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+/*
+ * Copyright © 2018 Damyan Ivanov.
+ * This file is part of Mobile-Ledger.
+ * Mobile-Ledger is free software: you can distribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the term of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your opinion), any later version.
+ *
+ * Mobile-Ledger is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License terms for details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with Mobile-Ledger. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package net.ktnx.mobileledger.utils;
+
+import android.content.SharedPreferences;
+import android.util.Base64;
+import android.util.Log;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
+import java.net.URL;
+
+public final class NetworkUtil {
+ public static HttpURLConnection prepare_connection(SharedPreferences pref, String path) throws
+ IOException {
+ final String backend_url = pref.getString("backend_url", "");
+ final boolean use_auth = pref.getBoolean("backend_use_http_auth", false);
+ Log.d("network", "Connecting to "+backend_url + "/" + path);
+ HttpURLConnection http = (HttpURLConnection) new URL(backend_url + "/" + path).openConnection();
+ if (use_auth) {
+ final String auth_user = pref.getString("backend_auth_user", "");
+ final String auth_password = pref.getString("backend_auth_password", "");
+ final byte[] bytes = (String.format("%s:%s", auth_user, auth_password)).getBytes("UTF-8");
+ final String value = Base64.encodeToString(bytes, Base64.DEFAULT);
+ http.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Basic " + value);
+ }
+ http.setAllowUserInteraction(false);
+ http.setRequestProperty("Accept-Charset", "UTF-8");
+ http.setInstanceFollowRedirects(false);
+ http.setUseCaches(false);
+
+ return http;
+ }
+}