AFNetworking 3 - objective c - send data without key [duplicate] - ios

Question

I am trying to make an HTTP PUT request using AFNetworking to create an attachment in a CouchDB server. The server expects a base64 encoded string in the HTTP body. How can I make this request without sending the HTTP body as a key/value pair using AFNetworking?
I began by looking at this method:
- (void)putPath:(NSString *)path
parameters:(NSDictionary *)parameters
success:(void (^)(AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation, id responseObject))success
failure:(void (^)(AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation, NSError *error))failure;
But here the parameters are to be of type: NSDictionary. I just want to send a base64 encoded string in the HTTP body but not associated with a key. Can someone point me to the appropriate method to use? Thanks!

Answer 1

Hejazi's answer is simple and should work great.
If, for some reason, you need to be very specific for one request - for example, if you need to override headers, etc. - you can also consider building your own NSURLRequest.
Here's some (untested) sample code:
// Make a request...
NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:myURL];
// Generate an NSData from your NSString (see below for link to more info)
NSData *postBody = [NSData base64DataFromString:yourBase64EncodedString];
// Add Content-Length header if your server needs it
unsigned long long postLength = postBody.length;
NSString *contentLength = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%llu", postLength];
[request addValue:contentLength forHTTPHeaderField:#"Content-Length"];
// This should all look familiar...
[request setHTTPMethod:#"POST"];
[request setHTTPBody:postBody];
AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation = [client HTTPRequestOperationWithRequest:request success:success failure:failure];
[client enqueueHTTPRequestOperation:operation];
The NSData category method base64DataFromString is available here.

Answer 2

You can use multipartFormRequestWithMethod method as following:
NSURLRequest *request = [self multipartFormRequestWithMethod:#"PUT" path:path parameters:parameters constructingBodyWithBlock:^(id <AFMultipartFormData> formData) {
[formData appendString:<yourBase64EncodedString>]
}];
AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation = [client HTTPRequestOperationWithRequest:request success:success failure:failure];
[client enqueueHTTPRequestOperation:operation];

Answer 3

Here you have an example sending a raw json:
NSDictionary *dict = ...
NSError *error;
NSData *dataFromDict = [NSJSONSerialization dataWithJSONObject:dict
options:NSJSONWritingPrettyPrinted
error:&error];
AFURLSessionManager *manager = [[AFURLSessionManager alloc] initWithSessionConfiguration:[NSURLSessionConfiguration defaultSessionConfiguration]];
NSMutableURLRequest *req = [[AFJSONRequestSerializer serializer] requestWithMethod:#"POST" URLString:YOUR_URL parameters:nil error:nil];
req.timeoutInterval = 30;
[req setValue:#"application/json" forHTTPHeaderField:#"Content-Type"];
[req setValue:#"application/json" forHTTPHeaderField:#"Accept"];
[req setValue:IF_NEEDED forHTTPHeaderField:#"Authorization"];
[req setHTTPBody:dataFromDict];
[[manager dataTaskWithRequest:req completionHandler:^(NSURLResponse * _Nonnull response, id _Nullable responseObject, NSError * _Nullable error) {
if (!error) {
NSLog(#"%#", responseObject);
} else {
NSLog(#"Error: %#, %#, %#", error, response, responseObject);
}
}] resume];

Answer 4

NSData *data = someData;
NSMutableURLRequest *requeust = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:
[NSURL URLWithString:[self getURLWith:urlService]]];
[reqeust setHTTPMethod:#"PUT"];
[reqeust setHTTPBody:data];
[reqeust setValue:#"application/raw" forHTTPHeaderField:#"Content-Type"];
NSURLSessionDataTask *task = [manager uploadTaskWithRequest:requeust fromData:nil progress:^(NSProgress * _Nonnull uploadProgress) {
} completionHandler:^(NSURLResponse * _Nonnull response, id _Nullable responseObject, NSError * _Nullable error) {
}];
[task resume];

Answer 5

I'm using AFNetworking 2.5.3 and create new POST method for AFHTTPRequestOperationManager.
extension AFHTTPRequestOperationManager {
func POST(URLString: String!, rawBody: NSData!, success: ((AFHTTPRequestOperation!, AnyObject!) -> Void)!, failure: ((AFHTTPRequestOperation!, NSError!) -> Void)!) {
let request = NSMutableURLRequest(URL: NSURL(string: URLString, relativeToURL: baseURL)!)
request.HTTPMethod = "POST"
request.HTTPBody = rawBody
let operation = HTTPRequestOperationWithRequest(request, success: success, failure: failure)
operationQueue.addOperation(operation)
}
}

Answer 6

Please use below method.
+(void)callPostWithRawData:(NSDictionary *)dict withURL:(NSString
*)strUrl withToken:(NSString *)strToken withBlock:(dictionary)block
{
NSError *error;
NSData *jsonData = [NSJSONSerialization dataWithJSONObject:dict options:0 error:&error];
NSString *jsonString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:jsonData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
AFURLSessionManager *manager = [[AFURLSessionManager alloc] initWithSessionConfiguration:[NSURLSessionConfiguration defaultSessionConfiguration]];
Please use below method.
manager.responseSerializer = [AFHTTPResponseSerializer serializer];
NSMutableURLRequest *req = [[AFJSONRequestSerializer serializer] requestWithMethod:#"POST" URLString:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#/%#",WebserviceUrl,strUrl] parameters:nil error:nil];
req.timeoutInterval= [[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] valueForKey:#"timeoutInterval"] longValue];
[req setValue:strToken forHTTPHeaderField:#"Authorization"];
[req setValue:#"application/json" forHTTPHeaderField:#"Content-Type"];
[req setValue:#"application/json" forHTTPHeaderField:#"Accept"];
[req setHTTPBody:[jsonString dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
[[manager dataTaskWithRequest:req completionHandler:^(NSURLResponse * _Nonnull response, id _Nullable responseObject, NSError * _Nullable error) {
if (!error) {
if ([responseObject isKindOfClass:[NSData class]]) {
NSHTTPURLResponse *httpResponse = (NSHTTPURLResponse *) response;
if ((long)[httpResponse statusCode]==201) {
NSMutableDictionary *dict = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];
[dict setObject:#"201" forKey:#"Code"];
if ([httpResponse respondsToSelector:#selector(allHeaderFields)]) {
NSDictionary *dictionary = [httpResponse allHeaderFields];
NSLog(#"%#",[dictionary objectForKey:#"Location"]);
[dict setObject:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#",[dictionary objectForKey:#"Location"]] forKey:#"Id"];
block(dict);
}
}
else if ((long)[httpResponse statusCode]==200) {
//Leave Hours Calculate
NSDictionary *serializedData = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:responseObject options:kNilOptions error:nil];
block(serializedData);
}
else{
}
}
else if ([responseObject isKindOfClass:[NSDictionary class]]) {
block(responseObject);
}
} else {
NSMutableDictionary *dict = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];
[dict setObject:ServerResponceError forKey:#"error"];
block(dict);
}
}] resume];
}