Testing and working examples

To test Android Upload Service, you have the following choices:

• Use your own server (which handles one or more of the supported upload types)
• Use one of the server implementations provided in the examples (read below)
• Use the excellent http://www.posttestserver.com/ (bear in mind that the data you post there is public!) for HTTP Multipart requests

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In the examples folder you will find:

• A simple Android application that uses this library

• Demo servers which handle uploads:

  • node.js (HTTP Multipart and Binary). This is the server implementation used in development, as it's the most easy to get up and running in a matter of minutes and it's possible to make rapid changes when needed. You need to have node.js and npm installed. Refer to this guide. To run the server, open a terminal, navigate to examples/server-nodejs folder and simply execute:

    npm install (only the first time)
    npm start
    

    The following endpoints will be available for upload testing:

    HTTP/Multipart: http://YOUR_LOCAL_IP:3000/upload/multipart
    Binary:         http://YOUR_LOCAL_IP:3000/upload/binary
    

    Follow the instructions and the output that you will get in the console.

  • PHP (HTTP Multipart only). You need a running web server (e.g. Apache + PHP) in which to put the script. To get up and running in minutes you can use a solution like XAMPP (supports Windows, OS X and Linux).