AFNetworking Post Request

Question

I'm a newbie in obj-c and have been using asihttp for some of my projects. When doing a post request in asihttp its done this way.

    ASIFormDataRequest *request = [ASIFormDataRequest requestWithURL:url];
    [request setPostValue:height forKey:@"user[height]"];
    [request setPostValue:weight forKey:@"user[weight]"];
    [request setDelegate:self];
    [request startAsynchronous];

How would go about doing this is AFNetworking with a code example ?
I already got the get Json getrequest working in AFNetworking but this post request is giving me some problems. Thanks for help in advance.

Answer 1

It's first worth adding (as this answer is still popular 6 years after I initially wrote it...) that the first thing you should consider is whether you should even use AFNetworking. NSURLSession was added in iOS 7 and means you don't need to use AFNetworking in many cases - and one less third party library is always a good thing.

For AFNetworking 3.0:

AFHTTPSessionManager *manager = [AFHTTPSessionManager manager];
NSDictionary *params = @{@"user[height]": height,
                         @"user[weight]": weight};
[manager POST:@"https://example.com/myobject" parameters:params progress:nil success:^(NSURLSessionTask *task, id responseObject) {
    NSLog(@"JSON: %@", responseObject);
} failure:^(NSURLSessionTask *operation, NSError *error) {
    NSLog(@"Error: %@", error);
}];

For AFNetworking 2.0 (and also using the new NSDictionary syntax):

AFHTTPRequestOperationManager *manager = [AFHTTPRequestOperationManager manager];
NSDictionary *params = @{@"user[height]": height,
                         @"user[weight]": weight};
[manager POST:@"https://example.com/myobject" parameters:params success:^(AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation, id responseObject) {
    NSLog(@"JSON: %@", responseObject);
} failure:^(AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation, NSError *error) {
    NSLog(@"Error: %@", error);
}];

If you are stuck using AFNetworking 1.0, you need to do it this way:

NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:@"https://example.com/"];
AFHTTPClient *httpClient = [[AFHTTPClient alloc] initWithBaseURL:url];

NSDictionary *params = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
                        height, @"user[height]",
                        weight, @"user[weight]",
                        nil];
[httpClient postPath:@"/myobject" parameters:params success:^(AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation, id responseObject) {
    NSString *responseStr = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:responseObject encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
    NSLog(@"Request Successful, response '%@'", responseStr);
} failure:^(AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation, NSError *error) {
    NSLog(@"[HTTPClient Error]: %@", error.localizedDescription);
}];

Answer 2

for login screen;

NSMutableDictionary *dict = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];
dict = [NSMutableDictionary 

dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:_usernametf.text, @"username",_passwordtf.text, @"password", nil];
    AFHTTPSessionManager *manager = [AFHTTPSessionManager manager];
    manager.requestSerializer = [AFHTTPRequestSerializer serializer];

[manager POST:@"enter your url" parameters:dict progress:nil success:^(NSURLSessionTask *task, id responseObject) {
    NSLog(@"%@", responseObject);

}
      failure:^(NSURLSessionTask *operation, NSError *error) {
          NSLog(@"Error: %@", error);
      }];

}

Answer 3

For AFNetworking 3.0 and Swift. Maybe we can use like this:

let configutation = NSURLSessionConfiguration.defaultSessionConfiguration()
manager = AFHTTPSessionManager(sessionConfiguration: configutation)

let urlString = "url"
manager.POST(urlString, parameters: [params here], progress: nil, success: { (dataTask: NSURLSessionDataTask, response: AnyObject?) -> Void in
        print(dataTask)
        print(response)
        }) { (dataTask: NSURLSessionDataTask?, error: NSError) -> Void in
        print(error)
}

Hope this will help other find answer like me!

Answer 4

For AFNetworking 3.0 (iOS9 or greter)

 NSString *strURL = @"https://exampleWeb.com/webserviceOBJ";
    NSDictionary *dictParamiters = @{@"user[height]": height,@"user[weight]": weight};

    NSString *aStrParams = [self getFormDataStringWithDictParams:dictParamiters];

    NSData *aData = [aStrParams dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];

    NSMutableURLRequest *aRequest = [[NSMutableURLRequest alloc]initWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:strURL]];
    [aRequest setHTTPMethod:@"POST"];
    [aRequest setHTTPBody:aData];

    NSURLSessionConfiguration *configuration = [NSURLSessionConfiguration defaultSessionConfiguration];
    NSURLSession *session = [NSURLSession sessionWithConfiguration:configuration delegate:nil delegateQueue:nil];
    [aRequest setHTTPBody:aData];

    NSURLSessionDataTask *postDataTask = [session dataTaskWithRequest:aRequest completionHandler:^(NSData *data, NSURLResponse *response, NSError *error) {
        //
        if (error ==nil) {
            NSString *aStr = [[NSString alloc]initWithData:data encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
            NSLog(@"ResponseString:%@",aStr);
            NSMutableDictionary *aMutDict = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:data options:NSJSONReadingMutableContainers error:nil];
            dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
                    completionBlock(aMutDict);

                NSLog(@"responce:%@",aMutDict)

            });
        }
        else
        {
            dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
                NSLog(@"error:%@",error.locali)
            });
        }
    }];

    [postDataTask resume];

and Add

-(NSString *)getFormDataStringWithDictParams:(NSDictionary *)aDict
{
    NSMutableString *aMutStr = [[NSMutableString alloc]initWithString:@""];
    for (NSString *aKey in aDict.allKeys) {
        [aMutStr appendFormat:@"%@=%@&",aKey,aDict[aKey]];
    }
    NSString *aStrParam;
    if (aMutStr.length>2) {
        aStrParam = [aMutStr substringWithRange:NSMakeRange(0, aMutStr.length-1)];

    }
    else
        aStrParam = @"";

    return aStrParam;
}

Answer 5

[SVProgressHUD setDefaultMaskType:SVProgressHUDMaskTypeGradient];
[SVProgressHUD show];

NSDictionary *dictParam =@{@"user_id":@"31"};// Add perameter

NSString *URLString =@"your url string";

AFHTTPSessionManager *manager = [AFHTTPSessionManager manager];
[manager setResponseSerializer:[AFHTTPResponseSerializer serializer]];
[manager.requestSerializer setValue:strGlobalLoginToken forHTTPHeaderField:@"Authorization"];//strGlobalLoginToken is your login token
//         [manager.requestSerializer setValue:setHeaderEnv forHTTPHeaderField:@"Env"];
manager.responseSerializer.acceptableContentTypes = [NSSet setWithObjects:@"application/json", @"text/json", @"text/javascript",@"text/html",@"text/plain",@"application/rss+xml", nil];
[manager POST:URLString parameters:dictParam progress:nil success:^(NSURLSessionDataTask * _Nonnull task, id  _Nullable responseObject)
 {

     NSDictionary *response = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:responseObject options:NSJSONReadingAllowFragments error:nil];

     NSLog(@"Response DICT:%@",response);

     if ([[[[response objectForKey:@"response"] objectAtIndex:0] objectForKey:@"status"] isEqualToString:@"true"])
     {

         for (NSMutableDictionary *dicAll in [[[response objectForKey:@"response"]objectAtIndex:0]objectForKey:@"plans"])
         {
             [yourNsmutableArray addObject:[dicAll mutableCopy]];
         }
         //yourNsmutableArray Nsmutablearray  alloction in view didload

         NSLog(@"yourNsmutableArray  %@",yourNsmutableArray);
     }
     else
     {
         NSLog(@"False");
     }

     [SVProgressHUD dismiss];

 } failure:^(NSURLSessionDataTask  *_Nullable task, NSError  *_Nonnull error)
 {
     NSLog(@"RESPONSE STRING:%@",task.response);
     NSLog(@"error userInfo:%@",error.userInfo);

     NSString *errResponse = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:(NSData *)error.userInfo[AFNetworkingOperationFailingURLResponseDataErrorKey] encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
     NSLog(@"URLString :--->>   %@ Error********* %@",URLString,errResponse);

     [SVProgressHUD dismiss];

 }];

Answer 6

please try below answer.

+(void)callAFWSPost:(NSDictionary *)dict withURL:(NSString *)strUrl 
withBlock:(dictionary)block
{
AFHTTPSessionManager *manager = [[AFHTTPSessionManager alloc]initWithSessionConfiguration:[NSURLSessionConfiguration defaultSessionConfiguration]];
[manager.requestSerializer setValue:@"application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Type"];
manager.requestSerializer = [AFHTTPRequestSerializer serializer];
manager.responseSerializer.acceptableContentTypes = [NSSet setWithObjects:@"application/json", @"text/json", @"text/javascript",@"text/html", nil];
[manager POST:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@/%@",WebserviceUrl,strUrl] parameters:dict progress:nil success:^(NSURLSessionDataTask * _Nonnull task, id  _Nullable responseObject)
 {
     if (!responseObject)
     {
         NSMutableDictionary *dict = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];
         [dict setObject:ServerResponceError forKey:@"error"];
         block(responseObject);
         return ;
     }
     else if ([responseObject isKindOfClass:[NSDictionary class]]) {
         block(responseObject);
         return ;
     }
 }
      failure:^(NSURLSessionDataTask * _Nullable task, NSError * _Nonnull error)
 {
     NSMutableDictionary *dict = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];
     [dict setObject:ServerResponceError forKey:@"error"];
     block(dict);
 }];
}