How to make OKHTTP post request without a request body?

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Is there any way to make a post request with OkHTTP that does not have a request body?

score 73 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 02 '16 at 09:59

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    RequestBody reqbody = RequestBody.create(null, new byte[0]);  
    Request.Builder formBody = new Request.Builder().url(url).method("POST",reqbody).header("Content-Length", "0");
    clientOk.newCall(formBody.build()).enqueue(OkHttpCallBack());

edited Mar 02 '16 at 09:59

Nikola Despotoski

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answered Mar 02 '16 at 09:46

Justcurious

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is it yours answer or question?? – Ravindra Kushwaha Mar 02 '16 at 09:47

score 31 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 27 '17 at 16:03

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This worked for me:

RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(null, new byte[]{});

answered Jan 27 '17 at 16:03

rHenderson

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or `RequestBody.create(null, "")` – mr5 Jun 23 '17 at 05:22
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or `RequestBody.create("", null)`, if you're using the latest version and don't like deprecation warnings. :) – JakeRobb Sep 17 '19 at 03:06
Try `"".toRequestBody()` or `"".toRequestBody("application/json".toMediaTypeOrNull())` – Alex Nov 10 '19 at 20:45

score 6 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 10 '19 at 20:45

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"".toRequestBody()
"".toRequestBody("application/json".toMediaTypeOrNull())

...depends on which media type your endpoint expects.

answered Nov 10 '19 at 20:45

Alex

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This answer is for kotlin btw. If the IDE doesn't recognize this, you must import the extension function: `import okhttp3.RequestBody.Companion.toRequestBody` – netcyrax Jan 31 '20 at 22:20

score 6 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 02 '21 at 01:40

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I'm using okhttp3.

You can also do this for an empty request body:

val empty: RequestBody = EMPTY_REQUEST

For a POST:

val request = Request.Builder().url(http).post(EMPTY_REQUEST).build()

answered Jun 02 '21 at 01:40

Mobile Ben

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Perfect! Thanks – David The Programmer Jul 01 '21 at 18:49
Using this EMPTY_REQUEST caused some weird ClassNotFound exception – Tgo1014 May 12 '22 at 18:36

score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Mar 30 '22 at 09:29

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The below method with the arguments arguments has been deprecated in okhhtp3.

RequestBody.create(null, new byte[0])

The below solution worked for me.

RequestBody.create("",null))

Request.Builder().url(errorRetryUrl).post(RequestBody.create("",null)).build()

edited Mar 30 '22 at 09:29

Sreeram TP

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answered Mar 30 '22 at 06:37

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How to make OKHTTP post request without a request body?

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