I am working on an iOS application and using swift in it. I am calling an Rest api and response is JSON.
Here is my code:
{
let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: path)! as URL)
// Set the method to POST
request.httpMethod = "POST"
do {
// Set the POST body for the request
let jsonBody = try JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: body, options: .prettyPrinted)
request.httpBody = jsonBody
request.addValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
request.addValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Accept")
// request.addValue("Cookie", forHTTPHeaderField: session_Id)
let session = URLSession.shared
let task = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: {data, response, error -> Void in
if let jsonData = data {
print("\(data?.debugDescription)")
do {
print("JSON Response String: \(String.init(data: data!, encoding: .utf8))")
let dict:[String:Any] = (try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: jsonData, options: []) as? [String:Any])!
print("JSON Response Dictionary: \(dict)")
onCompletion(dict, nil)
} catch {
// report ERROR
print("caught: \(error)")
onCompletion(nil, error as! NSError)
}
} else {
print(error)
onCompletion(nil, error as! NSError)
}
})
task.resume()
} catch {
// Create your personal error
onCompletion(nil, nil)
}
}
And This is the response of api:
======== - Fetch CC list api request - =============
["userID": "898465844"]
======== - Fetch CC list api request - =============
JSON Response String: "{\"status\":\"success\",\"card_list\":[{\"cardType\":\"Visa\",\"cardholderName\":null,\"expirationMonth\":\"01\",\"expirationYear\":\"2020\",\"cardImage\":\"https://assets.braintreegateway.com/payment_method_logo/visa.png?environment=sandbox\",\"cardNumber\":\"411111******1111\",\"token\":\"348nws\"}]}"
JSON Response Dictionary: ["status": success, "card_list": <__NSSingleObjectArrayI 0x1c060f350>(
{
cardImage = "https://assets.braintreegateway.com/payment_method_logo/visa.png?environment=sandbox";
cardNumber = "411111******1111";
cardType = Visa;
cardholderName = "<null>";
expirationMonth = 01;
expirationYear = 2020;
token = 348nws;
}
)
]
After parsing I am getting "=" at the place of ":" in "card_list" array of dictionary.
So I am not able to figure out why I am getting "=" at the place of ":".
The format of your response is not look like JSON. Its property list or (XML) try to use - PropertyListSerialization.propertyList(from:...) or some XML parsers
Related
I am new to Swift and I am getting response from mysql through PHP script in JSON format. But my JSON is in correct format :
["Result": <__NSArrayI 0x60000005bc60>(
<__NSArray0 0x608000000610>(
)
,
{
name = "abc" ;
address = "abc address"
},
{
name = "xyz" ;
address = "xyz address"
}
)
]
my code for serialisation is :
let url = URL(string: "my url")
var request = URLRequest(url: url!)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
let body = "Id=\(Id)"
request.httpBody = body.data(using: .utf8)
// request.addValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-type")
URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in
if error == nil {
DispatchQueue.main.async(execute: {
do {
if let json = try! JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data!, options: .allowFragments) as? Dictionary<String,Any>{
print(json)
Where am I going wrong?
POSTMAN output
{
"Result": [
{
name = "abc" ;
address = "abc address"
},
{
name = "xyz" ;
address = "xyz address"
}
]
}
Try it once.
let json = try! JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data, options: .allowFragments) as? [String:Any]
Swift 3.0
Try this code..
//declare parameter as a dictionary
let parameters = ["Id": Id"] as Dictionary<String, String>
//url
let url = URL(string: "http://test.com/api")!
//session object
let session = URLSession.shared
//URLRequest object using the url object
var request = URLRequest(url: url)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
do {
request.httpBody = try JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: .prettyPrinted)
} catch let error {
print(error.localizedDescription)
}
request.addValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
request.addValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Accept")
let task = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { data, response, error in
guard error == nil else {
return
}
guard let data = data else {
return
}
do {
//json object from data
if let json = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data, options: .mutableContainers) as? [String: Any] {
print(json)
// handle json...
}
} catch let error {
print(error.localizedDescription)
}
})
task.resume()
Alamofire
Try this code using Alamofire..
let parameters = [
"name": "user1"]
let url = "https://myurl.com/api"
Alamofire.request(url, method:.post, parameters:parameters,encoding: JSONEncoding.default).responseJSON { response in
switch response.result {
case .success:
print(response)
case .failure(let error):
failure(0,"Error")
}
}
Make sure you get the response as json. Some times get string as response. If you get string then convert that json string to json object.
Check it is a valid json object
let valid = JSONSerialization.isValidJSONObject(jsonOBJ) // jsonOBJ is the response from server
print(valid) // if true then it is a valid json object
I want to access the magenta REST API in my iOS application.
Following is my code to access the API:
func getCustomerTokenusingURLSEssion(){
let url = URL(string: "HTTPURL")!
var urlRequest = URLRequest(
url: url,
cachePolicy: .reloadIgnoringLocalAndRemoteCacheData,
timeoutInterval: 10.0 * 1000)
urlRequest.httpMethod = "POST"
urlRequest.addValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Accept")
let json1: [String: Any] = [
"username": "xyz#gmail.com",
"password":"xyz12345"]
let jsonData = try? JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: json1, options: .prettyPrinted)
urlRequest.httpBody = jsonData
let config = URLSessionConfiguration.default
let urlsession = URLSession(configuration: config)
let task = urlsession.dataTask(with: urlRequest){ (data, response, error) -> Void in
print("response from server: \(response)")
guard error == nil else {
print("Error while fetching remote rooms: \(error)")
return
}
guard let data = data,
let json = try? JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data) as? [String: Any] else {
print("Nil data received from fetchAllRooms service ")
return
}
print("JSON \(json)")
}
task.resume()
}
But I'm getting error message form the server as follow:
["message": Server cannot understand Content-Type HTTP header media type application/x-www-form-urlencoded]
Please help!
Thanks!
Here's working example of token-based authentication from iOS to magento2 using swift:
func restApiAuthorize(completionBlock: #escaping (String) -> Void) {
// Prepare json data
let json: [String: Any] = ["username": “yourusername”,
"password": “yourpassowrd”]
let jsonData = try? JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: json)
// Create post request
let url = URL(string: "http://yourmagentodomain.com/index.php/rest/V1/integration/customer/token")!
var request = URLRequest(url: url)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.setValue("\(jsonData!.count)", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Length")
request.setValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
// Insert json data to the request
request.httpBody = jsonData
let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in
guard let data = data, error == nil else {
print(error?.localizedDescription ?? "No data")
return
}
// 1: Check HTTP Response for successful GET request
guard let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
else {
print("error: not a valid http response")
return
}
print(httpResponse.statusCode)
switch (httpResponse.statusCode)
{
case 200:
let responseData = String(data: data, encoding: String.Encoding.utf8)!
print ("responseData: \(responseData)")
completionBlock(responseData)
default:
print("POST request got response \(httpResponse.statusCode)")
}
}
task.resume()
}
And usage is like that:
restApiAuthorize() { (output) in
// token data, I found it important to remove quotes otherwise token contains extra quotes in the end and beginning of string
let userToken = output.replacingOccurrences(of: "\"", with: "")
print ("userToken \(userToken)")
}
you can then write your userToken to userDefaults and make feature api calls.
Best Guest you forgot to set your Content-Type, so add this:
urlRequest.addValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
I have a struggle in parsing JSON data using Oxford Dictionary API. I can retrieve JSON data and at this point, there is no problem. But the format is a bit strange. In the example of JSON data by OXford Document, it looks like;
"results": [
{
"id": "string",
"language": "string",
"lexicalEntries": [
{
"entries": [
{..........
Unlike the example above, the array in my JSON is not surrouned by [], but ()
Why is this happening??
Updated
I used Alamofire to produce it. The code is;
func getJSONData() {
let appId = ""
let appKey = ""
let language = "en"
let word = "play"
let word_id = word.lowercased()
let url = URL(string: "https://od-api.oxforddictionaries.com/api/v1/entries/\(language)/\(word_id)")!
var request = URLRequest(url: url)
request.addValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Accept")
request.addValue(appId, forHTTPHeaderField: "app_id")
request.addValue(appKey, forHTTPHeaderField: "app_key")
Alamofire.request(request).responseJSON { response in
print("Request \(response.request)") // original URL request
print("Response \(response.response)") // HTTP URL response
print("Data \(response.data)") // server data
print("Result \(response.result)") // result of response serialization
if let JSON = response.result.value {
print("JSON: \(JSON)")
}
}
}
I followed all code in Oxford Dictionary Document, but the printed out JSON was far from the JSON in the document. So I tried to use Alamofire in the hope for it to work correctly, but the result was the same. https://developer.oxforddictionaries.com/documentation
Update2
Okay, I understood why this was an error. To people who might have the same problem, I post the answer for the problem I had.
enum JSONError: String, Error {
case NoData = "ERROR: no data"
case ConversionFailed = "ERROR: conversion from JSON failed"
}
func jsonParser() {
let appId = ""
let appKey = ""
let language = "en"
let word = "Ace"
let word_id = word.lowercased() //word id is case sensitive and lowercase is required
let url = URL(string: "https://od-api.oxforddictionaries.com:443/api/v1/entries/\(language)/\(word_id)")!
var request = URLRequest(url: url)
request.addValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Accept")
request.addValue(appId, forHTTPHeaderField: "app_id")
request.addValue(appKey, forHTTPHeaderField: "app_key")
URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { (data, response, error) in
do {
guard let data = data else {
throw JSONError.NoData
}
guard let json = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data, options: .allowFragments) as? NSDictionary else {
throw JSONError.ConversionFailed
}
if let stringJSON = String(data: data, encoding: String.Encoding.utf8) {
print(stringJSON)
}
print(json)
} catch let error as JSONError {
print(error.rawValue)
} catch let error as NSError {
print(error.debugDescription)
}
}.resume()
}
Strange printed JSON format This post helped me. This bugged me for a while. Thank you very much #EricAya
I'm simply trying to send a JSON string via a Swift3 httprequest.
Tried using a Dictionary, and an escaped string ...
func getToken(successHandler: #escaping (Any) -> Void, errorHandler: #escaping (Any) -> Void) {
var request = URLRequest(url: URL(string: "http://my-api.domain.com/getToken")!)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.setValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
do
{
// try with Dictionary
let bodyJson: [String: String] = [
"username": "theusername"
]
let bodyJsonData = try JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: bodyJson, options: [])
// try with escaped String
let jsonString = "{" +
"\"username\": \"theusername\"," +
"}"
let jsonStringData = jsonString.data(using: String.Encoding.utf8)
//request.httpBody = bodyJsonData
request.httpBody = jsonStringData
let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in
guard error == nil else {
print(error)
errorHandler(error)
return
}
guard let data = data else {
print("Data is empty")
errorHandler("Data is empty")
return
}
var json: Any? = nil
do
{
json = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data, options: [])
DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now()) {
successHandler(json)
}
}
catch let error as NSError {
errorHandler(error)
}
}
task.resume()
}
catch
{
errorHandler(error)
}
}
I keep getting:
Handle Error: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=3840 "JSON text did
not start with array or object and option to allow fragments not set."
UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=JSON text did not start with array or
object and option to allow fragments not set.}
I can't find how to try allowing fragments, all of the examples/tutorials are for Swift2.x :/
Unsure what to do!
// prepare json data
let mapDict = [ "1":"First", "2":"Second"]
let json = [ "title":"ABC" , "dict": mapDict ] as [String : Any]
do {
let jsonData = try JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: json, options: .prettyPrinted)
// create post request
let endpoint: String = "https://yourAPI"
let session = URLSession.shared
let url = NSURL(string: endpoint)!
let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: url as URL)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
// insert json data to the request
request.httpBody = jsonData
let task = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest){ data,response,error in
if error != nil{
print(error?.localizedDescription)
return
}
}
task.resume()
} catch {
print("bad things happened")
}
I'm trying to run a HTTP Request in Swift, to POST 2 parameters to a URL.
Example:
Link: www.thisismylink.com/postName.php
Params:
id = 13
name = Jack
What is the simplest way to do that?
I don't even want to read the response. I just want to send that to perform changes on my database through a PHP file.
The key is that you want to:
set the httpMethod to POST;
optionally, set the Content-Type header, to specify how the request body was encoded, in case server might accept different types of requests;
optionally, set the Accept header, to request how the response body should be encoded, in case the server might generate different types of responses; and
set the httpBody to be properly encoded for the specific Content-Type; e.g. if application/x-www-form-urlencoded request, we need to percent-encode the body of the request.
E.g., in Swift 3 and later you can:
let url = URL(string: "https://httpbin.org/post")!
var request = URLRequest(url: url)
request.setValue("application/x-www-form-urlencoded", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
request.setValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Accept")
request.httpMethod = "POST"
let parameters: [String: Any] = [
"id": 13,
"name": "Jack & Jill"
]
request.httpBody = parameters.percentEncoded()
let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in
guard
let data = data,
let response = response as? HTTPURLResponse,
error == nil
else { // check for fundamental networking error
print("error", error ?? URLError(.badServerResponse))
return
}
guard (200 ... 299) ~= response.statusCode else { // check for http errors
print("statusCode should be 2xx, but is \(response.statusCode)")
print("response = \(response)")
return
}
// do whatever you want with the `data`, e.g.:
do {
let responseObject = try JSONDecoder().decode(ResponseObject<Foo>.self, from: data)
print(responseObject)
} catch {
print(error) // parsing error
if let responseString = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8) {
print("responseString = \(responseString)")
} else {
print("unable to parse response as string")
}
}
}
task.resume()
Where the following extensions facilitate the percent-encoding request body, converting a Swift Dictionary to a application/x-www-form-urlencoded formatted Data:
extension Dictionary {
func percentEncoded() -> Data? {
map { key, value in
let escapedKey = "\(key)".addingPercentEncoding(withAllowedCharacters: .urlQueryValueAllowed) ?? ""
let escapedValue = "\(value)".addingPercentEncoding(withAllowedCharacters: .urlQueryValueAllowed) ?? ""
return escapedKey + "=" + escapedValue
}
.joined(separator: "&")
.data(using: .utf8)
}
}
extension CharacterSet {
static let urlQueryValueAllowed: CharacterSet = {
let generalDelimitersToEncode = ":#[]#" // does not include "?" or "/" due to RFC 3986 - Section 3.4
let subDelimitersToEncode = "!$&'()*+,;="
var allowed: CharacterSet = .urlQueryAllowed
allowed.remove(charactersIn: "\(generalDelimitersToEncode)\(subDelimitersToEncode)")
return allowed
}()
}
And the following Decodable model objects facilitate the parsing of the application/json response using JSONDecoder:
// sample Decodable objects for https://httpbin.org
struct ResponseObject<T: Decodable>: Decodable {
let form: T // often the top level key is `data`, but in the case of https://httpbin.org, it echos the submission under the key `form`
}
struct Foo: Decodable {
let id: String
let name: String
}
This checks for both fundamental networking errors as well as high-level HTTP errors. This also properly percent escapes the parameters of the query.
Note, I used a name of Jack & Jill, to illustrate the proper x-www-form-urlencoded result of name=Jack%20%26%20Jill, which is “percent encoded” (i.e. the space is replaced with %20 and the & in the value is replaced with %26).
See previous revision of this answer for Swift 2 rendition.
Swift 4 and above
func postRequest() {
// declare the parameter as a dictionary that contains string as key and value combination. considering inputs are valid
let parameters: [String: Any] = ["id": 13, "name": "jack"]
// create the url with URL
let url = URL(string: "www.thisismylink.com/postName.php")! // change server url accordingly
// create the session object
let session = URLSession.shared
// now create the URLRequest object using the url object
var request = URLRequest(url: url)
request.httpMethod = "POST" //set http method as POST
// add headers for the request
request.addValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type") // change as per server requirements
request.addValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Accept")
do {
// convert parameters to Data and assign dictionary to httpBody of request
request.httpBody = try JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: .prettyPrinted)
} catch let error {
print(error.localizedDescription)
return
}
// create dataTask using the session object to send data to the server
let task = session.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in
if let error = error {
print("Post Request Error: \(error.localizedDescription)")
return
}
// ensure there is valid response code returned from this HTTP response
guard let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse,
(200...299).contains(httpResponse.statusCode)
else {
print("Invalid Response received from the server")
return
}
// ensure there is data returned
guard let responseData = data else {
print("nil Data received from the server")
return
}
do {
// create json object from data or use JSONDecoder to convert to Model stuct
if let jsonResponse = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: responseData, options: .mutableContainers) as? [String: Any] {
print(jsonResponse)
// handle json response
} else {
print("data maybe corrupted or in wrong format")
throw URLError(.badServerResponse)
}
} catch let error {
print(error.localizedDescription)
}
}
// perform the task
task.resume()
}
For anyone looking for a clean way to encode a POST request in Swift 5.
You don’t need to deal with manually adding percent encoding.
Use URLComponents to create a GET request URL. Then use query property of that URL to get properly percent escaped query string.
let url = URL(string: "https://example.com")!
var components = URLComponents(url: url, resolvingAgainstBaseURL: false)!
components.queryItems = [
URLQueryItem(name: "key1", value: "NeedToEscape=And&"),
URLQueryItem(name: "key2", value: "vålüé")
]
let query = components.url!.query
The query will be a properly escaped string:
key1=NeedToEscape%3DAnd%26&key2=v%C3%A5l%C3%BC%C3%A9
Now you can create a request and use the query as HTTPBody:
var request = URLRequest(url: url)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.httpBody = Data(query.utf8)
Now you can send the request.
Heres the method I used in my logging library: https://github.com/goktugyil/QorumLogs
This method fills html forms inside Google Forms.
var url = NSURL(string: urlstring)
var request = NSMutableURLRequest(URL: url!)
request.HTTPMethod = "POST"
request.setValue("application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=utf-8", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
request.HTTPBody = postData.dataUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding)
var connection = NSURLConnection(request: request, delegate: nil, startImmediately: true)
let session = URLSession.shared
let url = "http://...."
let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: url)! as URL)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.addValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
var params :[String: Any]?
params = ["Some_ID" : "111", "REQUEST" : "SOME_API_NAME"]
do{
request.httpBody = try JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: params, options: JSONSerialization.WritingOptions())
let task = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest as URLRequest, completionHandler: {(data, response, error) in
if let response = response {
let nsHTTPResponse = response as! HTTPURLResponse
let statusCode = nsHTTPResponse.statusCode
print ("status code = \(statusCode)")
}
if let error = error {
print ("\(error)")
}
if let data = data {
do{
let jsonResponse = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data, options: JSONSerialization.ReadingOptions())
print ("data = \(jsonResponse)")
}catch _ {
print ("OOps not good JSON formatted response")
}
}
})
task.resume()
}catch _ {
print ("Oops something happened buddy")
}
All the answers here use JSON objects. This gave us problems with the
$this->input->post()
methods of our Codeigniter controllers. The CI_Controller cannot read JSON directly.
We used this method to do it WITHOUT JSON
func postRequest() {
// Create url object
guard let url = URL(string: yourURL) else {return}
// Create the session object
let session = URLSession.shared
// Create the URLRequest object using the url object
var request = URLRequest(url: url)
// Set the request method. Important Do not set any other headers, like Content-Type
request.httpMethod = "POST" //set http method as POST
// Set parameters here. Replace with your own.
let postData = "param1_id=param1_value¶m2_id=param2_value".data(using: .utf8)
request.httpBody = postData
// Create a task using the session object, to run and return completion handler
let webTask = session.dataTask(with: request, completionHandler: {data, response, error in
guard error == nil else {
print(error?.localizedDescription ?? "Response Error")
return
}
guard let serverData = data else {
print("server data error")
return
}
do {
if let requestJson = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: serverData, options: .mutableContainers) as? [String: Any]{
print("Response: \(requestJson)")
}
} catch let responseError {
print("Serialisation in error in creating response body: \(responseError.localizedDescription)")
let message = String(bytes: serverData, encoding: .ascii)
print(message as Any)
}
// Run the task
webTask.resume()
}
Now your CI_Controller will be able to get param1 and param2 using $this->input->post('param1') and $this->input->post('param2')
#IBAction func btn_LogIn(sender: AnyObject) {
let request = NSMutableURLRequest(URL: NSURL(string: "http://demo.hackerkernel.com/ios_api/login.php")!)
request.HTTPMethod = "POST"
let postString = "email: test#test.com & password: testtest"
request.HTTPBody = postString.dataUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding)
let task = NSURLSession.sharedSession().dataTaskWithRequest(request){data, response, error in
guard error == nil && data != nil else{
print("error")
return
}
if let httpStatus = response as? NSHTTPURLResponse where httpStatus.statusCode != 200{
print("statusCode should be 200, but is \(httpStatus.statusCode)")
print("response = \(response)")
}
let responseString = String(data: data!, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding)
print("responseString = \(responseString)")
}
task.resume()
}