j2me HttpConnection download fails

[barbeNoire]

Hi,

I am simply trying to get an image from a cgi script in order to display it on my Nokia N90 phone.

My code works through the S60 Nokia emulator but not on the deployed Nokia N90 Phone (I am using Eclipse + EclipseME + Nokia S60 SDK 3rd edition). The download image size is 0K.


Could anyone help me please? This is an urgent issue for me...

Here is an extract of my code :


public void paint(Graphics g) {

.....

String imageData = getMapFromMapServer2(mapServerUrl+"/fast-cgi/mapservmode=map&map=/exec/applis/esgmap/current/mapserv/enville.map&mapext="+minX +"+"+minY +"+"+maxX+"+"+maxY+"&mapsize=352+290&layers=georoute4000k+georoute1000k+georoute500k+georoute250k+georoute100k+georoute50k+georoute20k+georoute5k+departements");



...




The called function :

public static String getMapFromMapServer2(String url) throws IOException {

StringBuffer b = new StringBuffer();
InputStream is = null;
HttpConnection c = null;

long len = 0;
int ch = 0;
c = (HttpConnection) Connector.open(url);
is = c.openInputStream();

//I know the size in advance
len = 25389;


for (int i = 0; i < len; i++)
b.append((char) ch);

is.close();
c.close();
return b.toString();
}



Many thanks in advance for help !!!!

[peterblazejewicz]

hi,
assuming you're using GET can you implement that via POST?
it could be something with mobile data providers (lengthy urls) gateways,

also add try/catch to your data fetching routine, check for response code from server, that helps with debuggin issues - we actually don't know what issue you're exactly getting on your device,

btw: put fetching data route into separate thread outside of your paint method (so updates takes place after data is loaded without blocking ui thread),

regards,
Peter

[barbeNoire]

Indeed, the problem is located in the URL .

If I only use one layer like department and remove the others (georouteX...), I can download and preview the image on the mobile phone.

If the returned image contains several layers then my method algorithm can't download any data (seems that the inputstream is empty and my downloaded image size is 0).

On the server side, it is MAPSERVER , a server that can buid maps.

Any idea?

Thanks

[barbeNoire]

Are there any issues between the S60 Nokia phones whose N90 is part of and the MIDP HttpConnection API?

It seems weird that I can download data fine through the S60 SDK emulator and not from the real Phone (I am using Orange provider with 3G subscription)..


Please help..............

[peterblazejewicz]

hi barbeNoire,
what issues? are you getting some exception at all while trying to establish connection or no data is retrieved (-1)?
I know issue with HTTP REDIRECT responses which is discussed somewhere on forum not working as expected (but can be workarounded), others are related to data carriers (length of urls in GET, urls encoding, custom headers in POST, etc) or general microedition limits (memory size/threads/releasing resources)
regards,
Peter

[rosenholzer]

Hi barbenoir !

I wonder how this code works at all (correctly) because you never read from that stream. So variable 'char ch' stays 0. I hope I am right, but i looked through the code more than three times.

regards

Michael

[barbeNoire]

Hi,

I have modified my code as follows but the problem remains the same. I can get data fine from the cgi script on the emulator but not from the real phone :

public String getMapFromMapServer2(String url) throws Exception {


StringBuffer b = new StringBuffer();
InputStream is = null;
OutputStream os;
HttpConnection c = null;

long len = 0;
int ch = 0;
c = (HttpConnection) Connector.open(url);

int rc = c.getResponseCode();

System.out.println("HTTP response code: " + rc);

if (rc != HttpConnection.HTTP_OK) {
throw new Exception("HTTP response code: " + rc);
}


is = c.openInputStream();

/*I need to hardcode the len value (size of returned image) because the cgi script does not fill the content-lenth header(len = c.getLength() returns null)*/

len = 200000;


System.out.println("Header content-length : " + c.getHeaderField("Content-length"));

if (len != -1) {
// Read exactly Content-Length bytes
for (int i = 0; i < len; i++)

//This is the issue : is.read() returns -1 !!!!
if ((ch = is.read()) != -1) {
b.append((char) ch);
}
}

return b.toString();

}



I get Http 200 response code from the server. However, the returned inputStream is null (-1).

Why does is.read() returns -1 on the mobile phone but not from the emulator?
What could be the problem?

Thanks

[nicenouman]

I think ur still using get method try to do it by post Method. The error ur mentioning about url usually occurs in get method.

Also the code u provided rosenholzer is rite it is a bit hard to understand how its working. Can u provide us with detail

[barbeNoire]

In fact, the problem is not due to the url (I have tried shorter url without success). Same thing for POST (anyway , I need to use GET since I want to retrieve data ,not post).
I have also moved my code out of the paint method in order to avoid thread issues ( following peterblazejewicz's advise) .

The root of the problem is that my returned InputStream is empty (-1) when I execute my midlet on the real phone (3G Orange subscription) .This is not the case on the emulator though...

Any ideas?

cheers

[nicenouman]

when u receive a 200 response this means ur request has reached server. check the logs of the server and see what ser did after getting ur request. it would be easier for u to debug on the server side if its in ur control.

[peterblazejewicz]

hi,

and test on other phone (device) with different data carrier or test sample midlets from SunWTK that downloads data via http requests (they are within "apps" folder in installation root). If they work rewrite your code further, if Sun's samples does not work check device access point settings o request configuration from Orange web page to reset APN. I've such issues with my APN settings that using some access points does not allow some content, so I'm using only one of available apn from my data carrier,
thanks,
regards,
Peter

[zeekrayat]

Hi,

I have modified my code as follows but the problem remains the same. I can get data fine from the cgi script on the emulator but not from the real phone :

public String getMapFromMapServer2(String url) throws Exception {


StringBuffer b = new StringBuffer();
InputStream is = null;
OutputStream os;
HttpConnection c = null;

long len = 0;
int ch = 0;
c = (HttpConnection) Connector.open(url);

int rc = c.getResponseCode();

System.out.println("HTTP response code: " + rc);

if (rc != HttpConnection.HTTP_OK) {
throw new Exception("HTTP response code: " + rc);
}


is = c.openInputStream();

/*I need to hardcode the len value (size of returned image) because the cgi script does not fill the content-lenth header(len = c.getLength() returns null)*/

len = 200000;


System.out.println("Header content-length : " + c.getHeaderField("Content-length"));

if (len != -1) {
// Read exactly Content-Length bytes
for (int i = 0; i < len; i++)

//This is the issue : is.read() returns -1 !!!!
if ((ch = is.read()) != -1) {
b.append((char) ch);
}
}

return b.toString();

}



I get Http 200 response code from the server. However, the returned inputStream is null (-1).

Why does is.read() returns -1 on the mobile phone but not from the emulator?
What could be the problem?

Thanks

hello can i see your code for request map (mapserver to j2me)
thx very much