Simple RestKit login without using JSON - ios

Question

It's been two days that I'm looking for a simple code for RestKit API for logging into a website without using JSON. Here is the code that I wrote so far:
- (void)login
{
[RKClient clientWithBaseURLString:#"http://Mywebsite.com/login.php"];
NSMutableDictionary* params = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithObject:#"user" forKey:#"username"];
[params setObject:#"pass" forKey:#"password"];
[params setObject:#"login" forKey:#"type"];
[[RKClient sharedClient] post:#"/login" params:params delegate:self];
}
- (void)request:(RKRequest*)request didLoadResponse:(RKResponse*)response
{
NSLog(#"HTTP status code: %d", response.statusCode);
NSLog(#"HTTP status message: %#", [response localizedStatusCodeString]);
}
- (void)objectLoader:(RKObjectLoader*)objectLoader didFailWithError:(NSError*)error {
NSRange range = [[error localizedDescription] rangeOfString:#"-1012"];
if (range.length > 0){
//Do whatever here to handle authentication failures
}
RKLogError(#"Hit error: %#", error);
}
Here is the log that I receive:
2012-09-08 21:44:14.633 RestKitTest[889:fb03] I restkit:RKLog.m:33 RestKit initialized...
2012-09-08 21:44:15.010 RestKitTest[889:fb03] I restkit.network.reachability:RKReachabilityObserver.m:369 Network availability has been determined for reachability observer <RKReachabilityObserver: 0x6c5a560 host=0.0.0.0 isReachabilityDetermined=YES isMonitoringLocalWiFi=NO reachabilityFlags=-R -----l->
2012-09-08 21:44:21.021 RestKitTest[889:fb03] I restkit.network:RKRequest.m:676 Status Code: 404
2012-09-08 21:44:21.036 RestKitTest[889:fb03] HTTP status code: 404
2012-09-08 21:44:21.090 RestKitTest[889:fb03] HTTP status message: not found
Any idea how I can fix this issue would be appreciated.

Answer 1

I'd say it 404s because you set baseURL as http://Mywebsite.com/login.php yet you POST as post:#"/login". Do you really want to access http://Mywebsite.com/login.php/login?
The baseURL should be set to a common prefix to all your backend calls, in your case http://Mywebsite.com, the resource itself should be posted as post:#"/login.php". The resource name and baseURL are concatenated before the request is sent.

Answer 2

You'll need to provide info on what login.php is doing. I don't see why it should 404 if the script url resolves correctly.
Also, if that PHP script does a redirect on success, you should use the RKClient method post:usingBlock: and inside that block do request.followRedirect = NO;. That way you'll get the correct status code, if you are returning one.
If may also help to log more of the response:
NSLog(#"Header fields: %#", response.allHeaderFields);
NSLog(#"Body: %#", response.bodyAsString);