If you have input into the API, then you might also point out that the credentials in the XML are redundant since they're already present in the Authorization header.
—Jens > On Jul 4, 2015, at 11:42 PM, Antonio Nunes <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for that link Avi. > > By the way, I don’t want to do it this way, but this is what the API > developer asked me to use. I’ll get back to him and will ask for a better API. > > -António > >> On 05 Jul 2015, at 07:18, Avi Drissman <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> You probably shouldn't be doing that. It violates the spirit of GET if not >> the letter of the spec. >> >> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/978061/http-get-with-request-body >> >> I wouldn't be surprised if your inability to make NSURLRequest do it was >> intentional on the part of the NSURLRequest designers. >> >> Avi >> >>> On Jul 5, 2015, at 01:55, Antonio Nunes <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I have the following curl command to a web api, which retrieves some info: >>> curl -X GET -H 'Authorization: Basic blabla' -H 'Content-Type: >>> application/xml; charset=utf-8' -H 'Accept-Language: en' -d >>> "<user><account_attributes><email>[email protected]</email><password>SomePassWord</password></account_attributes></user>" >>> 'https://example.com/api/v1/endpoint >>> >>> The -d and xml-string are mandatory for this GET command. I haven’t been >>> able to translate this into an equivalent NSURLRequest that gets accepted >>> by the server. It appears that an HTTPBody on a GET request is not honoured >>> by NSURLRequest. >>> >>> This is the code I use to make the request (on iOS): >>> NSURLCredential *credential = [[WRTSServerEngine sharedServerEngine] >>> savedCredentialsForHost:@“example.com" >>> >>> port:0 >>> >>> protocol:@"https" >>> >>> realm:@“SomeRealm"]; >>> >>> NSMutableURLRequest *request = [[NSMutableURLRequest alloc] >>> initWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"https://example.com/api/v1/endpoint";]]; >>> >>> NSString *authStr = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@:%@", credential.user, >>> credential.password]; >>> NSData *authData = [authStr dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]; >>> NSString *authValue = [NSString stringWithFormat: @"Basic %@",[authData >>> base64EncodedStringWithOptions:0]]; >>> [request setValue:authValue forHTTPHeaderField:@"Authorization"]; >>> [request setValue:@"nl, en-us" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Accept-Language"]; >>> [request setValue:@"gzip" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Accept-Encoding"]; >>> >>> NSString *infoAsXMLString = @"<user>"; >>> infoAsXMLString = [infoAsXMLString >>> stringByAppendingString:@"<account_attributes>"]; >>> infoAsXMLString = [infoAsXMLString >>> stringByAppendingFormat:@"<email>%@</email>", credential.user]; >>> infoAsXMLString = [infoAsXMLString >>> stringByAppendingFormat:@"<password>%@</password>", credential.password]; >>> infoAsXMLString = [infoAsXMLString >>> stringByAppendingString:@"</account_attributes>"]; >>> infoAsXMLString = [infoAsXMLString stringByAppendingString:@"</user>"]; >>> [request setHTTPBody:[infoAsXMLString >>> dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]]; >>> >>> NSURLSessionConfiguration *sessionConfig = [NSURLSessionConfiguration >>> defaultSessionConfiguration]; >>> sessionConfig.allowsCellularAccess = YES; >>> NSURLSession *session = [NSURLSession >>> sessionWithConfiguration:sessionConfig]; >>> self.task = [session dataTaskWithRequest:request >>> completionHandler:^(NSData *data, NSURLResponse >>> *response, NSError *error) { >>> NSLog(@"%@", error); >>> }]; >>> [self.task resume]; >>> >>> This results in the following error: >>> Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1005 "The network connection was lost." >>> UserInfo=0x7ffd0b5f7a00 {NSUnderlyingError=0x7ffd0b58be50 "The operation >>> couldn’t be completed. (kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork error -1005.)", >>> NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=https://staging.wrts.nl/api/v1/existing_user, >>> NSErrorFailingURLKey=https://staging.wrts.nl/api/v1/existing_user, >>> _kCFStreamErrorDomainKey=4, _kCFStreamErrorCodeKey=-4, >>> NSLocalizedDescription=The network connection was lost.} >>> >>> If I do not set an HHTPBody on the request, I get a 500 error (which makes >>> sense, since the server is expecting a payload in the body). >>> >>> Is there any way to get the HHTPBody sent along with the GET request? >>> >>> -António >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >>> Macnetworkprog mailing list ([email protected]) >>> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >>> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/macnetworkprog/avi%40drissman.com >>> >>> This email sent to [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. 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