I'm new to IOS development and I have started with the swift language.
I'm trying to get the value from two text fields and convert those two text fields into json and send that json to the server receive.php.
lets concider that tow text fields are
- name
- pass
how do i create a Json & send that to server when a button is clicked ?
By using http POST method with NSURLSession. Let's say you are calling submitAction method on the press of the login button
Swift 3
@IBAction func submitAction(_ sender: UIButton) {
//declare parameter as a dictionary which contains string as key and value combination. considering inputs are valid
let parameters: [String: String] = ["name": nametextField.text, "password": passwordTextField.text]
//create the url with URL
let url = URL(string: "http://myServerName.com/api")! //change the url
//create the session object
let session = URLSession.shared
//now create the URLRequest object using the url object
var request = URLRequest(url: url)
request.httpMethod = "POST" //set http method as POST
do {
request.httpBody = try JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: .prettyPrinted) // pass dictionary to nsdata object and set it as request body
} catch let error {
print(error.localizedDescription)
}
request.addValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
request.addValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Accept")
//create dataTask using the session object to send data to the server
let task = session.dataTask(with: request, completionHandler: { data, response, error in
guard error == nil else {
return
}
guard let data = data else {
return
}
do {
//create json object from data
if let json = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data, options: .mutableContainers) as? [String: Any] {
print(json)
// handle json...
}
} catch let error {
print(error.localizedDescription)
}
})
task.resume()
}
Swift 3,Swift 4
The method above is very in-efficient, use alamofire instead
https://github.com/Alamofire/Alamofire
get email and passwoord from textfield
@IBAction func submitAction(sender: AnyObject) {
let email= emailfield.text
let password= emailfield.text
let parameters: Parameters = [
"email": email,
"password": password
]
Alamofire.request("https://httpbin.org/post", method: .post, parameters: parameters) }
or here is an example
let parameters: Parameters = [
"foo": "bar",
"baz": ["a", 1],
"qux": [
"x": 1,
"y": 2,
"z": 3
]
]
// All three of these calls are equivalent
Alamofire.request("https://httpbin.org/post", method: .post, parameters: parameters)
Alamofire.request("https://httpbin.org/post", method: .post, parameters: parameters, encoding: URLEncoding.default)
Alamofire.request("https://httpbin.org/post", method: .post, parameters: parameters, encoding: URLEncoding.httpBody)
// HTTP body: foo=bar&baz[]=a&baz[]=1&qux[x]=1&qux[y]=2&qux[z]=3