How to POST raw whole JSON in the body of a Retrofit request?

Question

This question may have been asked before but no it was not definitively answered. How exactly does one post raw whole JSON inside the body of a Retrofit request?

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Answer 1

1)Add dependencies-

 compile 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.6.2'
compile 'com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit:2.3.0'
compile 'com.squareup.retrofit2:converter-gson:2.3.0'

2) make Api Handler class

    public class ApiHandler {


  public static final String BASE_URL = "URL";  

    private static Webservices apiService;

    public static Webservices getApiService() {

        if (apiService == null) {

           Gson gson = new GsonBuilder()
                    .setLenient()
                    .create();
            Retrofit retrofit = new Retrofit.Builder().addConverterFactory(GsonConverterFactory.create(gson)).baseUrl(BASE_URL).build();

            apiService = retrofit.create(Webservices.class);
            return apiService;
        } else {
            return apiService;
        }
    }


}

3)make bean classes from Json schema 2 pojo

Remember
-Target language : Java -Source type : JSON -Annotation style : Gson -select Include getters and setters -also you may select Allow additional properties

http://www.jsonschema2pojo.org/

4)make interface fro api calling

    public interface Webservices {

@POST("ApiUrlpath")
    Call ApiName(@Body JsonObject jsonBody);

}

if you have a form-data parameters then add below line

@Headers("Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded")

Other way for form-data parameter check this link

5)make JsonObject for passing in to body as parameter

 private JsonObject ApiJsonMap() {

    JsonObject gsonObject = new JsonObject();
    try {
        JSONObject jsonObj_ = new JSONObject();
        jsonObj_.put("key", "value");
        jsonObj_.put("key", "value");
        jsonObj_.put("key", "value");


        JsonParser jsonParser = new JsonParser();
        gsonObject = (JsonObject) jsonParser.parse(jsonObj_.toString());

        //print parameter
        Log.e("MY gson.JSON:  ", "AS PARAMETER  " + gsonObject);

    } catch (JSONException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

    return gsonObject;
}

6) Call Api Like this

private void ApiCallMethod() {
    try {
        if (CommonUtils.isConnectingToInternet(MyActivity.this)) {
            final ProgressDialog dialog;
            dialog = new ProgressDialog(MyActivity.this);
            dialog.setMessage("Loading...");
            dialog.setCanceledOnTouchOutside(false);
            dialog.show();

            Call registerCall = ApiHandler.getApiService().ApiName(ApiJsonMap());
            registerCall.enqueue(new retrofit2.Callback() {
                @Override
                public void onResponse(Call registerCall, retrofit2.Response response) {

                    try {
                        //print respone
                        Log.e(" Full json gson => ", new Gson().toJson(response));
                        JSONObject jsonObj = new JSONObject(new Gson().toJson(response).toString());
                        Log.e(" responce => ", jsonObj.getJSONObject("body").toString());

                        if (response.isSuccessful()) {

                            dialog.dismiss();
                            int success = response.body().getSuccess();
                            if (success == 1) {



                            } else if (success == 0) {



                            }  
                        } else {
                            dialog.dismiss();


                        }


                    } catch (Exception e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                        try {
                            Log.e("Tag", "error=" + e.toString());

                            dialog.dismiss();
                        } catch (Resources.NotFoundException e1) {
                            e1.printStackTrace();
                        }

                    }
                }

                @Override
                public void onFailure(Call call, Throwable t) {
                    try {
                        Log.e("Tag", "error" + t.toString());

                        dialog.dismiss();
                    } catch (Resources.NotFoundException e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                    }
                }

            });

        } else {
            Log.e("Tag", "error= Alert no internet");


        }
    } catch (Resources.NotFoundException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}