What is the best starting point to learn connecting to ssl web services by iphone?
Until now i did some basic connections over http via SOAP etc. but i have no experience on https. Any good sources, tutorials, starting references, "use nsurl...class"s are appreciated
NSURLConnection works by default with SSL and can access https sites. Issues may appear regarding letting user trust SSL certificates, here's a discussion on this that I've found to be interesting.
i'm posting a sample https client. it ignores if server certificate is not valid.
the server has a webget method with uritemplate=username({usercode})/password({passcode})
you can use CharlesProxy to check your outgoing message
#import "Hello_SOAPViewController.h"
@interface NSURLRequest (withHttpsCertificates)
+ (BOOL)allowsAnyHTTPSCertificateForHost:(NSString*)host;
+ (void)setAllowsAnyHTTPSCertificate:(BOOL)allow forHost:(NSString*)host;
@end
@implementation Hello_SOAPViewController
NSMutableData *webData;
- (void)viewDidLoad {
//////////////////////////////////////////////////
//Web Service Call
//////////////////////////////////////////////////
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:@"https://192.168.1.105/HelloService/Service.svc/username(user)/password(xxx)"];
NSMutableURLRequest *theRequest = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:url cachePolicy:NSURLRequestReloadIgnoringCacheData timeoutInterval:60.0];
[NSURLRequest setAllowsAnyHTTPSCertificate:YES forHost:[url host]];
[theRequest addValue:@"application/x-www-form-urlencoded" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Type"];
[theRequest setHTTPMethod:@"GET"];
NSURLConnection *theConnection = [[NSURLConnection alloc] initWithRequest:theRequest delegate:self];
if(theConnection) {
webData = [[NSMutableData data] retain];
}
else {
NSLog(@"theConnection is NULL");
}
}
-(void)connection:(NSURLConnection *)connection didReceiveResponse:(NSURLResponse *)response
{
[webData setLength: 0];
}
-(void)connection:(NSURLConnection *)connection didReceiveData:(NSData *)data
{
[webData appendData:data];
}
-(void)connection:(NSURLConnection *)connection didFailWithError:(NSError *)error
{
NSLog(@"ERROR with theConnection:%@",[error description]);
if ([error code] == -1001 ){//isEqualToString:@"timed out"]) {
UIAlertView *alertView = [[[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Connection Error" message:@"Server Unresponsive" delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:@"OK" otherButtonTitles:nil] autorelease];
[alertView show];
}else{
UIAlertView *alertView = [[[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Connection Error" message:@"Check your internet connection " delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:@"OK" otherButtonTitles:nil] autorelease];
[alertView show];
}
[connection release];
[webData release];
}
-(void)connectionDidFinishLoading:(NSURLConnection *)connection
{
NSLog(@"DONE. Received Bytes: %d", [webData length]);
///////////////////////
//Process Your Data here:
///////////////////////
[connection release];
[webData release];
}
- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning {
// Releases the view if it doesn't have a superview.
[super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
// Release any cached data, images, etc that aren't in use.
}
- (void)viewDidUnload {
// Release any retained subviews of the main view.
// e.g. self.myOutlet = nil;
}
- (void)dealloc {
[super dealloc];
}
Check out ASIHTTPRequest. It is very stable, non-leaky, easy-to-use and includes a bunch of goodies like download file resuming, progress bar support etc… It also has authentication support