Declared in NetworkManager+HTTP.h
NetworkManager+HTTP.m

Overview

Utility Methods to simplify the process of creating certain HTTP requests

Tasks

HTTP request utility methods

Instance Methods

generateBoundaryString

Generate random boundary string.

- (NSString *)generateBoundaryString

Return Value

Random boundary string.

Discussion

Every time you call this method, you will receive new random boundary string, so call this method only once for each request.

Declared In

NetworkManager+HTTP.h

mimeTypeForPath:

Determine mime type on basis of file extension

- (NSString *)mimeTypeForPath:(NSString *)path

Parameters

path

The path of the file being uploaded

Return Value

NSString of mime representation

Declared In

NetworkManager+HTTP.h

post:parameters:completion:

Prepare and initiate application/x-www-form-urlencoded request

- (NetworkDataTaskOperation *)post:(NSURL *)url parameters:(NSDictionary *)parameters completion:(void ( ^ ) ( id responseObject , NSError *error ))completion

Parameters

url

URL to use for POST request.

parameters

NSDictionary for parameters to add to POST request; may be nil if no additional parameters. This accepts NSString, NSNumber, NSDate, and NSData objects. If the object is NSData, it simply converts it to a UTF8 string. If NSDate, this creates RFC 3339 date string (with milliseconds).

completion

Block to be invoked when POST request completes (or fails).

Return Value

The operation that has been started.

Declared In

NetworkManager+HTTP.h

postUploadToURL:parameters:paths:fieldName:completion:

Prepare and initiate multipart/form-data request with files

- (NetworkUploadTaskOperation *)postUploadToURL:(NSURL *)url parameters:(NSDictionary *)parameters paths:(NSArray *)paths fieldName:(NSString *)fieldName completion:(void ( ^ ) ( id responseObject , NSError *error ))completion

Parameters

url

URL to use for POST request.

parameters

NSDictionary for parameters to add to POST request; may be nil if no additional parameters.

paths

NSArray of paths of files to add to request; should be fully qualified file paths.

fieldName

NSString of field name to use for files specified in paths.

completion

Block to be invoked when POST request completes (or fails).

Return Value

The operation that has been started.

Declared In

NetworkManager+HTTP.h