How to send data from a client to a server via the POST method.

[lackerstef]

I am trying to send a few NameValuePair pieces of data to a server. I wanted to know how I can turn my current GET request into a POST request so that the data encapsulation is not done so merely in a URL string. Here is what I am using now:

/**
	 * Connect to the supplied URL using GET	 
* @param urlString
	 * @return true for we receive HTTP_OK from http call 
	 */
	
	private boolean connectToURL(Location loc)
	{
 
		double latitude = loc.getLatitude();
		double longitude = loc.getLongitude();
		//double accuracy = loc.getAccuracy();
		//double altitude = loc.getAltitude();
		//double bearing = loc.getBearing();
		
		CoordinateConversion cc = new CoordinateConversion();
		String utmconverted = cc.latLon2UTM(latitude, longitude);
		
       String uArg="key="+URLEncoder.encode(key)+"&tag="+URLEncoder.encode(tag)+"&utm="+URLEncoder.encode(""+utmconverted)/*+"&bearing="+URLEncoder.encode(""+bearing)"&accuracy="+URLEncoder.encode(""+accuracy)+"&alt="+URLEncoder.encode(""+altitude)*/;
 //       String uArg="key="+URLEncoder.encode(key)+"&tag="+URLEncoder.encode(tag)+"&latitude="+URLEncoder.encode(""+latitude)+"&longitude="+URLEncoder.encode(""+longitude);

        String uString=url+uArg; //Assumes url ends with "/"
        Log.e("APP", "Output = "+uString);
		boolean res=false;

		try
		{		

			
			
			URL url=new URL(uString);
			 
			 
			URLConnection uConnection = url.openConnection();

			if (!(uConnection instanceof HttpURLConnection))                     
				return false;
			
			HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) uConnection;
			connection.setRequestMethod("GET");
			connection.setInstanceFollowRedirects(true);
			connection.setAllowUserInteraction(false);
			connection.connect(); 

			if (connection.getResponseCode() == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) 
			{
				res=true;
			}	
			connection.disconnect();
		}
		catch (Exception ex)
		{
			res=false; // If disconnect fails
		}

		return res;
		
			
			
		
	}

[jkmyoung]

Can't you simply set:
connection.setR equestMethod("P OST");
?

Is there a specific problem you are having?

[lackerstef]

Can't you simply set:
connection.setR equestMethod("P OST");
?

Is there a specific problem you are having?

Will that not just send the URL again though? Thanks for the reply!