iOS9 sendSynchronousRequest deprecated - ios

Question

Warning:'sendSynchronousRequest(_:returningResponse:)' was deprecated
in iOS 9.0: Use [NSURLSession dataTaskWithRequest:completionHandler:]
(see NSURLSession)
urlData = try NSURLConnection.sendSynchronousRequest(request, returningResponse:&response)
Any idea on how to get rid of this warning? I just upgraded from Swift 1.2 to Swift 2
UPDATE: Fonix is marked as my best answer. If your trying to add a try statement, I modified his answer as followed:
urlData = try NSURLSession.dataTaskWithRequest(<#request: NSURLRequest#>, completionHandler: <#((NSData!, NSURLResponse!, NSError!) -> Void)?##(NSData!, NSURLResponse!, NSError!) -> Void#>)

Answer 1

Use NSURLSession instead like below,
For Objective-C
NSURLSession *session = [NSURLSession sharedSession];
[[session dataTaskWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:londonWeatherUrl]
completionHandler:^(NSData *data,
NSURLResponse *response,
NSError *error) {
// handle response
}] resume];
For Swift,
var request = NSMutableURLRequest(URL: NSURL(string: "YOUR URL"))
var session = NSURLSession.sharedSession()
request.HTTPMethod = "POST"
var params = ["username":"username", "password":"password"] as Dictionary<String, String>
var err: NSError?
request.HTTPBody = NSJSONSerialization.dataWithJSONObject(params, options: nil, error: &err)
request.addValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
request.addValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Accept")
var task = session.dataTaskWithRequest(request, completionHandler: {data, response, error -> Void in
println("Response: \(response)")})
task.resume()

Answer 2

I wrote the following solution for the cases when you actually need for synchronous request which blocks the current thread execution. I use this code for migration from NSURLConnection to NSURLSession in the complex solution where it was quite a hassle to just change to async approach. With this solution the migration is just method name replacement.
NOTE: If you have a simple case, please use the accepted answer instead.
- (NSData *)sendSynchronousRequest:(NSURLRequest *)request returningResponse:(NSURLResponse **)response error:(NSError **)error
{
NSError __block *err = NULL;
NSData __block *data;
BOOL __block reqProcessed = false;
NSURLResponse __block *resp;
[[[NSURLSession sharedSession] dataTaskWithRequest:request completionHandler:^(NSData * _Nullable _data, NSURLResponse * _Nullable _response, NSError * _Nullable _error) {
resp = _response;
err = _error;
data = _data;
reqProcessed = true;
}] resume];
while (!reqProcessed) {
[NSThread sleepForTimeInterval:0.02];
}
if (response != nil)
*response = resp;
if (error != nil)
*error = err;
return data;
}
Usage (simple replace NSURLConnection to this method):
//NSData *data = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:theRequest returningResponse:&resp error:&err];
NSData *data = [self sendSynchronousRequest:theRequest returningResponse:&resp error:&err];

Answer 3

If you need to block the current thread (like Mike Keskinov's answer), best to use gdc semaphore instead of doing a [NSThread sleepForTimeInterval:0]. e.g.
dispatch_semaphore_t semaphore = dispatch_semaphore_create(0);
NSURLSession *session = [NSURLSession sharedSession];
[[session dataTaskWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:londonWeatherUrl]
completionHandler:^(NSData *data,
NSURLResponse *response,
NSError *error) {
// handle response
dispatch_semaphore_signal(semaphore);
}] resume];
dispatch_semaphore_wait(semaphore, DISPATCH_TIME_FOREVER);
and Swift (tested on 5.0):
let semaphore = DispatchSemaphore(value:0)
URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: serverUrl) { (httpData, response, error) in
// handle response
semaphore.signal()
}.resume()
semaphore.wait()

Answer 4

I have modified the code of Nilesh Patel a little bit, so you can use the old call, just by changing class name.
+ (NSData *)sendSynchronousRequest:(NSURLRequest *)request returningResponse:(NSURLResponse **)response error:(NSError **)error {
__block NSData *blockData = nil;
#try {
__block NSURLResponse *blockResponse = nil;
__block NSError *blockError = nil;
dispatch_group_t group = dispatch_group_create();
dispatch_group_enter(group);
NSURLSession *session = [NSURLSession sharedSession];
[[session dataTaskWithRequest:request completionHandler:^(NSData * _Nullable subData, NSURLResponse * _Nullable subResponse, NSError * _Nullable subError) {
blockData = subData;
blockError = subError;
blockResponse = subResponse;
dispatch_group_leave(group);
}] resume];
dispatch_group_wait(group, DISPATCH_TIME_FOREVER);
*error = blockError;
*response = blockResponse;
} #catch (NSException *exception) {
NSLog(#"%#", exception.description);
} #finally {
return blockData;
}
}

Answer 5

Swift 4 / Xcode 9
If you really want the request to be synchronous like in the deprecated semantics, you can block the main thread with an empty loop on a condition set true by the completion handler:
let request = URLRequest(url: URL(string: "YOUR_URL")!)
let session = URLSession.shared
var gotResp = false
let task = session.dataTask(with: request,
completionHandler: { data, response, error -> Void in
// do my thing...
gotResp = true
})
task.resume()
// block thread until completion handler is called
while !gotResp {
// wait
}
print("Got response in main thread")
...
EDIT: or if you prefer to use semaphores like in the Obj-C Nick H247 answer:
let request = URLRequest(url: URL(string: "YOUR_URL")!)
let session = URLSession.shared
let ds = DispatchSemaphore( value: 0 )
let task = session.dataTask(with: request,
completionHandler: { data, response, error -> Void in
// do my thing..., then unblock main thread
ds.signal()
})
task.resume()
// block thread until semaphore is signaled
ds.wait()
print("Got response in main thread")
...

Answer 6

Here is a complete version of mine with dispatch_semaphore_t and return response and error without block assign warning . Thank #Nick H247 and #Mike Keskinov.
- (NSData*)sendSynchronousRequest:NSURLRequest *urlRequest
returningResponse:(NSURLResponse **)outResponse
error:(NSError **)outError
{
NSError __block *err = NULL;
NSData __block *data;
BOOL __block reqProcessed = false;
NSURLResponse __block *resp;
// data = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:urlRequest returningResponse:response error:error];
dispatch_semaphore_t semaphore = dispatch_semaphore_create(0);
NSURLSession *session = _session;
[[session dataTaskWithRequest:urlRequest
completionHandler:^(NSData *_data,
NSURLResponse *_response,
NSError *_error) {
// handle response
data = _data;
resp = _response;
err = _error;
reqProcessed = true;
dispatch_semaphore_signal(semaphore);
}] resume];
dispatch_semaphore_wait(semaphore, DISPATCH_TIME_FOREVER);
if (reqProcessed) {
if(outResponse != NULL) {
*outResponse = resp;
}
if (outError != NULL) {
*outError = err;
}
}
return data;
}

Answer 7

you can hide that warning in your project by using following code write your method between input directives and your warning goes away.
#pragma GCC diagnostic push
#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-declarations"
- (void)yourMethodToCallNSURLConnection {
//use deprecated stuff
}
#pragma GCC diagnostic pop