HTTP Request in Kotlin

Question

I\'m completely new to Kotlin. I want to do a login validation using POST method and to get some information using GET method. I\'ve URL, server Username and Password alread

Answer 1

Maybe the simplest GET

For everybody stuck with NetworkOnMainThreadException for the other solutions: use AsyncTask or, even shorter, (yet still experimental) Coroutines:

launch {

    val jsonStr = URL("url").readText()

}

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If you need to test with plain http don't forget to add to your manifest: android:usesCleartextTraffic="true"

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For the experimental Coroutines you have to add to build.gradle as of 10/10/2018:

kotlin {
    experimental {
        coroutines 'enable'
    }
}
dependencies {
    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core:0.24.0"
    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-android:0.24.0"
    ...