Execute simple POST request Swift - ios

Question

I want to execute little POST request with Swift, but I don't know how to do it. This is how I do it with CURL:
curl --data "ime=YOURNAME&pitanje=YOURQUESTION" http://localhost/seka/postavi.php
How to do this in Swift for iOS?

Answer 1

very simple RestApiManager class i think it will help to you
typealias ServiceResponse = (JSON, NSError?) -> Void
class RestApiManager: NSObject {
static let sharedInstance = RestApiManager()
let baseURL = "http://api.randomuser.me/"
func getRandomUser(onCompletion: (JSON) -> Void) {
let route = baseURL
makeHTTPGetRequest(route, onCompletion: { json, err in
onCompletion(json as JSON)
})
}
func makeHTTPGetRequest(path: String, onCompletion: ServiceResponse) {
let request = NSMutableURLRequest(URL: NSURL(string: path)!)
let session = NSURLSession.sharedSession()
let task = session.dataTaskWithRequest(request, completionHandler: {data, response, error -> Void in
let json:JSON = JSON(data: data)
onCompletion(json, error)
})
task.resume()
}
func makeHTTPPostRequest(path: String, body: [String: AnyObject], onCompletion: ServiceResponse) {
var err: NSError?
let request = NSMutableURLRequest(URL: NSURL(string: path)!)
// Set the method to POST
request.HTTPMethod = "POST"
// Set the POST body for the request
request.HTTPBody = NSJSONSerialization.dataWithJSONObject(body, options: nil, error: &err)
let session = NSURLSession.sharedSession()
let task = session.dataTaskWithRequest(request, completionHandler: {data, response, error -> Void in
let json:JSON = JSON(data: data)
onCompletion(json, err)
})
task.resume()
}
}

Answer 2

However typedef's answer was really good, what actually worked as it should be is this simple code:
func postRequest(text: String, ime: String) {
if let url = NSURL(string: "your_link_to_post_to"){
let request = NSMutableURLRequest(URL: url)!)
request.HTTPMethod = "POST"
let postString = "ime=\(ime)&pitanje=\(text)"
request.HTTPBody = postString.dataUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding)
let task = NSURLSession.sharedSession().dataTaskWithRequest(request) { data, response, error in
guard error == nil && data != nil else { // check for fundamental networking error
print("error=\(error)")
return
}
if let httpStatus = response as? NSHTTPURLResponse where httpStatus.statusCode != 200 { // check for http errors
print("statusCode should be 200, but is \(httpStatus.statusCode)")
print("response = \(response)")
}
let responseString = NSString(data: data!, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding)
print("responseString = \(responseString)")
}
task.resume()
}
}
The key here is let postString = "yourStringToPost".dataUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding)