MatchPublisher.java

package util.match;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLEncoder;

public class MatchPublisher {
    public static String publishToSpectatorServer(String spectatorURL, Match theMatch) throws IOException {
        if (theMatch.getGameRepositoryURL().isEmpty()) {
            throw new IOException("Match doesn't have appropriate metadata for publication to a spectator server: " + theMatch);
        } else {
            return performPOST(spectatorURL, theMatch.getSpectatorAuthToken(), theMatch.toJSON());
        }
    }

    public static String performPOST(String theURL, String theAuth, String theData) throws IOException {
        String message = URLEncoder.encode(theData, "UTF-8");

        try {
            URL url = new URL(theURL);
            HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
            connection.setDoOutput(true);
            connection.setRequestMethod("POST");

            OutputStreamWriter writer = new OutputStreamWriter(connection.getOutputStream());
            writer.write("AUTH=" + theAuth + "&DATA=" + message);
            writer.close();

            if (connection.getResponseCode() == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {
                return new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream())).readLine();
            } else {
                throw new IOException(connection.getResponseMessage());
            }
        } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
            throw new IOException(e);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            throw e;
        }
    }

    static class MatchPublisherThread extends Thread {
        private Match theMatch;
        private String spectatorURL;
        
        public MatchPublisherThread(String spectatorURL, Match theMatch) {
            this.theMatch = theMatch;
            this.spectatorURL = spectatorURL;
        }
        
        @Override
        public void run() {
            try {
                MatchPublisher.publishToSpectatorServer(spectatorURL, theMatch);
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }        
    }
    
    public static void publishToSpectatorServerAsync(String spectatorURL, Match theMatch) throws IOException {
        MatchPublisherThread theThread = new MatchPublisherThread(spectatorURL, theMatch);
        theThread.start();
    }
}