POST with URL parameters and JSON body in AFNetworking - post

Question

I'd like to make a POST call that has both URL parameters and a JSON body:
URL http://example.com/register?apikey=mykey
JSON { "field" : "value"}
How can I use two different serializers at the same time with AFNNetworking? Here's my code with the URL parameters missing:
AFHTTPRequestOperationManager *manager = [AFHTTPRequestOperationManager manager];
manager.responseSerializer = [AFJSONResponseSerializer serializer];
[manager POST:#"http://example.com/register" parameters:json success:^(AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation, id responseObject) {

Answer 1

I make a post method
/**
* Services gateway
* Method get response from server
* #parameter -> object: request josn object ,apiName: api endpoint
* #returm -> void
* #compilationHandler -> success: status of api, response: respose from server, error: error handling
*/
+ (void)getDataWithObject:(NSDictionary *)object onAPI:(NSString *)apiName withController:(UIViewController*)controller
:(void(^)(BOOL success,id response,NSError *error))compilationHandler {
controller = controller;
[UIApplication sharedApplication].networkActivityIndicatorVisible = YES;
AFHTTPRequestOperationManager *manager = [AFHTTPRequestOperationManager manager];
// set request type to json
manager.requestSerializer = [AFJSONRequestSerializer serializer];
manager.responseSerializer = [AFHTTPResponseSerializer serializer];
// post request to server
[manager POST:apiName parameters:object success:^(AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation, id responseObject) {
// NSError *error;
NSData *jsonData = [NSJSONSerialization dataWithJSONObject:responseObject
options:0
error:&error];
//NSString *JSONString = [[NSString alloc] initWithBytes:[jsonData bytes] length:[jsonData length] encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
////
// check the status of API
NSDictionary *dict = responseObject;
NSString *statusOfApi = [[NSString alloc]initWithFormat:#"%#"
,[dict objectForKey:#"OK"]];
// IF Status is OK -> 1 so complete the handler
if ([statusOfApi isEqualToString:#"1"] ) {
[UIApplication sharedApplication].networkActivityIndicatorVisible = NO;
compilationHandler(TRUE,responseObject,nil);
} else {
[UIApplication sharedApplication].networkActivityIndicatorVisible = NO;
NSArray *errorMessages = [responseObject objectForKey:#"messages"];
NSString *message = [errorMessages objectAtIndex:0];
[Utilities showAlertViewWithTitle:apiName message:message];
compilationHandler(FALSE,responseObject,nil);
}
} failure:^(AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation, NSError *error) {
NSString *message = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#",[error localizedDescription]];
NSLog(#"Message is %#", message);
NSString *errorMessage = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#",[error localizedDescription]];
if (!([message rangeOfString:#"The request timed out."].location == NSNotFound)) {
[Utilities showAlertViewWithTitle:apiName message:errorMessage];
}
compilationHandler(FALSE,errorMessage,nil);
}];
// For internet reachibility check if changes its state
[self checkInternetReachibility:manager];
}
**for Example when we call the Service **
// calling service gateway API
NSMutableDictionary *dict = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
"field",#"value",
nil];
[self getDataWithObject:dict onAPI:KGet_Preferences withController:(UIViewController*)controller :^(BOOL success, id response, NSError *error) {
if( success ) {
NSMutableDictionary *data = [[response valueForKey:#"data"] valueForKey:#"preferences"];
compilationHandler(success,data,error);
} else {
compilationHandler(success,nil,error);
}
}];

Answer 2

I believe there is no automatic way of doing it. However, there is a simple way of achieving it manually:
- (NSMutableURLRequest *)someRequestWithBaseURL:(NSString *)baseUrl
method:(NSString *)method
path:(NSString *)path
uriParameters:(NSDictionary *)uriParameters
bodyParameters:(NSDictionary *)bodyParameters
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:path relativeToURL:[NSURL URLWithString:baseUrl]];
AFHTTPRequestSerializer *httpRequestSerializer = [AFJSONRequestSerializer serializerWithWritingOptions:0]
NSMutableDictionary *parameters = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithDictionary:bodyParameters];
if ([httpRequestSerializer.HTTPMethodsEncodingParametersInURI containsObject:method]) {
[parameters addEntriesFromDictionary:uriParameters];
} else {
NSURLComponents *urlComponents = [NSURLComponents componentsWithURL:url resolvingAgainstBaseURL:YES];
// For urlEncodedString, check http://stackoverflow.com/a/718480/856549
urlComponents.percentEncodedQuery = [uriParameters urlEncodedString];
url = [urlComponents URL];
}
NSError *error;
NSURLRequest *request = [httpRequestSerializer requestWithMethod:method
URLString:[url absoluteString]
parameters:parameters
error:&error];