如何使用Android作为客户端访问express.js / passport.js API？

Question

I'm trying to access an express.js api done with node.js and passport.js. Some methods just work when req.use is available.

I try to log with facebook and twitter from my client app, and I get plain cookie.

Something like connect.sid=jkbsdkjabdkjasdbjkadnaidiadiasdaoidoa

I recreate the client cookie with this method:

            BasicClientCookie clientCookie = new                BasicClientCookie(Metadata.COOKIE_LOGIN, cookieValue);
    clientCookie.setDomain("www.domain.com");
    clientCookie.setPath("/");
    Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
    calendar.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1);
    clientCookie.setExpiryDate(calendar.getTime());
    return clientCookie;

And after that I make Json Requests with this:

    HttpUriRequest request = method.createRequest(uri);
    request.addHeader("Accept", "application/json");
    HttpProtocolParams.setContentCharset(params, HTTP.UTF_8);
    DefaultHttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient(params);
    client.getCookieStore().addCookie(USER_SESSION_COOKIE);
    HttpResponse response = client.execute(request);
    String serializedJson = EntityUtils.toString(response.getEntity(), HTTP.UTF_8);
    T fromJson = gsonParser.fromJson(serializedJson, clazz);

I cannot get on express' routes methods the user as usual.

I know that I'm doing something wrong but I don't know what.

Anyone has done a connection betweem an android app and passport.js?

Thank you all!

Answer 1

See this question for a quick insight on how to use OkHttp with a persistent cookie store. Using a HTTP library to access your REST API will make things much easier.