How can I send multiple url request from a NSURLCo

Question

This is the logical flow for my application:

1. At first, when the view controller has finished loading, then a NSURLConnection request can start its execution

2. The response consists in xml data

3. After parsing that xml I need to send another NSURLConnection request.

4. After sending the second request, if the response is ok, I receive other xml data

5. After parsing the second xml, I have to check some issues between first and second xml data.

So, is it possible to send multiple request? How? I do not need code, you could just explain it.

Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

There is a third party library available which is a wrapper on CFNetwork is ASIHTTPREQUEST

This Library should do work for you. so that you don't have to write the code from scratch. other alternative is create one class which will be responsible for creating NSURLConnection then sending the request and finally notify to view controller using delegate or notification one data is received .

Answer 2

- (void)viedDidLoad{

    [super viewDidLoad];
    [self firstRequestMethod];

}

- (void)firstRequestMethod{

    NSString *myFirstRequestURL = @"<URL>";
    NSURL *webURL = [NSURL URLWithString:myFirstRequestURL];        

    NSURLRequest *request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:webURL cachePolicy:NSURLRequestUseProtocolCachePolicy timeoutInterval:60.0];
    NSError *error;
    NSURLResponse *response;
    NSData *returnData = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:request returningResponse:&response error:&error];

    if(returnData)
    {
        NSString *returnString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:returnData encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];
        //Parse your response here.
        //Is desired response obtain call the second Request, as described above
        if (TRUE) {  //on success
            [self secondRequestMethod];
        }

    }



}

- (void)secondRequestMethod{

    NSString *mySecondRequestURL = @"<URL>";
    NSURL *webURL = [NSURL URLWithString:mySecondRequestURL];        

    NSURLRequest *request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:webURL cachePolicy:NSURLRequestUseProtocolCachePolicy timeoutInterval:60.0];
    NSError *error;
    NSURLResponse *response;
    NSData *returnData = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:request returningResponse:&response error:&error];

    if(returnData)
    {
        NSString *returnString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:returnData encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];
        //Parse your response here.
        //Is desired response obtain call the second Request, as described above
        if (TRUE) {  //on success
            //subsequent calls to other url, same as above
        }

    }



}

Hope this will help you understand better....

Answer 3

I do this with the NSURLConnection Making them properties, then checking which one it is:

 @property (nonatomic,retain) NSURLConnection *myConnection;
@property (nonatomic,retain) NSURLConnection *mySecondConnection;

then in the delegate:

- (void)connectionDidFinishLoading:(NSURLConnection *)connection{

     if (connection == myConnection){
       //do something
    }

    if (connection == mySecondConnection){
       // do something else
        }

}

You can pass your NSURLRequest to the connection:

self.myConnection=[[NSURLConnection alloc] initWithRequest:theRequest delegate:self];