I'm starting with the following snip to download an image
NSError *error = nil;
NSString *url = #"https://...";
[NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL urlWithString:url] options:nil error:&error];
When this code runs, the error instance contains an error without a whole lot of information in the userInfo. It's just the secure url that was attempted.
Given the results, I'm pretty sure these methods don't handle secure URLs.
My question:
Is there an easy way (like these
methods, or some option) to set the
dataWithContentsOfURL: method to download over a secure url?
Try running your URL through this first
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Just encountered a scenario that I thought I'd share. When using NSPersistentStoreCoordinator migratePersistentStore: with a destination URL that already exists, the resulting data is merged. My scenario is that I'm creating dated backups whenever my app closes and it's possible that multiple launches in the same day will backup so the same file.
I solved the issue by using NSFileManager fileExistsAtPath: and removeItemAtPath: to remove the existing file before calling migratePersistentStore:. This seems to have solved the duplication issue.
I couldn't find documentation that this is a feature but maybe it is.
UPDATED
I've added some example code for Jim. The flag for disabling journal_mode was very important for my use case. See here for more info
if ([[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath: backupPath])
[[NSFileManager defaultManager] removeItemAtPath: backupPath
error: nil];
return [BRManagedObject.persistentStoreCoordinator
migratePersistentStore: store
toURL: [NSURL fileURLWithPath: backupPath]
options: #{
NSSQLiteManualVacuumOption : #(YES)
#ifndef SQLITE_USES_WRITE_AHEAD_LOG
, NSSQLitePragmasOption : #{ #"journal_mode" : #"DELETE" }
#endif
}
withType: persistentStoreType
error: nil];
I'm using XAMPP and I'm trying to fetch some data out of a php file.
If I put the file on my webserver, it works, but locally it doesnt. Seems like Xcode doenst "find" my localhost.. any ideas?
NSString *stringURL = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"http://localhost/root/juraQuiz/test.php"];
NSData *data = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:stringURL]];
NSString *result = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:data encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSLog(#"%#", result);
Unfortunately I can't comment yet, so I've had to answer.
I would try seeing if the url is actually resolvable by using NURLs method and check the error.
-(BOOL)checkResourceIsReachableAndReturnError:(NSError **)error
Its possible your local server isn't using normal http ports and is using something random which you'll have to include in the url i.e. "localhost:3000/page.php"
Also, for remote fetching of data maybe NSURLConnection or something similar is more appropriate?
Hope that helps in some way.
I am looking for a good tutorial on using the NSURLConnection Asynchronous request. I have been looking around in stackoverflow and Google but could not find one. This can be a duplicate of zillions of questions like this here. But please direct me to the correct tutorial, I have used ASIHTTPRequest before, but I have not used the Apple provided library before.
I would provide you with one written myself, however I would HIGHLY recommend using AFNetworking, it's a wrapper above the NSURLConnection / NSURLRequest system that has a much cleaner flow, you can also use basic NSURLRequests / Connections with this, along with regular NSOperationQueues. The library also uses cocoa pods, and to be honest you really can't get much cleaner then that.
NSOperationQueue *mainQueue = [[NSOperationQueue alloc] init];
[mainQueue setMaxConcurrentOperationCount:5];
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:#"http://192.168.0.63:7070/api/Misc/GetFuelTypes"];
NSMutableURLRequest *request = [[NSMutableURLRequest alloc] initWithURL:url];
[request setHTTPMethod:#"GET"];
[request setAllHTTPHeaderFields:#{#"Accepts-Encoding": #"gzip", #"Accept": #"application/json"}];
[NSURLConnection sendAsynchronousRequest:request queue:mainQueue completionHandler:^(NSURLResponse *response, NSData *responseData, NSError *error) {
NSHTTPURLResponse *urlResponse = (NSHTTPURLResponse *)response;
if (!error) {
NSLog(#"Status Code: %li %#", (long)urlResponse.statusCode, [NSHTTPURLResponse localizedStringForStatusCode:urlResponse.statusCode]);
NSLog(#"Response Body: %#", [[NSString alloc] initWithData:responseData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]);
}
else {
NSLog(#"An error occured, Status Code: %i", urlResponse.statusCode);
NSLog(#"Description: %#", [error localizedDescription]);
NSLog(#"Response Body: %#", [[NSString alloc] initWithData:responseData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]);
}
}];
The mainQueue object is used for routing requests and managing how many can be sent at once. This can be used in many ways, I tend to use them for categorized request (Authentication, Main, Upload Queue)
once inside the block you build a local NSHTTPURLResponse using the returned response. This is needed if you want the status code returned. (doesn't exist in the standard NSURLResponse object)
responseData is the data that can usually be converted right to a string or run through a deserializer to obtain human readable data.
Pretty simple explanation, delegates get you in trouble if you have no idea how to manage multiple requests from the same object (probably why I prefer blocks) :-)
Like always delegates or blocks you want to trigger your UI to update after you receive the response, but not be held back waiting for the request to complete, if you were loading data into a table you would call the request on load and supply some form of progress hud telling them a request is being made, once the data is received you remove the hud and reload the table data. HUDs MUST be called on the main thread so you will definitely need to handle that, I usually just build extensions and use performSelectorOnMainThread, however a better way might be to wrap your function in dispatch_async and call you're hud show / hide code outside of that.
how to pass local path to NSXMLParser
like this
NSXMLParser *xmlParser = [[NSXMLParser alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:storePath];
where storepath is a local path like this:
/var/mobile/Applications/56EEB906-2B73-493C-9BE7-2732440CDB69/Documents/xml1.php
and my code is like this:
//NSURL *urla = [[NSURL alloc] initWithString:storePath];
NSURL *urla = [[[NSURL alloc] init] fileURLWithPath:storePath];
//NSData *dataa = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:urla];
NSLog(#"urls ois %#",urla);
help me why i am getting null value
Hey THis all some what not fair.
i suggest this, very simple
NSString *path=#"/Users/farshore/Desktop/prasanna/XMLParsing/Books-6.xml"; //this is ur path of xml file
NSURL *url = [[NSURL alloc] initFileURLWithPath:path];
Try this one:
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(
NSDocumentDirectory,
NSUserDomainMask, YES
);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
NSURL *urla = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:[documentsDirectory
stringByAppendingString:#"/xml1.php"]];
More details at iPhone Application Programming Guide: Getting Paths to Application Directories.
Update: There's a common misunderstanding what stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet. It does not replace all whitespace in the string, it only removes leading and trailing whitespace.
If you want to get rid of the spaces, you need to replace them yourself by using something like stringByReplacingCharactersInRange:withString:.
However:
I am not sure what you would replace those strings with to get a valid path. As far as I know, on the simulator the path to the application's Documents folder actually has spaces in it (which accidentally is called out in the document I linked).
I am not sure why would the spaces bother you. That string is a valid path (as long as you actually have created the <app>/Documents/xml1.php file, of course); and according to NSXMLParser documentation, initWithContentsOfUrl accepts any fully qualified URL with scheme supported by NSURL, and file:// is supported scheme.
If there's a particular error the NSXMLParser is returning, add it to your question (or ask another one), so we can help you with the actual problem.
My guess would be because you're reading the PHP file directly instead of passing it through PHP so the output isn't XML.
I'm writing a RSS feeder and using the NSXMLParser to parse an XML page for me.
Everything works well.
This is the code that handles the asynchronously connection:
static NSString *feedURLString = #"http://www.example.com/data.xml";
NSURLRequest *request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:feedURLString]];
feed = [[[NSURLConnection alloc] initWithRequest:request delegate:self] autorelease];
Now i'm trying to add another website to be parsed using the same code above, but i need to do different action, on a different URL
I'm implementing the delegate function:
- (void)connection:(NSURLConnection *)connection didReceiveData:(NSData *)data {
The problem is i can't figure out which website was called, i only got the data.
How can i figure out which URL the connection is resolved to?
For example in the :
- (void)connection:(NSURLConnection *)connection didReceiveResponse:(NSURLResponse *)response {
I can check the NSString in NSURL URL that comes from the NSURLResponse but in the above function I can't.
If you implement both delegate methods, shouldn't you receive the latter notification first? If so, you can associate the URL string with the NSURLConnection (which will assumedly be different for each site) in an instance variable and use it when you get the data afterward. I would generally suggest a dictionary, although you can't use the connection as a key in an NS(Mutable)Dictionary since it doesn't conform to NSCopying. You could use the URL string as the key, but that complicates lookup. Perhaps a pair of arrays?
More to the point though, why write an RSS reader from scratch? On 10.5+ you can use the PubSub.framework to do the work for you. This framework handles all sorts of weird formats and invalid XML, and can really save you a lot of time. Maybe it's a good fit for what you're trying to do?