Android HttpClient DELETE method with request body

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I'm attempting to use an HttpClient DELETE method in order to delete an item from a list.I want to send the relevant item_id using request body.I am using the following way in order to send the data.

 DefaultHttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
                httpclient = HttpUtils.getNewHttpClient();
                HttpDelete httpPostRequest = new HttpDelete(URL);     

                **httpPostRequest.setHeader("item_id",id);**
                httpPostRequest.addHeader("Authorization", getB64Auth(username,password));
                httpPostRequest.setHeader("Accept", "application/json");
                httpPostRequest.setHeader("Content-type", "application/json");
                httpPostRequest.setHeader("Accept-Encoding", "gzip");

But i am unable to delete the item into the server database. How to user Request body in HttpDelete?

why you set Id to header of your request? where is your Json object? why you don't send id with json? — Shayan Pourvatan
– Shayan Pourvatan, Commented Jan 13, 2014 at 12:57

dube · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-13 14:31:22Z

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According to the Spec of HTTP/1.1 you cannot send a entity body with anything but POST and PUT.

Use a request parameter or an header attribute. You can use the URI Builder:

URI myURI = android.net.Uri.Builder.path(myPathString).query("item_id=1").build();

edited Jan 13, 2014 at 14:31

answered Jan 13, 2014 at 13:02

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user2791100 Over a year ago

Builder(myPathString) is undefined

marcus.ramsden Over a year ago

Sorry to be a pedant but the HTTP/1.1 spec only specifically forbids a body entity on a TRACE request. Granted the DELETE method states, "The DELETE method requests that the origin server delete the resource identified by the Request-URI.", but everything else can have a body entity.

dube Over a year ago

@user2791100 you're right, fixed that. However, you need to look at the API to choose the right method, depending on your input (could be a full URL, a path, encoded/unencoded, ...)

dube Over a year ago

@marcus.ramsden you are right, newer versions of the spec explicitly allow a body-entity on DELETE. However, it should be noted that several servers and framework (probably mostly older versions) tend to dislike/ignore the body-entity on DELETE requests.

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:06:17Z

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Based on the answer over here that should give you a DELETE request with an entity field. Once you've made your own request type you could then do;

List<NameValuePair> deleteParams = new ArrayList<>();
deleteParams.add(new BasicNameValuePair("item_id", id));
UrlEncodedFormEntity entity = new UrlEncodedFormEntity(deleteParams);

HttpDeleteWithBody deleteRequest = new HttpDeleteWithBody(URL);
deleteRequest.addHeader("Authorization", getB64Auth(username,password));
deleteRequest.setHeader("Accept", "application/json");
deleteRequest.setHeader("Content-type", "application/json");
deleteRequest.setHeader("Accept-Encoding", "gzip"); 
deleteRequest.setEntity(entity);

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:06

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answered Jan 13, 2014 at 12:59

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user2791100 Over a year ago

How can i get the HttpDeleteWithBody class?

marcus.ramsden Over a year ago

Take a look at the question I linked, you need to create the class as described in the accepted answer.

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