how to send a json string to a .NET REST service from java?

Question

hi, i am trying to send a json string from my android client to my .net Rest service... can anyone help me in this issue?

HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpPost post = new HttpPost("http://myURL");

 JSONObject json = new JSONObject();
 json.put("name", "i am sample");
 StringEntity str = new StringEntity(json.toString());
 str.setContentType("application/json; charset=utf-8");
 str.setContentEncoding(new BasicHeader(HTTP.CONTENT_TYPE,"application/json; charset=utf-8"));
 post.setEntity(str);
 HttpResponse response = client.execute(post);

Response is bad request. am i sending the json object as string? is this code correct?

Answer 1

Looks valid except the following header:

str.setContentEncoding(new BasicHeader(HTTP.CONTENT_TYPE,"application/json; charset=utf-8"));

Content-encodings are described here: http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec3.html#sec3.5