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

If you are using Kotlin, you might as well keep your code as succinct as possible. The run method turns the receiver into this and returns the value of the block. this as HttpURLConnection creates a smart cast. bufferedReader().readText() avoids a bunch of boilerplate code.

return URL(url).run {
        openConnection().run {
            this as HttpURLConnection
            inputStream.bufferedReader().readText()
        }
}

You can also wrap this into an extension function.

fun URL.getText(): String {
    return openConnection().run {
                this as HttpURLConnection
                inputStream.bufferedReader().readText()
            }
}

And call it like this

return URL(url).getText()

Finally, if you are super lazy, you can extend the String class instead.

fun String.getUrlText(): String {
    return URL(this).run {
            openConnection().run {
                this as HttpURLConnection
                inputStream.bufferedReader().readText()
            }
    }
}

And call it like this

return "http://somewhere.com".getUrlText()