HttpPost failed due to "Cannot retry request with a non-repeatable request entity"

Question

I tried to upload a photo to a server by HttpClient in android mobile, but sometimes I get this error, it not happens always. anyone know how to solve it?

my code like:

HttpClient client =new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpPut httpPut = new HttpPut(uploadUrl);       
InputStream in =null;
HttpResponse response =null;
        try {
            in = new FileInputStream(filepath);
            BasicHttpEntity entity = new BasicHttpEntity();
            entity.setContent(in);
            entity.setContentLength(new File(basepath+path).length());

            httpPut.setEntity(entity);
            response = client.execute(httpPut);
            System.out.println(response.getStatusLine());


            consume(response.getEntity());


        } 

.......

Error info:

11-22 10:32:50.370: W/System.err(15224): org.apache.http.client.ClientProtocolException
11-22 10:32:50.370: W/System.err(15224):    at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:557)
11-22 10:32:50.370: W/System.err(15224):    at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:487)
11-22 10:32:50.370: W/System.err(15224):    at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:465)
11-22 10:32:50.370: W/System.err(15224):    at com.hp.nimbus.android.skydrive.util.SkyDriveUtils_Rest.doUploadPhoto(SkyDriveUtils_Rest.java:203)
11-22 10:32:50.380: W/System.err(15224):    at com.hp.nimbus.android.skydrive.util.SkyDriveUtils_Rest.uploadPhoto(SkyDriveUtils_Rest.java:250)
11-22 10:32:50.380: W/System.err(15224):    at com.hp.nimbus.android.skydrive.FolderMonitorService$1.onEvent(FolderMonitorService.java:36)
11-22 10:32:50.380: W/System.err(15224):    at android.os.FileObserver$ObserverThread.onEvent(FileObserver.java:125)
11-22 10:32:50.380: W/System.err(15224):    at android.os.FileObserver$ObserverThread.observe(Native Method)
11-22 10:32:50.380: W/System.err(15224):    at android.os.FileObserver$ObserverThread.run(FileObserver.java:88)
11-22 10:32:50.380: W/System.err(15224): Caused by: org.apache.http.client.NonRepeatableRequestException: Cannot retry request with a non-repeatable request entity
11-22 10:32:50.380: W/System.err(15224):    at org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRequestDirector.execute(DefaultRequestDirector.java:419)
11-22 10:32:50.380: W/System.err(15224):    at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:555)
11-22 10:32:50.390: W/System.err(15224):    ... 8 more

Answer 1

It means the initial request failed, and because it's a stream it can't repeat it.

If you remove the FileInputStream and instead use FileEntity, I believe it will be repeatable.

You also won't have to set the length.

Answer 2

Might be a little late to answer this question, but for people who land on this page, the reason for the exception is BasicHttpEntity does not allow repeatable requests. You will need to use the proper HttpEntity implementation.

For the case of this question, it will be FileEntity as Matthew Flaschen mentioned in the other answer, but for most of the other cases, StringEntity can be used which allows repeatable requests.