XML API Sample Code (Java for Android)

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Here is an example function for calling the XML API with Java for Android

JAVA for Android
Calling XML API
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// account credentials
String un = "[USERID]";
String pwd = "[PASSWORD]";

//message parameters
String msgContent = "message text body";
String msisdn = "07123456789";

//instantiate HttpClient and HttpPost objects
HttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost("http://textgoto.com/api/xmlapi.aspx");

String responseStr ="";

// construct the XML input as a String entity and set this as the httpost entity, declaring the content type as text/xml
// with UTF-8 encoding

try {
    StringEntity input = new StringEntity(
        "<campaign>" +
        "<header uid='"+un+"' pwd='"+pwd+"' action='SEND_MSISDN'/>" +
        "<body>" +
        "<msg>"+msgContent+"</msg>" +
        "<msisdn>"+msisdn+"</msisdn>" +
        "</body>" +
        "</campaign>",
        HTTP.UTF_8);

    input.setContentType("text/xml");
    httpPost.setEntity(input);
}
catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
    // log exception
    e.printStackTrace();
}

// Making the POST request and retrieving the response

try {
    HttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(httpPost);
    HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();

    // extract the response as a String
    responseStr = EntityUtils.toString(entity);
}
catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
    //Log exception
    e.printStackTrace();
}
catch (IOException e) {
    // Log exception
    e.printStackTrace();
}

// output response
Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(),responseStr,TOAST.LENGTH_LONG).show();