Android Make Http/Json Request With OkHttp (Kotlin)

Jul 10, 2019

Dependencies

// implementation "com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.14.2"
implementation "com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:4.0.0"

NOTE: ProGuard Configuration

JSON Get Request

val BASE_URL = "https://api.unsplash.com"val ACCESS_KEY = "..."val path = "/photos/$id"val uri = Uri.parse(BASE_URL)    .buildUpon()    .appendEncodedPath(path)    //.appendPath(path)    .build()val client = OkHttpClient()val request = Request.Builder()    .url(uri.toString())    .addHeader("Accept-Version", "v1")    .addHeader("Authorization", "Client-ID $ACCESS_KEY")    .get()    .build()val response = client.newCall(request).execute()val jsonDataString = response.body()?.string()val json = JSONObject(jsonDataString)if (!response.isSuccessful) {    val errors = json.getJSONArray("errors").join(", ")    throw Exception(errors)}val rawUrl = json.getJSONObject("urls").getString("raw")

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