/**
  * Requests mobile device for the producer returns the HTTP response code and 0 if failed to
  * execute post.
  *
  * @param c
  * @return
  */
 public int requestProducer(Consumer c) {
   int result = 0;
   APIConnection api = new APIConnection();
   String param = c.consumerToJSON();
   System.out.println(param);
   HttpResponse response = api.post(api.getConsumerRequest(), param);
   // HttpResponse response = api.post(api.getConsumerRequest(), c.consumerToJSON());
   try {
     System.out.println(
         response.toString()); // ///////////////remove just to show response for now
     result = api.getResponse(response);
     if (result == 200) {
       HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
       JSONArray jsonArray = getJSONArray(entity);
       if (jsonArray == null) {
         return 0;
       } else {
         // currently takes first response and uses that port/ip
         JSONObject json = jsonArray.getJSONObject(0);
         System.out.println(json.toString());
         String port = (String) json.get(api.getPort_key());
         String ip = (String) json.get(api.getIp_key());
         String device = (String) json.get(api.getDevice_id_key());
         c.setConnection_ip(ip);
         c.setConnection_port(port);
         c.setConnection_device_id(device);
         return result;
       }
     }
   } catch (Exception e) {
     System.out.println("Exception thrown");
     e.printStackTrace();
     return result;
   }
   return result;
 }