Removing White spaces from a string for http connection

Question

I am trying to send a query url

String url = String.format(
   "http://xxxxx/xxx/xxx&message=%s",myEditBox.getText.toString());
// Create a new HttpClient and Post Header
DefaultHttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost(url);
httpclient.getCookieStore().addCookie(cooki);
try {
   ResponseHandler<String> responseHandler = new BasicResponseHandler();
   httpclient.getParams().setParameter("http.connection-manager.timeout", 15000);
   String response = httpclient.execute(httppost, responseHandler);

gives me error, illegal character at query. That's white space probably. How to deal with this issue?

Best Regards

You can use URLEncoder for that Try these stackoverflow.com/questions/3286067/url-encoding-in-android stackoverflow.com/questions/3734844/… — Amit Hooda
– Amit Hooda, Commented Nov 1, 2012 at 8:22

Chirag · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-01 08:21:55Z

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You need to encode your url.

String query = URLEncoder.encode(myEditBox.getText.toString(), "utf-8");
String url = "http://stackoverflow.com/search?q=" + query;

answered Nov 1, 2012 at 8:21

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anishsane · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-01 08:22:17Z

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Can you try

 httpclient.setRequestProperty("Accept-Charset","UTF-8");
 url="http://xxxxx/xxx/xxx&message="+URLEncoder.encode(myEditBox.getText.toString(), "UTF-8");

answered Nov 1, 2012 at 8:22

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anishsane Over a year ago

Oh... I posted just 25 seconds late :D

Arvind Kanjariya · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-01 08:31:41Z

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Try .trim() while get value from edittext. May be whitespace come from edittext and also use "utf-8".

see below code.

String value = URLEncoder.encode(myEditBox.getText.toString().trim(), "utf-8");
String url = "http://xxxxx/xxx/xxx&message=%s" + value;

answered Nov 1, 2012 at 8:31

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