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Net - a HttpRequest Wrapper

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Net is a HttpRequest wrapper written in Swift.

source code : https://github.com/nghialv/Net

Features

  • GET, POST, PUT, DELETE method
  • Powerful request params: nested params, number, string, dic, array, image, data
  • Json, Image, Xml Response
  • Download file: resume, suspend, cancel
  • Upload file, data, params(multi-part)
  • Progress closure
  • Background donwload, upload
  • Authentication
  • Batch of operations
  • BaseURL
  • Customizable header

Demo app

screenshot

Usage

Use one of the following methods to create a Net instance

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// without baseURL
let net = Net()

// with baseURL
let net = Net(baseUrlString: "http://www.puqiz.com/")

HttpRequest

GET Request
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let url = "get_path"
let params = ["integerNumber": 1, "doubleNumber": 2.0, "string": "hello"]

net.GET(url, params: params, successHandler: { responseData in
      let result = responseData.json(error: nil)
      NSLog("result \(result)")
  }, failureHandler: { error in
      NSLog("Error")
  })

// you can also make a request with absolute url
let url = "http://www.puqiz.com/get_path"
net.GET(absoluteUrl: url, params: params, successHandler: { responseData in
      let result = responseData.json(error: nil)
      NSLog("result \(result)")
  }, failureHandler: { error in
      NSLog("Error")
  })

You can also use nested params

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// nested params
let params = ["string": "test",
            "integerNumber": 1,
            "floatNumber": 1.5,
            "array": [10, 20, 30],
            "dictionary": ["x": 100.0, "y": 200.0],
            "image": NetData(pngImage: img, filename: "myIcon")]

By using responseData in sucessHandler closure you can quickly

  • get json dictionary
  • get image
  • parse xml

for GET, POST, PUT, DELETE request.

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// get json dictionary from response data
let jsonDic = responseData.json(error: error)

// get image from response data
let image = responseData.image()

// parse xml with delegate
let result = responseData.parseXml(delegate: self)
POST Request

Net will automatically check your params to send request as a URL-Encoded request or a Multi-Part request. So you can easily post with number, string, image or binary data.

  • URL-Encoded Request
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let url = "post_path"
let params = ["string": "test", "integerNumber": 1, "floatNumber": 1.5]

net.POST(url, params: params, successHandler: { responseData in
      let result = responseData.json(error: nil)
      NSLog("result: \(result)")
  }, failureHandler: { error in
      NSLog("Error")
  })
  • Multi-Part Request
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let url = "post_path"
let img = UIImage(named: "puqiz_icon")

let params = ["string": "test", "integerNumber": 1,
            "icon": NetData(pngImage: img, filename: "myIcon")]

net.POST(url, params: params, successHandler: { responseData in
      let result = responseData.json(error: nil)
      NSLog("result: \(result)")
  }, failureHandler: { error in
      NSLog("Error")
  })
PUT Request
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let url = "put_path"
let params = ["string": "test", "integerNumber": 1, "floatNumber": 1.5]

net.PUT(url, params: params, successHandler: { responseData in
      let result = responseData.json(error: nil)
      NSLog("result: \(result)")
  }, failureHandler: { error in
      NSLog("Error")
  })
DELETE Request
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let url = "delete_path"
let params = ["id": 10]

net.DELETE(url, params: params, successHandler: { responseData in
      NSLog("result: \(result)")
  }, failureHandler: { error in
      NSLog("Error")
  })

Task

Before using download/upload function you have to call setupSession method to setup the session.

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// setup session without backgroundIdentifier
net.setupSession()

To perform background downloads or uploads, you have to call setupSession method with a background identifier string. Then your download/upload tasks can be run even when the app is suspended, exits or crashes.

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// setup session with backgroundIdentifier
net.setupSession(backgroundIdentifier: "com.nghialv.download")

// you can set eventsForBackgroundHandler closure
// this closure will be invoked when a task is completed in the background
net.eventsForBackgroundHandler = { urlSession in
      urlSession.getDownloadingTasksCount{ downloadingTaskCount in
      if downloadingTaskCount == 0 {
          NSLog("All files have been downloaded!")
      }
  }
}
Download
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let downloadTask = net.download(absoluteUrl: url, progress: { progress in
      NSLog("progress \(progress)")
  }, completionHandler: { fileUrl, error in
      if error != nil {
          NSLog("Download failed")
      }
      else {
          NSLog("Downloaded to  : \(fileUrl)")
      }
  })

// you can control your task
downloadTask.resume()
downloadTask.suspend()
downloadTask.cancel()
Upload
  • Upload with file path
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let task = net.upload(absoluteUrl: url, fromFile: file, progressHandler: { progress in
      NSLog("progress \(progress)")
  }, completionHandler: { error in
      if error != nil {
          NSLog("Upload failed : \(error)")
      }
      else {
          NSLog("Upload completed")
      }
  })
  • Upload with data
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let yourData = NSData(...)

net.upload(absoluteUrl: url, data: yourData, progressHandler: { progress in
      NSLog("progress: \(progress)")
  }, completionHandler: { error in
      NSLog("Upload completed")
  })
  • Upload with params
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let image = UIImage(named: "image_file")
let imageData = UIImagePNGRepresentation(image)
let params = ["number": 1, "string": "net", "data": imageData]

net.upload(absoluteUrl: imgUrl, params: params, progressHandler: { progress in
      NSLog("progress: \(progress)")
  }, completionHandler: { error in
      NSLog("Upload completed")
  })

By default, the upload task will be performed as POST method and

  • Content-Type = application/octet-stream (upload with file or data)
  • Content-Type = multipart/form-data (upload with params)

But you can configure the upload task before resuming.

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// set method
yourUploadTask.setHttpMethod(.PUT)

// set header field
yourUploadTask.setValue(value: "your_value", forHttpHeaderField: "header_field")

In progress

  • Batch of operations
  • Basic authentiacation

Integration

Just drag Net folder to the project tree

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