i am trying to load the data from an online link that works with php. The link returns an xml.
That xml i want to save in the Documents Directory from the iPad.
I am trying this:
NSString *post = #"";
NSData *postData = [post dataUsingEncoding:NSISOLatin1StringEncoding allowLossyConversion:NO];
NSMutableURLRequest *urlRequest = [[[NSMutableURLRequest alloc] init] autorelease];
[urlRequest setURL:[NSURL URLWithString:#"http://www.test.be/tools/xml_nieuwsbrief.php"]];
[urlRequest setHTTPMethod:#"POST"];
[urlRequest setHTTPBody:postData];
NSData *urlData;
NSURLResponse *response;
NSError *error;
urlData = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:urlRequest returningResponse:&response error:&error];
if(!urlData) {
NSLog(#"No connection!");
}
NSLog(#"Receive:%d bytes",[urlData length]);
NSString *aStr = [[[NSString alloc] initWithData:urlData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]autorelease];
NSLog(#"________%#", aStr);
the string does return - null -, i a have been searching the internet, but does not find anything that can lead me to my problem.
Can someone help me for letting me see what i am doing wrong?
Thanks in advance,
Snowy
I'd check the status code of the response object (change the NSURLResponse object into an NSHTTPURLResponse and you'll have a statusCode property available).
If you are actually getting - null - out of the NSData-response you should probably be looking at the server-side script. Perhaps it is not expecting an empty POST-request?
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I have a web service that allows me to update records on in our database.
The columns in the table are as follows:
allowsActions
assetID
inventoryObjectID
objectDescription
quantity
retired
serialNumber
action
I'm using the following to GET data from the webservice.
NSString *urlString = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#", inventoryAndActionsWebservice];
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:urlString];
NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
[request setHTTPMethod:#"GET"];
Then shoving into a dictionary like so:
[NSURLConnection sendAsynchronousRequest:request queue:[NSOperationQueue mainQueue] completionHandler:^(NSURLResponse *response, NSData *data, NSError *connectionError)
{
if (data.length > 0 && connectionError == nil)
{
NSLog(#"WE HAS THE DATAS");
NSDictionary *inventory = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:data options:0 error:NULL];
// Then storing the values in CoreData here
}
}
What would be the syntax for updating the webservice? It expects an object in the body of the service call (POST).
NSMutableURLRequest let's you setHTTPBody: and setHTTPMethod:.#"POST"is the way to do a post. Most services need to know the body length and encoding set in headers. (seeaddValue:forHTTPHeaderField:`) for that.
The only reason this topic is tricky is because the developer is forced to grapple with two problems at once: what constitutes a valid request for my server, and (2) how do I form that request with iOS? Part (2) is actually pretty easy once you get a valid request.
The best way to proceed is to get an example working using curl (or something equivalent). Then move on to producing that request in iOS. If you have trouble, ask a question here of the form: "I know my server needs X, here's my code to produce X, but I'm getting this error Y".
So the syntax that I was looking for was ultimately this:
NSString *jSONString = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"{\"MediaInventoryObjectsId\":%d,\"AssetId\":%d,\"Quantity\":%d,\"SerialNumber\":\"%#\",\"Description\":\"%#\",\"AllowActions\":%d,\"Retired\":%d}",inventoryObjectId, assetID, quantity, serialNumber, description, allowActions, retired];
// Convert jSON string to data
NSData *putData = [jSONString dataUsingEncoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding allowLossyConversion:YES];
// Instantiate a url request
NSMutableURLRequest *request = [[NSMutableURLRequest alloc] init];
// Set the request url format
[request setURL:[NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#/%d", inventoryAndActionsWebservice, inventoryObjectId]]];
[request setHTTPMethod:#"PUT"];
[request setHTTPBody:putData];
[request setValue:#"application/json" forHTTPHeaderField:#"content-type"];
// Send data to the webservice
NSData *returnData = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:request returningResponse:nil error:nil];
trying get Data from server using #"GET" request,
this following code returns null all time:
is anybody finding an issue with my following code?
or it's can be server side Issue..
?
thank for your help!
+ (id)sendParam:(NSString*)ParamString url:(NSString*)url{
NSMutableURLRequest *request = [[NSMutableURLRequest alloc]init];
NSString *post = ParamString;
NSData *postData = [post dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding allowLossyConversion:YES];
NSString *postLength = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%d",[postData length]];
[request setURL:[NSURL URLWithString:url]];
NSLog(#"postLength =%#",postLength);
[request setHTTPBody:postData];
[request setHTTPMethod:#"GET"];
[request addValue:ParamString forHTTPHeaderField:#"GET"];
[request setValue:#"application/json" forHTTPHeaderField:#"Content-Type"];
NSURLResponse *response;
NSError *error;
NSData *aData = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:request returningResponse:&response error:&error];
NSMutableArray*jsonReturn = [[NSMutableArray alloc]init];
jsonReturn = (NSMutableArray*)[NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:aData options:kNilOptions error:&error];
NSLog(#"jsonReturn %#",jsonReturn);
return jsonReturn;
}
after Editing:
+ (id)sendParam:(NSString*)ParamString url:(NSString*)url{
NSString*StringGETMETHOD = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#%#",url,ParamString];
NSMutableURLRequest *request = [[NSMutableURLRequest alloc]init];
[request setURL:[NSURL URLWithString:StringGETMETHOD]];
[request setHTTPMethod:#"POST"];
NSURLResponse *response;
NSError *error;
NSData *aData = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:request returningResponse:&response error:&error];
NSLog(#"aData=%#",aData);
if (aData) {
jsonReturn=(NSMutableArray*)[NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:aData options:kNilOptions error:&error];
NSLog(#"jsonReturn %#",jsonReturn);
}
If you want to use GET for getting response from server just you can try in following method
//just give your URL instead of my URL
NSMutableURLRequest *request=[NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:#"http://api.worldweatheronline.com/free/v1/search.ashx?query=London&num_of_results=3&format=json&key=xkq544hkar4m69qujdgujn7w"]];
[request setHTTPMethod:#"GET"];
[request setValue:#"application/json;charset=UTF-8" forHTTPHeaderField:#"content-type"];
NSError *err;
NSURLResponse *response;
NSData *responseData = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:request returningResponse:&response error:&err];
//You need to check response.Once you get the response copy that and paste in ONLINE JSON VIEWER.If you do this clearly you can get the correct results.
//After that it depends upon the json format whether it is DICTIONARY or ARRAY
NSDictionary *jsonArray = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:responseData options: NSJSONReadingMutableContainers error: &err];
NSArray *array=[[jsonArray objectForKey:#"search_api"]objectForKey:#"result"];
I very much doubt that you should send this parameter as a HEADER field.
I also would think that you should be sending a POST and not a GET.
Setting jsonReturn to [[NSMutableArray alloc] init] is nonsense. Explain to yourself why you are doing it instead of setting jsonReturn to nil
Logging the jsonReturn is nonsense, because all the interesting stuff has disappeared. You should log the response and the data that was returned, at least if jsonReturn = nil.
You seem to be confused between GET and POST. You are doing a GET, but supplying data like a POST (usually does, though it isn't mandated, or precluded to use the body data for a GET).
Generally, you don't want to use body data for a GET, it isn't usual / expected so any number of different issues could be occurring. Either change setHTTPMethod: to #"POST" so you are doing a POST properly, or change the parameters to be part of the request URL.
It really all depends what the server expects (and can handle). This is what you need to know and match against...
Subsequently you have a different issue. The param string you supply has characters in it that need to be encoded (like spaces). Use stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding: on the param string before you send it to escape these characters.
It works in a browser because it is adding the escape characters for you (which you should see in the browser address bar after it has loaded the response).
i found my issue:
sending paramString Using "Get" Method, cannot send parameters with space between letters.. example: "tel aviv" should be "tel%20aviv"
by adding the following code line:
**urlParam = [urlParam
stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:#" " withString:#"%20"];**
fix code:
+ (id)sendParam:(NSString*)ParamString url:(NSString*)url{
NSString* urlParam = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#%#",url,ParamString];
urlParam = [urlParam
stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:#" " withString:#"%20"];
NSMutableURLRequest *request=[NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:urlParam]];
[request setHTTPMethod:#"GET"];
[request setValue:#"application/json;charset=UTF-8" forHTTPHeaderField:#"content-type"];
NSURLResponse *response;
NSError *error;
NSData *aData = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:request returningResponse:&response error:&error];
NSLog(#"aData=%#",aData);
if (aData) {
jsonReturn=(NSMutableArray*)[NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:aData options:kNilOptions error:&error];
NSLog(#"jsonReturn %#",jsonReturn);
}
thank you all !
For some reason I always get Endpoint not found., but when I put it in the browser it works perfectly. I'm sure doing something wrong..
- (void)requestLoad:(NSString *)req_udid Age:(NSString *)req_age Gender:(NSString *)req_gender CheckBoxes:(NSString *)req_checkBoxes
{
NSString *post = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"/UpdatePersonalInterests/%#/%#/%#/%#/0",req_udid, req_age, req_gender, req_checkBoxes];
NSData *postData = [post dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding allowLossyConversion:YES];
//set up the request to the website
NSMutableURLRequest *request = [[NSMutableURLRequest alloc] init];
[request setURL:[NSURL URLWithString:NSLocalizedStringFromTable(#"kServiceURL", #"urls", nil)]];
[request setHTTPMethod:#"POST"];
[request setValue:#"application/x-www-form-urlencoded" forHTTPHeaderField:#"Content-Type"];
[request setValue:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%d", [postData length]] forHTTPHeaderField:#"Content-Length"];
[request setHTTPBody:postData];
NSError *error;
NSURLResponse *response;
NSData *urlData = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:request returningResponse:&response error:&error];
NSString *result = [[NSString alloc]initWithData:urlData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSLog(#"%#",result);
}
Thanks!
It looks like you are using a Custom Service scheme. Did you register it in Target -> info - URLS Types? See the Apple Docs or Registering custom URL Schemes: Implementing Custom URL Schemes
So I've managed to do this with NSURLConnection and asynchronous request with this code:
- (void)getIntrests
{
NSString *req_udid = [PROUtils createOrLoadUserIdentifier];
NSString *webaddress = [kServiceBaseURL stringByAppendingString:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"/GetPersonalInterestsForUdid/%#",req_udid]];
NSURLRequest *request = [[NSURLRequest alloc] initWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:webaddress] cachePolicy:NSURLRequestReloadIgnoringCacheData timeoutInterval:20];
[NSURLConnection sendAsynchronousRequest:request queue:[NSOperationQueue mainQueue] completionHandler:
^(NSURLResponse* response, NSData* data, NSError* error) {
NSString* dataString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:data encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:kGotMediaFromServer object:dataString];
NSLog(#"Update response completed: %# with data: %# error: %#",response,dataString,error);
}];
}
Hope that it will be useful for someone.
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'm unable to get this to work:
NSString *post = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"userudid=%#", [udid stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
NSLog(#"%#",post);
NSData *postData = [NSData dataWithBytes:[post UTF8String] length:[post length]];
//[udid dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding allowLossyConversion:YES];
NSLog(#"%#",postData);
//NSString *postLength = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%d", [postData length]];
NSMutableURLRequest *request = [[[NSMutableURLRequest alloc] init] autorelease];
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"http://www.myserver.com/myapp/readtags2.php"]];
[request setURL:url];
[request setHTTPMethod:#"POST"];
//[request setValue:postLength forHTTPHeaderField:#"Content-Length"];
[request setValue:#"application/x-www-form-urlencoded" forHTTPHeaderField:#"Content-Type"];
[request setHTTPBody:postData];
NSURLResponse *response;
NSError *error;
NSData *urlData = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:request
returningResponse:&response error:&error];
NSString *content = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:[urlData bytes]];
NSLog(#"responseData: %#", content);
is the POST formed correctly? Because i can get it to work from a manual html form posting to the same php file, but i get nothing back when doing it from iOS
You might have an easier time doing HTTP POST's with ASIHTTPRequest.
Form-Posting with ASIHTTPRequest is explained in the section titled "Sending a form POST with ASIFormDataRequest" here: http://allseeing-i.com/ASIHTTPRequest/How-to-use
Otherwise, have a look at the NSURLResponse, check the response code and see if iOS thinks the POST was successful.
Other thing you can use to check is a tool like wireshark to compare the network traffic from your web-based form POST to the traffic from your iOS POST. It looks like you're doing it right, but the best way to be sure is something like wireshark.