Send POST request with JSON data using Volley

Question

I would like to send a new JsonObjectRequest request:

• I want to receive JSON data (response from server): OK

• I want to send JSON formatted data with this request to the server

  JsonObjectRequest request = new JsonObjectRequest(
      Request.Method.POST, "myurl.com", null,
      new Response.Listener<JSONObject>() {
          @Override
          public void onResponse(JSONObject response) {
              //...
          }
      },
      new Response.ErrorListener() {
          @Override
          public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) {
              //...
          }
      })
      {
          @Override
          protected Map<String,String> getParams() {
              // something to do here ??
              return params;
          }
  
          @Override
          public Map<String, String> getHeaders() throws AuthFailureError {
              // something to do here ??
              return params;
          }
      };
  

P.S. I use GSON library in my project too.

Answer 1

JsonObjectRequest actually accepts JSONObject as body.

From this blog article,

final String url = "some/url";
final JSONObject jsonBody = new JSONObject("{\"type\":\"example\"}");

new JsonObjectRequest(url, jsonBody, new Response.Listener<JSONObject>() { ... });

Here is the source code and JavaDoc (@param jsonRequest):

/**
 * Creates a new request.
 * @param method the HTTP method to use
 * @param url URL to fetch the JSON from
 * @param jsonRequest A {@link JSONObject} to post with the request. Null is allowed and
 *   indicates no parameters will be posted along with request.
 * @param listener Listener to receive the JSON response
 * @param errorListener Error listener, or null to ignore errors.
 */
public JsonObjectRequest(int method, String url, JSONObject jsonRequest,
        Listener<JSONObject> listener, ErrorListener errorListener) {
    super(method, url, (jsonRequest == null) ? null : jsonRequest.toString(), listener,
                errorListener);
}