So I am using Parse (which is pretty sweet) and I'm in the process of downloading files (short video files - no more then 1mb) from the parse server to my application to play. Now the way it works is (via documentation)..
PFFile* videoFile = [[tempArray objectAtIndex:i] objectForKey:#"track"];
[videoFile getDataInBackgroundWithBlock:^(NSData *data, NSError *error) {
if (!error) {
NSString* dataString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:data encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSURL* videoURL = [NSURL URLWithString:dataString];
// now do something with this videoURL (i.e. play it!)
[data writeToFile:#"trackFile" atomically:YES];
NSURL *filePath = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:#"trackFile"];
NSLog(#"File Path: %#",filePath);
AVAsset* asset = [AVAsset assetWithURL:filePath];
AVPlayerItem* playerItem = [[AVPlayerItem alloc] initWithAsset:asset];
}
}
On download completion you are suppossed to create a string from the data and then a url from the string. Only problem is - the dataString always returns NULL/nil. I have confirmed that the data property is not empty and does in fact hold the video data. Why is this happening? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
I have confirmed that the data property is not empty and does in fact hold the video data.
Video data is not a UTF-8 string. It's definitely not a UTF-8 string representation of an URL. So when you say "interpret this video data as UTF-8," Cocoa rightly responds that it is not UTF-8 (because it's video data).
The simplest solution is to write this to disk, and then play the file.
Couple things that need to be determined first:
does the NSData object actually have any data, i.e., data.length > 0?
does the NSData object hold video data OR the url of the video data (not exactly clear)?
Making the assumption that the NSData object is holding the url and it's length is greater than 0, then you might want to try:
NSString* dataString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:data encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];
I am stuck in a very obvious method of NSURL class URLWithString I am passing a string and while creating URL it returns nil, my string is perfect. When ever I uses same string in browser then it is working fine. I am using following method to convert NSString to NSURL:
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:urlString];
//urlString is my perfect string
I have also tried to encode my string first by using following
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:[urlString stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
// using this line my output string when I log url is "url%10%10%10%10%10%10..."
%10 becomes the suffix of my url with around 100+ repetition.
If any one has idea what %10 is or what can be done to overcome this problem.
here is my urlString:
Use below code to resolve your problem.
NSString *str = msgDetail[#"thumbnail"];
NSString* webStringURL = [str stringByAddingPercentEncodingWithAllowedCharacters:[NSCharacterSet URLFragmentAllowedCharacterSet]];
NSURL* url = [NSURL URLWithString:webStringURL];
yes what was wrong in my string were many unidentified characters due to copying from internet site, if anyone of the reader facing this issue can copy and paste your string as see the count. And confirm.
Thanks
Try below solution
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:[urlString stringByReplacingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
Check it..!
I want to use customize QR, I have a url, if I pass that url in browser they display a QR in browser and if i use this url in our code they return null, this is my url that I want to use in our code:
http://api.qrcode.unitag.fr/api?t_pwd=degraded&setting={"EYES":{"EYE_TYPE":"LLLeft","COLOR_EHD":"8a9935","COLOR_IHD":"8a9935","COLOR_EBG":"71801f","COLOR_IBG":"71801f"},"BODY_TYPE":2,"LAYOUT":{"COLORBG":"ffffff","GRADIENT_TYPE":"HORI","COLOR1":"afc928","COLOR2":"d7eb67","FORCE_SHADOW":"L","COLOR_SHADOW":"b6b8a7"}}&data={"DATA":{"MESSAGE":"Hello","PHONE":"0505050505"},"TYPE":"smsto"}
This is my code for encode that url
NSString *unescaped = #"http://api.qrcode.unitag.fr/api?t_pwd=degraded&setting={%22EYES%22:{%22EYE_TYPE%22:%22LLLeft%22,%22COLOR_EHD%22:%228a9935%22,%22COLOR_IHD%22:%228a9935%22,%22COLOR_EBG%22:%2271801f%22,%22COLOR_IBG%22:%2271801f%22},%22BODY_TYPE%22:2,%22LAYOUT%22:{%22COLORBG%22:%22ffffff%22,%22GRADIENT_TYPE%22:%22HORI%22,%22COLOR1%22:%22afc928%22,%22COLOR2%22:%22d7eb67%22,%22FORCE_SHADOW%22:%22L%22,%22COLOR_SHADOW%22:%22b6b8a7%22}}&data={%22DATA%22:{%22MESSAGE%22:%22Hello%22,%22PHONE%22:%220505050505%22},%22TYPE%22:%22smsto%22}";
NSString *escapedString = [unescaped stringByAddingPercentEncodingWithAllowedCharacters:[NSCharacterSet URLHostAllowedCharacterSet]];
NSLog(#"escapedString: %#", escapedString);
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:escapedString];
[img_barcode setImageWithURL:url placeholderImage:nil];
i am using above code but i am not getting image, please tell me about this process how i can get image successfully.
The URL in your code is already escaped. By escaping it again, you destroy it.
Either start with a properly URL escaped string and don't do any further processing on it:
NSString *escaped = #"http://api.qrcode.unitag.fr/api?t_pwd=degraded&setting={%22EYES%22{%22EYE_TYPE%22:%22LLLeft%22,%22COLOR_EHD%22:%228a9935%22,%22COLOR_IHD%22:%228a9935%22,%22COLOR_EBG%22:%2271801f%22,%22COLOR_IBG%22:%2271801f%22},%22BODY_TYPE%22:2,%22LAYOUT%22{%22COLORBG%22:%22ffffff%22,%22GRADIENT_TYPE%22:%22HORI%22,%22COLOR1%22:%22afc928%22,%22COLOR2%22:%22d7eb67%22,%22FORCE_SHADOW%22:%22L%22,%22COLOR_SHADOW%22:%22b6b8a7%22}}&data={%22DATA%22{%22MESSAGE%22:%22Hello%22,%22PHONE%22:%220505050505%22},%22TYPE%22:%22smsto%22}";
Or start with the base url and the parameters, then URL escape each parameter value and combine it into the complete URL:
Base URL: http://api.qrcode.unitag.fr/api
t_pwd: degraded
setting: {"EYES":{"EYE_TYPE":"LLLeft","COLOR_EHD":"8a9935","COLOR_IHD":"8a9935","COLOR_EBG":"71801f","COLOR_IBG":"71801f"},"BODY_TYPE":2,"LAYOUT":{"COLORBG":"ffffff","GRADIENT_TYPE":"HORI","COLOR1":"afc928","COLOR2":"d7eb67","FORCE_SHADOW":"L","COLOR_SHADOW":"b6b8a7"}}
data: {"DATA":{"MESSAGE":"Hello","PHONE":"0505050505"},"TYPE":"smsto"}
So the easiest solution is probably to remove the code lines that run the URL encoding.
Finally i solved the problem thank every one.
that was my url:
http://api.qrcode.unitag.fr/api?t_pwd=degraded&setting={"EYES":{"EYE_TYPE":"LLLeft","COLOR_EHD":"8a9935","COLOR_IHD":"8a9935","COLOR_EBG":"71801f","COLOR_IBG":"71801f"},"BODY_TYPE":2,"LAYOUT":{"COLORBG":"ffffff","GRADIENT_TYPE":"HORI","COLOR1":"afc928","COLOR2":"d7eb67","FORCE_SHADOW":"L","COLOR_SHADOW":"b6b8a7"}}&data={"DATA":{"MESSAGE":"Hello","PHONE":"0505050505"},"TYPE":"smsto"}
and i just added back slash before the (") (") like this \"EYES\", and after that i use this line of code:
NSString *escapedUrlString = [urlString stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding: NSASCIIStringEncoding];
NSURL * imageURL = [NSURL URLWithString:escapedUrlString];
[img_barcode setImageWithURL:imageURL placeholderImage:nil];
and my problem is solved.
Im using QLPreviewController to view word, excel,pdf etc. The problem is the file is in the server so I need to download it from a certain URL.
I'm using this code:
NSURL *dLurl = [NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#",DLPathStr]];
NSData *data = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:dLurl];
for downloading files, It works for the PDF file but in the word and excel files it doesn't work I'm not able to download anything.
I fixed it by using this code it doesn't download anything because the URL is wrong because it contains spaces.
NSString *str = [DLPathStr stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSURL *dLurl = [NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#",str]];
I want to build an email URL using some class (NSURL or similar) BUT I do not want the overhead of parsing a string. I want to be able to specify the scheme (mailto in this case) and the address (someone#somewhere.com in this case.)
I've tried this code:
NSString *address = #"someone#somewhere.com";
NSString *scheme = #"mailto";
NSURL *url = [[NSURL alloc] initWithScheme:scheme host:address path:#"/"];
NSLog(#"test2: %#", [url absoluteString]);
but it outputs:
mailto://someone#somewhere.com/
which isn't even a valid email URL.
What are my options?
p.s. please don't suggest using NSDataDetector because it is even more expensive than the usual kind of string parsing.
Assuming you do have purely the email address and no other paraphernalia, the solution is simple:
- (NSURL *)mailtoURLWithEmailAddress:(NSString *)address;
{
address = [address stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSURL *result = [NSURL URLWithString:[#"mailto:" stringByAppendingString:address]];
return result;
}
Adding percent escapes is important should there be any chance that somebody might specify an address outside of the ASCII characters, or include one of the reserved URL characters.
For a more capable solution, see KSMailtoURLs in my KSFileUtilities repository. It adds:
Handling of strings that include the recipient's name, as well as address
Encoding of email subject line etc.