Ruboto Android POST example

gistfile1.rb

java_import 'android.net.http.AndroidHttpClient'
java_import 'android.util.Log'
java_import 'org.apache.http.client.entity.UrlEncodedFormEntity'
java_import 'org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost'
java_import 'org.apache.http.message.BasicNameValuePair'
java_import 'org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils'

t = Thread.start do
  begin
    client = AndroidHttpClient.newInstance('MyClient')
    method = HttpPost.new("http://example.com/orders/create")
    method.setHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
    list   = [BasicNameValuePair.new('order[amount]', '42'), BasicNameValuePair.new('order[product_id]', '37')]
    entity = UrlEncodedFormEntity.new(list)
    method.setEntity(entity)
    response = EntityUtils.toString(client.execute(method).entity)
  rescue Exception
    Log.i 'MyApp', "Exception in task:\n#$!\n#{$!.backtrace.join("\n")}"
  ensure
    client.close if client
  end
end
t.join