iOS Http request and response

[rup28aug]

hi all,
i am new to iPhone programming.
i want to access some function(REST) on the server. i have no idea that how can i request to this server function and get response?

i want to simple code where i can supply server address and function name. Please suggest very simple way for doing this task(since i am on learning stage and very little knowledge)

 

[detz]

This is about as simple as I can make it.

NSString *urlString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"http://google.com"];
NSMutableURLRequest *request = [[[NSMutableURLRequest alloc] init] autorelease];
[request setURL:[NSURL URLWithString:urlString]];
[request setHTTPMethod:@"GET"];
	
NSData *returnData = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:request returningResponse:nil error:nil];
NSString *results = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:returnData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];

 

[rup28aug]

sir ,
thanks for your reply.
i want to like to use POST method . so can you provide some snippet related to post method

 

[dejo]

sir ,
thanks for your reply.
i want to like to use POST method . so can you provide some snippet related to post method

Umm... maybe try

[request setHTTPMethod:@"POST"];

 

[x11joex11]

Umm... maybe try

[request setHTTPMethod:@"POST"];

I LOL'ed at your response, hehe. Especially after seeing 'GET' in his code. Sometimes the answer is right in front of our noses

 

[rup28aug]

sir,
thanks for your reply.
actually i want to call a method which take parameter and return result in XML format. so how can i set method and parameter in POST method?

 

[Pring]

I wept when reading this...

rup28aug, as an exercise perhaps you can explain what GET and POST actually mean? I think you should do some research before posting your questions.

 

[detz]

Well if you want to actually POST data and not just do a GET with a post method it's more complicated. Do a search, there are articles written on it, my code is to messy to post examples.

 

[dejo]

so how can i set method and parameter in POST method?

The "method" and parameters can be put into the request URL. For example, @"http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=iphone&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq="

 

[sujithkrishnan]

hi all,
i am new to iPhone programming.
i want to access some function(REST) on the server. i have no idea that how can i request to this server function and get response?

i want to simple code where i can supply server address and function name. Please suggest very simple way for doing this task(since i am on learning stage and very little knowledge)

[request setHTTPBody:<whatever u want to send as post (NSData type)>];
[request setHTTPMethod: @"POST"];