I am a noob in NSURLConnection
. I have searched Google and found this site but I dont understand about it.
My friends please explain the code that I have downloaded from url in Document folder.
This is my code :
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
NSURL *url =[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/iphone5-intro.jpg"];
NSURLRequest *request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
NSURLConnection *con = [[NSURLConnection alloc]initWithRequest:request delegate:self];
[con start];}
- (void)connection:(NSURLConnection *)connection didReceiveResponse:(NSURLResponse *)response
{
//I dont know what thing put here
}
- (void)connection:(NSURLConnection *)connection didReceiveData:(NSData *)theData
{
//I dont know what thing put here
}
- (void)connectionDidFinishLoading:(NSURLConnection *)connection
{
//I dont know what thing put here
}
- (void)connection:(NSURLConnection *)connection didFailWithError:(NSError *)error
{
UIAlertView *errorView = [[UIAlertView alloc]initWithTitle:@"Error" message:@"The Connection has been LOST" delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:@"OK" otherButtonTitles: nil];
[errorView show];
[UIApplication sharedApplication].networkActivityIndicatorVisible = NO;
}
Using NSURLConnection ,Try this
// Create the request.
NSURLRequest *theRequest=[NSURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://cdn.cultofmac.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/colorware-iphone-5-xl.jpg"]
cachePolicy:NSURLRequestUseProtocolCachePolicy
timeoutInterval:60.0];
// create the connection with the request
// and start loading the data
NSURLConnection *theConnection=[[NSURLConnection alloc] initWithRequest:theRequest delegate:self];
if (theConnection) {
// Create the NSMutableData to hold the received data.
// receivedData is an instance variable declared elsewhere.
receivedData = [[NSMutableData data] retain];
} else {
// Inform the user that the connection failed.
}
For more info on NSURLConnection Refer this :URL Loading System Programming Guide
EDIT
Here recievedData
is the instance variable of type NSMutableData
-(void)downloadWithNsurlconnection
{
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:currentURL];
NSURLRequest *theRequest = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:url cachePolicy:NSURLRequestReloadIgnoringLocalCacheData timeoutInterval:60];
receivedData = [[NSMutableData alloc] initWithLength:0];
NSURLConnection * connection = [[NSURLConnection alloc] initWithRequest:theRequest delegate:self startImmediately:YES];
}
- (void) connection:(NSURLConnection *)connection didReceiveResponse:(NSURLResponse *)response {
[UIApplication sharedApplication].networkActivityIndicatorVisible = YES;
[receivedData setLength:0];
}
- (void) connection:(NSURLConnection *)connection didReceiveData:(NSData *)data {
[receivedData appendData:data];
}
- (void) connectionDidFinishLoading:(NSURLConnection *)connection {
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
NSString *pdfPath = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:[currentURL stringByAppendingString:@".jpg"]];
NSLog(@"Succeeded! Received %d bytes of data",[receivedData length]);
[UIApplication sharedApplication].networkActivityIndicatorVisible = NO;
[receivedData writeToFile:pdfPath atomically:YES];
}
It would be good to do it asynchronously with NSURLConnection with blocks.
- (NSString *)documentsDirectoryPath{
NSArray *directories = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory,
NSUserDomainMask,
YES);
return directories[0];
}
- (void)downloadImage{
NSString *urlPath = @"http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/iphone5-intro.jpg";
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:urlPath];
NSURLRequest *urlRequest = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
[NSURLConnection sendAsynchronousRequest:urlRequest
queue:[NSOperationQueue mainQueue]
completionHandler:^(NSURLResponse * response, NSData *responseData, NSError *error) {
if (responseData) {
NSString *imageName = [urlPath lastPathComponent];
NSString *imagePath = [[self documentsDirectoryPath]stringByAppendingPathComponent:imageName];
[responseData writeToFile:imagePath atomically:YES];
}
}];
}
Without using NSURLConnection
you can easily download files, then no need to overhead delegate calls. Simply try this.
NSString *url = @"http://cdn.cultofmac.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/colorware-iphone-5-xl.jpg";
NSArray *path = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentdirectory = [path objectAtIndex:0];
NSString *dataPath = [documentdirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"Pictures"];
NSString *localFileURL = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@/%@",dataPath,[url lastPathComponent]];
if (![[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:dataPath])
[[NSFileManager defaultManager] createDirectoryAtPath:dataPath withIntermediateDirectories:NO attributes:nil error:nil];
NSData *data = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:url]];
if([data writeToFile:localFileURL atomically:YES])
{
NSLog(@"Downloaded File");
}