueue _requestQueue;
private SharedPreferences _preferences;
public static MyApp get() {
return _instance;
}
@Override
public void onCreate() {
super.onCreate();
_instance = this;
_preferences = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);
_requestQueue = Volley.newRequestQueue(this);
}
public RequestQueue getRequestQueue() {
return _requestQueue;
}
/**
* Checks the response headers for session cookie and saves it
* if it finds it.
* @param headers Response Headers.
*/
public final void checkSessionCookie(Map<String, String> headers) {
if (headers.containsKey(SET_COOKIE_KEY)
&& headers.get(SET_COOKIE_KEY).startsWith(SESSION_COOKIE)) {
String cookie = headers.get(SET_COOKIE_KEY);
if (cookie.length() > 0) {
String[] splitCookie = cookie.split(";");
String[] splitSessionId = splitCookie[0].split("=");
cookie = splitSessionId[1];
Editor prefEditor = _preferences.edit();
prefEditor.putString(SESSION_COOKIE, cookie);
prefEditor.commit();
}
}
}
/**
* Adds session cookie to headers if exists.
* @param headers
*/
public final void addSessionCookie(Map<String, String> headers) {
String sessionId = _preferences.getString(SESSION_COOKIE, "");
if (sessionId.length() > 0) {
StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
builder.append(SESSION_COOKIE);
builder.append("=");
builder.append(sessionId);
if (headers.containsKey(COOKIE_KEY)) {
builder.append("; ");
builder.append(headers.get(COOKIE_KEY));
}
headers.put(COOKIE_KEY, builder.toString());
}
}
}