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Thread: Retieving Values using HttpURLConnection - Help

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    Default Retieving Values using HttpURLConnection - Help

    I found this code to retieve a vaule using HttpURLConnection request,

    This is the URL I use (minus the api key)
    http://emoncms.org/feed/value.json?a...pikey&id=52931

    Below is the code i found, i added 2 new variables to collect a 2nd value, but i can't work out how to add a 2nd request to the code, here is the 2nd url:
    http://emoncms.org/feed/value.json?a...pikey&id=52932

    Thanks for any help you can give....

    Code:

    *******************************************

    package com.example.helloworld;

    import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
    import java.io.InputStream;
    import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
    import java.net.URL;

    import android.os.AsyncTask;
    import android.os.Bundle;
    import android.os.Handler;
    import android.app.Activity;
    import android.util.Log;
    import android.view.Menu;
    import android.widget.TextView;

    public class MainActivity extends Activity {
    // Time in ms in which to fetch a feed value update
    private int updateInterval = 5000;
    // Handler for periodic updates
    private Handler periodicHandler = new Handler();
    // Handler for updating UI on data update
    private Handler uiUpdateHandler = new Handler();

    private TextView powerval;
    private String tpowerused;
    private TextView solarval;
    private String tsolar;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    Log.i("EmonLog", "onCreate");

    powerval = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.powervalue);
    }

    protected void onPause()
    {
    super.onPause();
    Log.i("EmonLog", "onPause");
    Log.i("EmonLog", "Stopping periodic updater");
    stopRepeatingTask();
    }

    protected void onResume()
    {
    super.onResume();
    Log.i("EmonLog", "onResume");
    Log.i("EmonLog", "Starting periodic updater");
    startRepeatingTask();
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
    return true;
    }

    Runnable mStatusChecker = new Runnable() {

    @Override
    public void run() {
    Log.i("EmonLog", "Periodic");

    try {
    String result = new HTTP().execute("http://emoncms.org/feed/value.json?apikey=myapikey&id=52931").get();
    result = result.replaceAll("\"","");

    tpowerused = result;
    Log.i("EmonLog", "Periodic "+tpowerused);

    uiUpdateHandler.post(new Runnable(){
    public void run() {
    powerval.setText(tpowerused+"W");
    }});



    } catch (Exception e) {

    }

    periodicHandler.postDelayed(mStatusChecker, updateInterval);
    }
    };

    void startRepeatingTask() {
    mStatusChecker.run();
    }

    void stopRepeatingTask() {
    periodicHandler.removeCallbacks(mStatusChecker);
    }
    }

    class HTTP extends AsyncTask<String, Void, String>
    {
    @Override
    protected String doInBackground(String... params) {
    String result = "";
    try {
    String urlstring = params[0];
    Log.i("EmonLog", "HTTP Connecting: "+urlstring);
    URL url = new URL(urlstring);
    HttpURLConnection urlConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();

    try {
    InputStream reader = new BufferedInputStream(urlConnection.getInputStream() );

    String text = "";
    int i = 0;
    while((i=reader.read())!=-1)
    {
    text += (char)i;
    }
    Log.i("EmonLog", "HTTP Response: "+text);
    result = text;

    } catch (Exception e) {
    Log.i("EmonLog", "HTTP Exception: "+e);
    }
    finally {
    Log.i("EmonLog", "HTTP Disconnecting");
    urlConnection.disconnect();
    }

    } catch (Exception e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
    Log.i("EmonLog", "HTTP Exception: "+e);
    }

    return result;
    }
    }

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