Fuel

The easiest HTTP networking library for Kotlin/Android.

Features

Installation

Dependency - fuel

Result - The modelling for success/failure of operations in Kotlin

Dependency - fuel-rxjava

RxJava - RxJava – Reactive Extensions for the JVM

Gradle

repositories {
    jcenter()
}

dependencies {
    compile 'com.github.kittinunf.fuel:fuel:<latest-version>' //for JVM
    compile 'com.github.kittinunf.fuel:fuel-android:<latest-version>' //for Android
    compile 'com.github.kittinunf.fuel:fuel-rxjava:<latest-version>' //for RxJava support
}

Sample

There are two samples, one is in Kotlin and another one in Java.

Quick Glance Usage

Async mode

Kotlin

//an extension over string (support GET, PUT, POST, DELETE with httpGet(), httpPut(), httpPost(), httpDelete())
"http://httpbin.org/get".httpGet().responseString { request, response, result ->
	//do something with response
	when (result) {
        is Result.Failure -> {
            error = result.getAs()
        }
        is Result.Success -> {
            data = result.getAs()
        }
    }
}

//if we set baseURL beforehand, simply use relativePath
FuelManager.instance.basePath = "http://httpbin.org"
"/get".httpGet().responseString { request, response, result ->    
    //make a GET to http://httpbin.org/get and do something with response
    val (data, error) = result
    if (error != null) {
        //do something when success
    } else {
        //error handling
    }
}

//if you prefer this a little longer way, you can always do
//get
Fuel.get("http://httpbin.org/get").responseString { request, response, result ->
	//do something with response
	result.fold({ d ->
	    //do something with data
	}, { err ->
	    //do something with error
	})
}

Java

//get
Fuel.get("http://httpbin.org/get", params).responseString(new Handler<String>() {
    @Override
    public void failure(Request request, Response response, FuelError error) {
    	//do something when it is failure
    }

    @Override
    public void success(Request request, Response response, String data) {
    	//do something when it is successful
    }
});

Blocking mode

You can also wait for the response. It returns the same parameters as the async version, but it blocks the thread. It supports all the features of the async version.

Kotlin

val (request, response, result) = "http://httpbin.org/get".httpGet().responseString() // result is Result<String, FuelError>

Java

try {
    Triple<Request, Response, String> data = Fuel.get("http://www.google.com").responseString();
    Request request = data.getFirst();
    Response response = data.getSecond();
    Result<String,FuelError> text = data.getThird();
} catch (Exception networkError) {

}

Detail Usage

GET

Fuel.get("http://httpbin.org/get").response { request, response, result ->
    println(request)
    println(response)
    val (bytes, error) = result
    if (bytes != null) {
        println(bytes)
    }
}

Response Handling

Result

Result is a functional style data structure that represents data that contains result of Success or Failure but not both. It represents the result of an action that can be success (with result) or error.
Working with result is easy. You could fold, destructure as because it is just a data class or do a simple when checking whether it is Success or Failure.

Response

fun response(handler: (Request, Response, Result<ByteArray, FuelError>) -> Unit)

Response in String

fun responseString(handler: (Request, Response, Result<String, FuelError>) -> Unit)

Response in Json

fun responseJson(handler: (Request, Response, Result<Json, FuelError>) -> Unit)

val jsonObject = json.obj() //JSONObject
val jsonArray = json.array() //JSONArray

Response in T (object)

fun <T> responseObject(deserializer: ResponseDeserializable<T>, handler: (Request, Response, Result<T, FuelError>) -> Unit)

POST

Fuel.post("http://httpbin.org/post").response { request, response, result ->
}

//if you have body to post it manually
Fuel.post("http://httpbin.org/post").body("{ \"foo\" : \"bar\" }").response { request, response, result ->
}

PUT

Fuel.put("http://httpbin.org/put").response { request, response, result ->
}

DELETE

Fuel.delete("http://httpbin.org/delete").response { request, response, result ->
}

HEAD

Fuel.head("http://httpbin.org/get").response { request, response, result ->
   // request body should be empty.
}

Debug Logging

Use toString() method to Log (request|response)

Log.d("log", request.toString())

//print and header detail
//request
--> GET (http://httpbin.org/get?key=value)
    Body : (empty)
    Headers : (2)
    Accept-Encoding : compress;q=0.5, gzip;q=1.0
    Device : Android

//response
<-- 200 (http://httpbin.org/get?key=value)

Also support cUrl string to Log request, make it very easy to cUrl on command line

Log.d("cUrl log", request.cUrlString())

//print
curl -i -X POST -d "foo=foo&bar=bar&key=value" -H "Accept-Encoding:compress;q=0.5, gzip;q=1.0" -H "Device:Android" -H "Content-Type:application/x-www-form-urlencoded" "http://httpbin.org/post"

Parameter Support

URL encoded style for GET & DELETE request

Fuel.get("http://httpbin.org/get", listOf("foo" to "foo", "bar" to "bar")).response { request, response, result -> {
    //resolve to http://httpbin.org/get?foo=foo&bar=bar
}

Fuel.delete("http://httpbin.org/delete", listOf("foo" to "foo", "bar" to "bar")).response { request, response, result ->
    //resolve to http://httpbin.org/get?foo=foo&bar=bar
}

Support x-www-form-urlencoded for PUT & POST

Fuel.post("http://httpbin.org/post", listOf("foo" to "foo", "bar" to "bar")).response { request, response, result ->
    //http body includes foo=foo&bar=bar
}

Fuel.put("http://httpbin.org/put", listOf("foo" to "foo", "bar" to "bar")).response { request, response, result ->
    //http body includes foo=foo&bar=bar
}

Set request's timeout and read timeout

Default timeout for a request is 15000 milliseconds. Default read timeout for a request is 15000 milliseconds.

Kotlin

val timeout = 5000 // 5000 milliseconds = 5 seconds.
val readTimeout = 60000 // 60000 milliseconds = 1 minute.

"http://httpbin.org/get".httpGet().timeout(timeout).readTimeout(readTimeout).responseString { request, response, result -> }

Java

int timeout = 5000 // 5000 milliseconds = 5 seconds.
int readTimeout = 60000 // 60000 milliseconds = 1 minute.
Fuel.get("http://httpbin.org/get", params).timeout(timeout).readTimeout(readTimeout).responseString(new Handler<String>() {
    @Override
    public void failure(Request request, Response response, FuelError error) {
    	//do something when it is failure
    }

    @Override
    public void success(Request request, Response response, String data) {
    	//do something when it is successful
    }
});

Download with or without progress handler

Fuel.download("http://httpbin.org/bytes/32768").destination { response, url ->
    File.createTempFile("temp", ".tmp")
}.response { req, res, result -> 

}

Fuel.download("http://httpbin.org/bytes/32768").destination { response, url ->
    File.createTempFile("temp", ".tmp")
}.progress { readBytes, totalBytes ->
    val progress = readBytes.toFloat() / totalBytes.toFloat()
}.response { req, res, result -> 

}

Upload with or without progress handler

Fuel.upload("/post").source { request, url ->
    File.createTempFile("temp", ".tmp");
}.responseString { request, response, result ->

}

//by default upload use Method.POST, unless it is specified as something else
Fuel.upload("/put", Method.PUT).source { request, url ->
    File.createTempFile("temp", ".tmp");
}.responseString { request, response, result ->
    // calls to http://example.com/api/put with PUT

}

//upload with multiple files
Fuel.upload("/post").sources { request, url ->
    listOf(
        File.createTempFile("temp1", ".tmp"),
        File.createTempFile("temp2", ".tmp")
    )
}.name {
    "temp"
}.responseString { request, response, result ->

}

Authentication

Support Basic Authentication right off the box

val username = "username"
val password = "abcd1234"

Fuel.get("http://httpbin.org/basic-auth/$user/$password").authenticate(username, password).response { request, response, result ->
}

Validation

By default, the valid range for HTTP status code will be (200..299).

Cancel

If one wants to cancel on-going request, one could call cancel on the request object

val request = Fuel.get("http://httpbin.org/get").response { request, response, result ->
    // if request is cancelled successfully, response callback will not be called. Interrupt callback (if provided) will be called instead
}

//later
request.cancel() //this will cancel on-going request

Also, interrupt request can be further processed with interrupt callback

val request = Fuel.get("http://httpbin.org/get").interrupt { request ->
    println("${request.url} was interrupted and cancelled")
}.response { request, response, result ->
    // if request is cancelled successfully, response callback will not be called. Interrupt callback (if provided) will be called instead
}

request.cancel()

Advanced Configuration

Response Deserialization

Fuel provides built-in support for response deserialization. Here is how one might want to use Fuel together with Gson

//User Model
data class User(val firstName: String = "",
                val lastName: String = "") {

    //User Deserializer
    class Deserializer : ResponseDeserializable<User> {
        override fun deserialize(content: String) = Gson().fromJson(content, User::class.java)
    }

}

//Use httpGet extension
"http://www.example.com/user/1".httpGet().responseObject(User.Deserializer()) { req, res, result ->
    //result is of type Result<User, Exception>
    val (user, err) = result

    println(user.firstName)
    println(user.lastName)
}

There are 4 methods to support response deserialization depending on your needs (also depending on JSON parsing library of your choice), and you are required to implement only one of them.

public fun deserialize(bytes: ByteArray): T?

public fun deserialize(inputStream: InputStream): T?

public fun deserialize(reader: Reader): T?

public fun deserialize(content: String): T?

Another example may be parsing a website that is not UTF-8. By default, Fuel serializes text as UTF-8, we need to define our deserializer as such

object Windows1255StringDeserializer : ResponseDeserializable<String> {
        override fun deserialize(bytes: ByteArray): String {
            return String(bytes, "windows-1255")
        }
    }

Configuration

Use singleton FuelManager.instance to manage global configurations.
basePath is used to manage common root path. Great usage is for your static API endpoint.

FuelManager.instance.basePath = "https://httpbin.org"

Fuel.get("/get").response { request, response, result ->
    //make request to https://httpbin.org/get because Fuel.{get|post|put|delete} use FuelManager.instance to make HTTP request
}

baseHeaders is to manage common HTTP header pairs in format of Map<String, String>>.

FuelManager.instance.baseHeaders = mapOf("Device" to "Android")

Fuel.get("/get").response { request, response, result ->
    //make request to https://httpbin.org/get with global device header (Device : Android)
}

baseParams is used to manage common key=value query param, which will be automatically included in all of your subsequent requests in format of List<Pair<String, Any?>> (Any is converted to String by toString() method)

FuelManager.instance.baseParams = listOf("api_key" to "1234567890")

Fuel.get("/get").response { request, response, result ->
    //make request to https://httpbin.org/get?api_key=1234567890
}

client is a raw HTTP client driver. Generally, it is responsible to make Request into Response. Default is HttpClient which is a thin wrapper over java.net.HttpUrlConnnection. You could use any httpClient of your choice by conforming to client protocol, and set back to FuelManager.instance to kick off the effect.
keyStore is configurable by user. By default it is null.
socketFactory can be supplied by user. If keyStore is not null, socketFactory will be derived from it.
hostnameVerifier is configurable by user. By default, it uses HttpsURLConnection.getDefaultHostnameVerifier().
requestInterceptors responseInterceptors is a side-effect to add to Request and/or Response objects. For example, one might wanna print cUrlString style for every request that hits server in DEBUG mode.

val manager = FuelManager()
if (BUILD_DEBUG) {
    manager.addRequestInterceptor(cUrlLoggingRequestInterceptor())
}
val (request, response, result) = manager.request(Method.GET, "https://httpbin.org/get").response() //it will print curl -i -H "Accept-Encoding:compress;q=0.5, gzip;q=1.0" "https://httpbin.org/get"

Another example is that you might wanna add data into your Database, you can achieve that with providing responseInterceptors such as

inline fun <reified T> DbResponseInterceptor() =
        { next: (Request, Response) -> Response ->
            { req: Request, res: Response ->
                val db = DB.getInstance()
                val instance = Parser.getInstance().parse(res.data, T::class)
                db.transaction {
                    it.copyToDB(instance)
                }
                next(req, res)
            }
        }

manager.addResponseInterceptor(DBResponseInterceptor<Dog>)
manager.request(Method.GET, "http://www.example.com/api/dog/1").response() // Db interceptor will be called to intercept data and save into Database of your choice

Test mode

Testing asynchronized calls can be somehow hard without special care. That's why Fuel has a special test mode with make all the requests blocking, for tests.

Fuel.testMode {
    timeout = 15000 // Optional feature, set all requests' timeout to this value.
}

In order to disable test mode, just call Fuel.regularMode()

RxJava Support

Fuel supports RxJava right off the box.

"http://www.example.com/photos/1".httpGet().rx_object(Photo.Deserializer()).subscribe {
	//do something
}

There are 6 extensions over Request that provide RxJava 2.x Single<Result<T, FuelError>> as return type.

fun Request.rx_response(): Single<Pair<Response, Result<ByteArray, FuelError>>>
fun Request.rx_responseString(charset: Charset): Single<Pair<Response, Result<String, FuelError>>>
fun <T : Any> Request.rx_responseObject(deserializable: Deserializable<T>): Single<Pair<Response, Result<T, FuelError>>>

fun Request.rx_data(): Single<Result<ByteArray, FuelError>>
fun Request.rx_string(charset: Charset): Single<Result<String, FuelError>>
fun <T : Any> Request.rx_object(deserializable: Deserializable<T>): Single<Result<T, FuelError>>

Other libraries

If you like Fuel, you might also like other libraries;

Result - The modelling for success/failure of operations in Kotlin
Kovenant - Kovenant. Promises for Kotlin.
Fuse - A simple generic LRU memory/disk cache for Android written in Kotlin

Credits

Fuel is brought to you by contributors.

Licenses

Fuel is released under the MIT license.

Name		Name	Last commit message	Last commit date
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fuel-android		fuel-android
fuel-rxjava		fuel-rxjava
fuel		fuel
gradle/wrapper		gradle/wrapper
sample-java		sample-java
sample		sample
.gitignore		.gitignore
.travis.yml		.travis.yml
LICENSE.md		LICENSE.md
README.md		README.md
build.gradle		build.gradle
gradlew		gradlew
gradlew.bat		gradlew.bat
settings.gradle		settings.gradle

License

EasyKotlin/Fuel

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