Package com.bambuser.broadcaster

Class BackendApi

java.lang.Object

com.bambuser.broadcaster.BackendApi

public final class BackendApi
extends Object

This class contains a few convenience methods for doing requests to Bambuser's API. Do not invoke on the UI thread.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static String	TICKET_FILE_AUTHOR	Author of the uploaded file.
static String	TICKET_FILE_CREATED	Creation date of the uploaded file.
static String	TICKET_FILE_CUSTOM_DATA	Arbitrary data stored along with the file.
static String	TICKET_FILE_NAME	Name of the file which will be uploaded.
static String	TICKET_FILE_POS_ACCURACY	Geo-position accuracy (meters, decimal) of the provided position.
static String	TICKET_FILE_POS_LAT	Geo-position latitude (degrees, decimal) of the uploaded file.
static String	TICKET_FILE_POS_LON	Geo-position longitude (degrees, decimal) of the uploaded file.
static String	TICKET_FILE_TITLE	Short free-text title of the uploaded file, analogous to the title for a Bambuser broadcast.
static String	TICKET_FILE_TYPE	Type of the file which will be uploaded.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Pair<Integer,String>	getUploadTicketForApplicationId(Context context, Map<String,String> params, String applicationId)	Method for doing a POST request to the Bambuser ticket API endpoint, requiring a Bambuser-provided application ID.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

TICKET_FILE_TYPE

public static final String TICKET_FILE_TYPE

Type of the file which will be uploaded. Mandatory. Values currently supported by the backend are "video" and "image".

See Also:

Constant Field Values

TICKET_FILE_NAME

public static final String TICKET_FILE_NAME

Name of the file which will be uploaded. Mandatory. The provided file name can be another than the local file name, but the file extension should be correct or the server may reject the upload.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

TICKET_FILE_CREATED

public static final String TICKET_FILE_CREATED

Creation date of the uploaded file. Optional. The date is given as unixtime, in seconds. If no date is supplied, only the time of upload will be available server-side.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

TICKET_FILE_AUTHOR

public static final String TICKET_FILE_AUTHOR

Author of the uploaded file. Optional.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

TICKET_FILE_TITLE

public static final String TICKET_FILE_TITLE

Short free-text title of the uploaded file, analogous to the title for a Bambuser broadcast. Optional.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

TICKET_FILE_CUSTOM_DATA

public static final String TICKET_FILE_CUSTOM_DATA

Arbitrary data stored along with the file. Max 10KB per uploaded file. Optional.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

TICKET_FILE_POS_LAT

public static final String TICKET_FILE_POS_LAT

Geo-position latitude (degrees, decimal) of the uploaded file. Optional.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

TICKET_FILE_POS_LON

public static final String TICKET_FILE_POS_LON

Geo-position longitude (degrees, decimal) of the uploaded file. Optional.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

TICKET_FILE_POS_ACCURACY

public static final String TICKET_FILE_POS_ACCURACY

Geo-position accuracy (meters, decimal) of the provided position. Optional.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getUploadTicketForApplicationId

public static Pair<Integer,String> getUploadTicketForApplicationId(Context context,
                                                                         Map<String,String> params,
                                                                         String applicationId)

Method for doing a POST request to the Bambuser ticket API endpoint, requiring a Bambuser-provided application ID. Request always done using HTTPS. This must not be invoked on the UI thread.

For further information on using this method, see the UploadHelper class in the example app source.

Parameters:

context - A Context object. Must not be null.

params - Parameters for the ticket endpoint. Some are mandatory. Must not be null.

applicationId - Secret Bambuser-provided application specific ID.

Returns:

A Pair containing the http response code and the response String, if any. The response String is expected to be a JSON object containing an "upload_url", to which the actual file data should be uploaded using a PUT HTTP(S) request.