I am using the following method to call the Google Maps API using Apache HTTP client.
protected synchronized String submitUrl(String url) throws AjApiException {
//split off the parameters for the post
String uri = extractUri(url);
HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost(uri);
httpPost.setEntity(buildHttpEntityParmsFromUrl(url));
String json = null;
try {
HttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(httpPost);
HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
//should be JSON
Header header = entity.getContentType();
log.debug("Content type:" + header.getValue());
//read the body
json = readBody(entity.getContent());
// Read any remaining portions of the entity so we don't keep the data around
EntityUtils.consume(entity);
}
catch (ClientProtocolException cpe) {
String msg = "Error using:" + url;
log.error(msg, cpe);
throw new AjApiException(msg, cpe);
}
catch (IOException ioe) {
String msg = "Error using:" + url;
log.error(msg, ioe);
throw new AjApiException(msg, ioe);
}
finally {
httpPost.releaseConnection();
}
log.debug("Results:" + json);
if(json.startsWith(KeyNames.ERROR_INDICATOR)){
List<String> parts = TranslationHelper.parseCsvLine(json.trim());
String msg = parts.get(1);
int errRsn;
try {
errRsn = Integer.parseInt(parts.get(2));
}
catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
errRsn = KeyNames.ERRRSN_UNDEFINED;
}
throw new AjApiException(msg, errRsn);
}
else{
return json;
}
}
/**
* From a URL, extract everything up to the parameters
* @param url the url
* @return the resource path from the URL
*/
public static final String extractUri(String url){
String result = null;
int pos = url.indexOf("?");
if(pos>=0){
//strip the parms
result = url.substring(0, pos);
}
else{
//no parms, just return
result = url;
}
return result;
}
/**
* Remove the parameters coded on the URL and create an
* HttpParams object with those parameters
* @param url the URL
* @return the http parameters
*/
public static UrlEncodedFormEntity buildHttpEntityParmsFromUrl(String url){
List<NameValuePair> formparams = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
int pos = url.indexOf("?");
if(pos>=0){
//process parms
String queryString = url.substring(pos + 1).trim();
if(queryString.length() > 0){
String[] queryParms = queryString.split("&");
for(String queryParm:queryParms){
String[] parts = queryParm.split("=");
formparams.add(new BasicNameValuePair(parts[0], parts[1]));
}
}
}
UrlEncodedFormEntity result;
try {
result = new UrlEncodedFormEntity(formparams);
}
catch (UnsupportedEncodingException uee) {
throw new IllegalStateException(uee);
}
return result;
}
The url I'm passing in is: http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/json?sensor=false&origin=PO+BX+4471,TUSTIN,CA,92782&destination=700+Civic+Center+Drive+West+-+3rd+Floor,Santa+Ana,CA-California,92702 which calls the Google maps API.
When I type this URL a browser, I get back route information in JSON. When I call it using the method above, I get:
{
"routes" : [],
"status" : "REQUEST_DENIED"
}
At this point, I'm not sure where to go.