Adding headers to Alamofire request (with ephemeral session) - ios

Question

I'm trying to add headers into AlamoFire requests.
It works well when I use the following code:
let manager = Manager.sharedInstance
manager.session.configuration.HTTPAdditionalHeaders = [
"Authorization": "Bearer \(accessToken!)" ]
However, when I need to user an ephemeral session it does not work with the following code.
let configuration = NSURLSessionConfiguration.ephemeralSessionConfiguration()
let manager = Manager(configuration: configuration)
manager.session.configuration.HTTPAdditionalHeaders = [
"Authorization": "Bearer \(accessToken!)" ]
Am I missing something?
Thanks in advance,

Answer 1

You have to ensure your manager is retained, you could do it by setting it as a stored property. You'll find more informations here: https://github.com/Alamofire/Alamofire/issues/157
let customManager: Manager?
init() {
let configuration = NSURLSessionConfiguration.ephemeralSessionConfiguration()
self.customManager = Manager(configuration: configuration)
self.customManager!.session.configuration.HTTPAdditionalHeaders = [
"Authorization": "Bearer \(accessToken!)" ]
}
func yourFunc() {
let URL = NSURL(string: identityURL)
var mutableURLRequest = NSMutableURLRequest(URL: URL!)
let request = self.customManager!.request(mutableURLRequest)
request.responseJSON {
(request, response, data, error) in
if let response = response {
// Your code
}
}

Answer 2

func HTTPHeader(param : NSDictionary)
{
var username: AnyObject? = param[kAPIUsername]
var password: AnyObject? = param[kAPIPassword]
var str = "\(username!):\(password!)"
let base64Encoded = BaseVC.sharedInstance.encodeStringToBase64(str)
Manager.sharedInstance.session.configuration.HTTPAdditionalHeaders = [
"Authorization": "Basic \(base64Encoded)",
]
}
func encodeStringToBase64(str : String) -> String
{
// UTF 8 str from original
// NSData! type returned (optional)
let utf8str = str.dataUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding)
// Base64 encode UTF 8 string
// fromRaw(0) is equivalent to objc 'base64EncodedStringWithOptions:0'
// Notice the unwrapping given the NSData! optional
// NSString! returned (optional)
let base64Encoded = utf8str!.base64EncodedStringWithOptions(NSDataBase64EncodingOptions(rawValue: 0))
return base64Encoded;
}
func GET()
{
HTTPHeader(param, token: token)
request(.GET, API URL , encoding: .JSON)
.progress { bytesWritten, totalBytesWritten, totalBytesExpectedToWrite in
//progress
}
.responseJSON {
(request, response, json, error) -> Void in
//get response here
}
}
might be help with link: how to use Alamofire with custom headers