Encoding for getting contents of a url IOS - ios

Question

I want to get the contents of a url hosted by me. The contents of the url is
<p class="citation_style_APA">Blaine, J. D. (1992). <i>Buprenorphine: An alternative treatment for opioid dependence</i>. Rockville, MD: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration, National Institute on Drug Abuse. </p>
Below is my code to get the above contents in a string.
NSString *s =[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#",#"xyz.com"];
url = [NSURL URLWithString:s];
NSString *content = [NSString stringWithContentsOfURL:url encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding error:nil];
NSLog(#"%#",content);
I am getting null, can anyone tell where i am going wrong.

Answer 1

Try a complete web address, like #"http://www.xyz.com/myfile.html". Once you get it working, you'll want to change to an asynch technique.

Answer 2

You need to do two things.
1. you should use a valid url
2. NSString *content=[[NSString string] initWithContentsOfURL:url encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding error:Nil];
Now check your Log; It'll definitely work.

Answer 3

Try this way
NSString *strUrl = < YOUR URL >
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:[strUrl stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
NSError *error = nil;
NSString *content = [NSString stringWithContentsOfURL:url encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding error:&error];
if(content==nil)
NSLog(#"%#",error!=nil ? error.description : #"");
else
NSLog(#"%#",content);