How can I use cookies using AFHTTPRequestOperation

Question

As it is known, AFHTTPSessionManager in AFNetworking 2.0+ supports cookies.

But is it possible for AFHTTPRequestOperationManager in AFNetworking 2.0+ to support cookies?

Answer 1

Yes. AFNetworking uses the foundation URL Loading system, which handles cookies out of the box.

You can configure NSMutableURLRequest's setHTTPShouldHandleCookies and use NSHTTPCookieStorage to store them.

In Objective-C:

NSArray *cookieStorage = [[NSHTTPCookieStorage sharedHTTPCookieStorage] cookiesForURL:url];
NSDictionary *cookieHeaders = [NSHTTPCookie requestHeaderFieldsWithCookies:cookieStorage];
NSMutableURLRequest *request = [myRequestSerializer requestWith…];
for (NSString *key in cookieHeaders) {
    [request addValue:cookieHeaders[key] forHTTPHeaderField:key];
}

In Swift:

var request = NSMutableURLRequest() // you can use an AFNetworking Request Serializer to create this

if let cookieStorage = NSHTTPCookieStorage.sharedHTTPCookieStorage().cookiesForURL(url) {
    for (headerField, cookie) in NSHTTPCookie.requestHeaderFieldsWithCookies(cookieStorage) {
        request.addValue(cookie, forHTTPHeaderField: headerField)
    }
}