Objective-C

Connect to a REST Server

Demonstrates Rest.Connect, which establishes the initial TCP (and optionally TLS) connection to a REST server. The example connects over HTTPS and then reuses the connection for a request.

Background. A single connection can serve many requests to the same host. The TLS argument should be _TRUE_ for HTTPS (typically port 443), and automatic reconnection lets Chilkat transparently re-establish a dropped keep-alive connection.

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#import <CkoRest.h>
#import <NSString.h>

BOOL success = NO;

CkoRest *rest = [[CkoRest alloc] init];

//  Connect to the REST server.  The 3rd argument enables TLS (use true for HTTPS on port 443),
//  and the 4th enables automatic reconnection if the connection is dropped between requests.
BOOL bTls = YES;
BOOL bAutoReconnect = YES;
success = [rest Connect: @"example.com" port: [NSNumber numberWithInt: 443] tls: bTls autoReconnect: bAutoReconnect];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  The connection is now established and ready for requests.  A single connection can be reused for
//  many requests to the same server.
NSString *responseText = [rest FullRequestNoBody: @"GET" uriPath: @"/api/status"];
if (rest.LastMethodSuccess == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

NSLog(@"%@",responseText);