MovableInk Link Resolution without SDK

If you are not adding the SDK as a dependency in your project, here are some steps to resolve MovableInk Links.

Step One: Enable deeplinking

See our setup guide

Step Two: Fetching the Re-direct URL

The Movable -Ink links use url forwarding/redirects. To get the final clickthrough , you will need to follow the redirects until you get a Success response code

Okhttp HttpURLConnection

val client = OkHttpClient.Builder()
  .followRedirects(true)  // this is true by default
  .build()

var request = Request.Builder()
  .url(MOVABLE_URL)
  .build()

okHttpClient.newCall(request).enqueue(object : Callback {
  override fun onResponse(call: Call, response: Response) {
    if (response.code == 200) {
      val clickThroughUrl: URL = (response.request.url).toUrl()
    }
  }
  override fun onFailure(call: Call, e: IOException) {
    // handle failures 
  }
})

fun fetchClickThrough() {
  val url = URL(MOVABLE_URL)
  var connection = url.openConnection() as HttpURLConnection
  connection.instanceFollowRedirects = true
  connection.connect()

  var responseCode = connection.responseCode

  if (responseCode == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {
    // Process the response here
    val clickThroughURL:URL = connection.url
  }
}

Note

Depending on your project set-up if you are not handling redirects automatically , you will need to loop through the request/response cycle until you receive a non-redirect response.

This typically involves checking the response status code and headers for redirect information (e.g. the new location of the resource), updating the request URL or headers accordingly, and making the request again.

Step Three: Using the Clickthrough URL

Movable-Ink supports the standard HTTP/HTTPS URLs as well as custom URIs. This in-turn means that after retrieving the final clickthrough URL you can use it in your app to link to a specific screen or content within the app.