Alomofire POST request in swift - ios

Question

I am using the following code in my swift 2.0 project. I cannot add Alamofire.request though I added "import Alamofire". I have to create object of Alamofire and then access through it.
This is how I create the object :
let manager = Alamofire.Manager.sharedInstance
manager.request(NSURLRequest(URL: NSURL(string: "http://httpbin.org/get")!))
let parameters = ["foo": "bar"]
manager.request(.POST, "url", parameters: parameters)
.responseJSON { request, response, json, error in
print("request: \(request)")
}
I am new to both Alamofire and swift. Can anybody tell how can I get response from the above code in a completion handler and why I cannot use Alamofire.request instead of manager.request.

Answer 1

Please see my Post method and Hope It helps
Post Method:
/**
** POST Method for calling API
* Services gateway
* Method get response from server
* #parameter -> requestObject: request josn object ,apiName: api endpoint
* #returm -> void
* #compilationHandler -> success: status of api, response: respose from server, error: error handling
**/
static func getDataWithObject( requestObject: NSDictionary, apiName : NSString,
completionHandler:
(success : Bool, response : NSDictionary, error : ErrorType?) -> Void) {
// Make Url
let url = NSURL(string: apiName as String)
let request = NSMutableURLRequest(URL: url!)
request.HTTPMethod = "POST"
//request.setValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
// Call the method to request and wait for the response
// #param ->
// #return ->
Alamofire.request(.POST, url!, parameters:requestObject as? [String : AnyObject], encoding: .JSON)
.responseJSON {responseRequest, responseResponse, responseResult in
// Switch for Success or Error
switch responseResult {
// If the API return succesfull response
case .Success(let data):
let data_ar = data as! NSDictionary
print(data_ar)
// Get the Status if 0 then error if 1 then succes
// From our server side
if let str = data_ar.valueForKey("OK") as? Bool {
// Check if the status is OK and no error from
// our server side
if ( str ) {
print("Response from Server %#", data_ar)
// Cast the response and pss to handler
// To notify
completionHandler(success: true, response:data_ar
, error:responseResult.error )
} else {
print("Error from Our Server %#", data_ar)
let str = data_ar.valueForKey("message") as! NSString
self.showAlertView(str, title: "Error From Server")
}
}
case .Failure(let data, let error):
print("Request failed with error: \(error)")
print(data)
print((error as! NSError).localizedDescription)
self.showAlertView((error as! NSError).localizedDescription, title: "Error From Server")
}
}
}

Answer 2

Request not always in JSON please check your request :
Following are examples to use Alamofire with the Swift 2 :
GET - JSON
Alamofire.request(.GET, "http://api.androidhive.info/contacts/", parameters: nil, encoding: .JSON, headers: nil).responseJSON { (req, res, json) -> Void in
print("\(res?.allHeaderFields)")
print("\(json.value!)")
}
POST - without JSON
Alamofire.request(.POST, "http://httpbin.org/get", parameters: ["foo": "bar"], encoding: .URL, headers: nil).response { (req, res, data, error) -> Void in
print(res)
print(data)
let dataString = NSString(data: data!, encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding)
print(dataString)
}