I'm trying to access a secure url from ios. Basically url will prompt the user with Username and Password. How can I send username and Password from ios?
My Code
Here is the Methods that I'm using to access JSON Parser
- (NSString *)stringWithUrl:(NSURL *)url{
NSURLRequest *urlRequest = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:url
cachePolicy:NSURLRequestReturnCacheDataElseLoad
timeoutInterval:30];
// Fetch the JSON response
NSData *urlData;
NSURLResponse *response;
NSError *error;
// Make synchronous request
urlData = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:urlRequest
returningResponse:&response
error:&error];
// Construct a String around the Data from the response
return [[[NSString alloc] initWithData:urlData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding] autorelease];}
- (id) objectWithUrl:(NSURL *)url{
SBJsonParser *jsonParser = [[[SBJsonParser alloc]init] autorelease];
NSString *jsonString = [self stringWithUrl:url];
// Parse the JSON into an Object
return [jsonParser objectWithString:jsonString error:nil]; }
Here is the piece of code that I'm retrieving json keys to my dictionary.
- (NSDictionary *) downloadFeed {
id response = [self objectWithUrl:[NSURL URLWithString:#"http://mysite.com/Services/Secure.svc/GetList?id=2127"]];
NSDictionary *feed = (NSDictionary *)response;
return feed; }
Can someone let me know where can I pass the Username and Password to this url?
Either switch to ASIHTTPRequest, which handles Basic authentication simply, or use a NSMutableRequest and set the Authorization header correctly, with a base64 encoded user:password pair.
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I am writing an application to authorise itself into Spotify. I used the node app.js example to get things working and an now re-writing natively into Objective C. I have extracted the authorisation code via a callback function
NSMutableURLRequest * request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:#"https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token"]];
request.HTTPMethod = #"POST";
// put in the header fields
NSString *headerString = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#:%#",clientID,clientSecret];
NSData *nsdata = [headerString dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSString *base64Encoded = [nsdata base64EncodedStringWithOptions:0];
base64Encoded = [ NSString stringWithFormat:#"Basic %#", base64Encoded];
[request setValue:base64Encoded forHTTPHeaderField:#"Authorization"];
NSLog(#"request.header %#", request.allHTTPHeaderFields.description);
// put in the body form
NSString * stringData = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"grant_type:%#, code:%#, redirect_uri:\"%#\"", #"authorization_code",authorisationCode,redirectUri];
NSData * requestBodyData = [stringData dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
request.HTTPBody = requestBodyData;
NSLog(#"request.body %#", [[NSString alloc] initWithData:request.HTTPBody encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]);
I then post this request and get
{"error":"server_error","error_description":"Unexpected status: 415"}
returned.
I have found a variety of questions on this topic revolving around the Content-Type needing to be application/x-www-form-urlencoded but this was no direct cure.
Anyone got any suggestions for me?
I found the answer here NSURLRequest : Post data and read the posted page
It appears that the raw data within the HTTPBody needs to be formatted differently - no JSON at all. The above link has a useful function which I updated slightly
-(NSData*)encodeDictionary:(NSDictionary*)dictionary {
NSMutableArray *parts = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
for (NSString *key in dictionary) {
NSString *encodedValue = [[dictionary objectForKey:key] stringByAddingPercentEncodingWithAllowedCharacters:[NSCharacterSet URLPasswordAllowedCharacterSet]];
NSString *encodedKey = [key stringByAddingPercentEncodingWithAllowedCharacters:[NSCharacterSet URLPasswordAllowedCharacterSet]];
NSString *part = [NSString stringWithFormat: #"%#=%#", encodedKey, encodedValue];
[parts addObject:part];
}
NSString *encodedDictionary = [parts componentsJoinedByString:#"&"];
return [encodedDictionary dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
}
and ..
[request setValue:#"application/x-www-form-urlencoded" forHTTPHeaderField:#"Content-Type"];
//NSLog(#"request.header %#", request.allHTTPHeaderFields.description);
// put in the body form using the new function
NSDictionary * parameters = [[NSDictionary alloc] initWithObjectsAndKeys:#"authorization_code",#"grant_type",authorisationCode,#"code",redirectUri,#"redirect_uri", nil ];
NSData * requestBodyData = [self encodeDictionary:parameters];
request.HTTPBody = requestBodyData;
I'm working on a method to centralize my URL connections for sending and receiving JSON data from a server. It works with POST, but not GET. I'm using a Google App Engine server and on my computer it'll handle the POST requests and return proper results (and log appropriately), but I get the following error when I try the request with a GET method:
Error Domain=kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork Code=303 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork error 303.)" UserInfo=0xd57e400 {NSErrorFailingURLKey=http://localhost:8080/api/login, NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=http://localhost:8080/api/login}
In addition, the GAE dev server shows a "broken pipe" error, indicating that the client closed the connection before the server was finished sending all data.
Here's the method:
/* Connects to a given URL and sends JSON data via HTTP request and returns the result of the request as a dict */
- (id) sendRequestToModule:(NSString*) module ofType:(NSString*) type function:(NSString*) func params:(NSDictionary*) params {
NSString *str_params = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:func, #"function", params, #"params", nil];
NSString *str_url = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#%#", lds_url, module];
NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:str_url]];
NSData *data = [[NSString stringWithFormat:#"action=%#", [str_params JSONString]] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
[request setHTTPMethod:type];
[request setHTTPBody:data];
[request setValue:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%d", [data length]] forHTTPHeaderField:#"Content-Length"];
[request setValue:#"application/x-www-form-urlencoded" forHTTPHeaderField:#"Content-Type"];
NSError *error = nil;
NSURLResponse *response = nil;
NSData *result = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:request returningResponse:&response error:&error];
NSLog(#"Error: %#", error);
NSLog(#"Result: %#", [[NSString alloc] initWithData:result encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]);
return [result objectFromJSONData];
}
A sample call would be:
NSDictionary *response = [fetcher sendRequestToModule:#"login" ofType:#"GET" function:#"validate_email" params:dict];
Again, this works with a POST but not a GET. How can I fix this?
In my case i was not calling [request setHTTPMethod: #"POST" ]
I think the root cause is you have an invalid URL.
JSON encoding will include things like '{', '}', '[' and ']'. All of these need to be URL encoded before being added to a URL.
NSString *query = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"?action=%#", [str_params JSONString]];
query = [query stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSURL *URL = [NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#%#", str_url, query]];
To directly answer your question:
According to CFNetwork Error Codes Reference the error is kCFErrorHTTPParseFailure. This means the client failed to correctly parse the HTTP response.
The reason why is that a GET doesn't include a body. Why would you want to submit JSON in a GET anyways?
If the target api returns data only you pass it in the url params.
If you want to send data and "get" a response use a post and examine the body on return.
Sample Post:
NSError *error;
NSString *urlString = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:#"http://%#:%#/XXXX/MVC Controller Method/%#",self.ServerName, self.Port, sessionId ];
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:[urlString stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding ]];
NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
[request setHTTPMethod:#"POST"];
// hydrate the remote object
NSString *returnString = [rdc JSONRepresentation];
NSData *s10 = [returnString dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
[request setHTTPBody:s10];
NSURLResponse *theResponse = [[NSURLResponse alloc] init];
NSData *data = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:request returningResponse:&theResponse error:&error];
NSString *message = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat: #"nothing"];
if (error) {
message = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:#"Error: %#", error];
} else {
message = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:data encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
}
NSLog(#"%#", message);
return message;
I have made this so far. It's code that will make a json String request with an http Header. When i run this code i get no errors. But i get a Expression result unused warning. I should get a response from the web service after sending this http header.
code:
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
NSString *nid = #"";
NSString *vocab = #"";
NSString *inturl = #"testoverview";
NSString *mail = #"chh#fbr.dk";
NSString *md5pw = #"4d57e7ef1b7c3f431aca424764e9d786";
NSDictionary *jsonDictionary = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
nid, #"nid",
vocab, #"vocab",
inturl, #"inturl",
mail, #"mail",
md5pw, #"md5pw",nil];
NSError *error;
NSData *jsonData = [NSJSONSerialization dataWithJSONObject:jsonDictionary options:NSJSONWritingPrettyPrinted error:&error];
NSString *jsonString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:jsonData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
if (!jsonData) {
NSLog(#"Got an error; %#", error);
} else if(jsonData) {
NSString *url = #"http://www.taenk.dk/services/mobile";
NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:url] cachePolicy:NSURLCacheStorageAllowed timeoutInterval:30.0];
[request setValue:jsonString forHTTPHeaderField:#"X-FBR-App"];
[[NSURLConnection alloc] initWithRequest:request delegate:self]; <-- this line triggers the warning: "Expression result unused"
NSLog(#"jsonString %#", jsonString);
}
Can anybody clarify 2 things for me:
Does this trigger a response as soon as the request to the web service?
If yes, how do i print this result out?
You need to assign the result to a variable like
NSURLConnection *con = [[NSURLConnection alloc] initWithRequest:...
for later use (e.g. [con cancel];)
Then you should at least implement the delegate method connection:didFailWithError:. In the class reference I don't see the connection:didFinishLoading... anymore. Can you use the sendSynchronousRequest:returningResponse:error: instead, then you'll have the result, be it positive or negative.
This is how I retrieved the data (this version is without ARC):
- (void) connection :(NSURLConnection *)conn didReceiveData :(NSData *)data {
NSString *msg = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:data encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];
[self checkAutoMailReply:msg];
[msg release];
}
msg contains the pure response data, no header or such.
I have a php file on my server that takes two argument and register my users.Can any one tell me the easiest way to send request to that gile and get response?
**My php file returns integer value like 1 for successful registration.2 For User exists.
You can use the NSURLConnection with NSMutableURLRequest or NSURLRequest
The class that you make the request in should implement this code.
-(void)yourMethod
{
// assume your append is a string of format ?key1=value1&key2=value2
NSString * urlString = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"https://www.stackoverflow.com/myPhpFile.php%#", append];
urlRequest = [[NSMutableURLRequest alloc] initWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:urlString]];
urlConnection = [NSURLConnection connectionWithRequest:urlRequest delegate:self];
[urlRequest release];
}
- (void)connection:(NSURLConnection *)connection didReceiveData:(NSData *)data
{
NSString * string = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:data encoding:
NSASCIIStringEncoding];
// check string for successful registration
[string release];
}
You don't need to use https if your site does not have an SSL certificate.
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Tutorials for using HTTP POST and GET on the iPhone in Objective-C
Is there away to create an NSArray with the correct information like id = 1, name = #"John", score = 100 then send it and receive a response from the server?
Maybe display it inside an NSLog();
Can anyone help answer this question by linking me to a good tutorial, I don't want to use ASIHTTPRequest either. I know it would be much simpler but if there is away to do something without using a load of prewritten code id rather learn how to make something using the functionality the the foundation framework offers before going off using someone elses classes.
What you're looking for is NSMutableURLRequest and the addValue:forHTTPHeaderField method.
Create the request with the URL you wish to communicate with. Load the values you wish to transmit into the header or into the HTTPBody, set your HTTPMethod and then use a NSURLConnection method to send and receive the response.
As for an array with the information you could simply enumerate through the array and add the values to the HTTPHeaderFields. It really depends on what the server is setup to receive.
http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/URLLoadingSystem/URLLoadingSystem.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/10000165i
Has more information.
NSString *urlString = #"http://yoururl.com";
NSURL *url = [NSUL URLWithString:urlString];
NSMutalbeURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
NSDictionary *headerInformation = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:#"1",#"id",#"John",#"name",#"100",#"score", nil];
for (NSString *key in [headerInformation allKeys])
{
[request addValue:[dict valueForKey:key] forHTTPHeaderField:key];
}
NSHTTPURLResponse *response = nil;
NSError *error = nil;
// this will perform a synchronous GET operation passing the values you specified in the header (typically you want asynchrounous, but for simplicity of answering the question it works)
NSData *responseData = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:request reuturningResponse:&response error:&error];
NSString *responseString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:responseData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSLog(#"Response: %#", responseString);
[responseString release];
It might be easier to just use NSData to send a url request and store the response then to reinvent the wheel. Here is some code similar to something in my production project:
+ (NSData *)getProfiles {
NSString *token = [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] objectForKey:#"token"];
// Create string of the URL
NSString *serviceURL = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"http://www.myurlhere.com/getProfiles.php?token=%#", token];
NSLog(#"Service URL : %#", serviceURL);
// Create a NSURL out of the string created earlier. Use NSASCIIStringEncoding to make it properly URL encoded (replaces " " with "+", etc)
NSURL *URL = [NSURL URLWithString:[serviceURL stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding]];
// Request the url and store the response into NSData
NSData *data = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:URL];
if (!data) {
return nil;
}
// Since I know the response will be 100% strings, convert the NSData to NSString
NSString *response = [[[NSString alloc] initWithData:data encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding] autorelease];
// Test response and return a string that an XML Parser can parse
if (![response isEqualToString:#"UNAUTHORIZED"]) {
response = [response stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:#"&" withString:#"&"];
data = [response dataUsingEncoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];
return data;
} else {
return nil;
}
}
NSLog output:
[Line: 476] +[WebSupport getProfiles]: Service URL : http://www.myurlhere.com/getProfiles.php?token=abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789