Objective-C

Send a Staged REST Request with a Text Body

Demonstrates Rest.SendReqStringBody, which sends a request whose text body (such as JSON) is supplied directly, then reads the response in separate steps.

Background. The staged request model separates sending from reading: a SendReq method transmits the request, ReadResponseHeader reads the status line and headers, and a ReadResp method reads the body. This gives fine control over large or streamed messages compared with the single-call full-request methods.

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

BOOL success = NO;

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

[rest AddHeader: @"Content-Type" value: @"application/json"];

//  Send a request whose text body (such as JSON) is supplied directly.
NSString *jsonBody = @"{ \"name\": \"example\" }";
success = [rest SendReqStringBody: @"POST" uriPath: @"/api/items" bodyText: jsonBody];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  After sending, read the response status line and header fields.  The return value is the HTTP
//  status code, or -1 if no response was received.
int statusCode = [[rest ReadResponseHeader] intValue];
if (statusCode < 0) {
    NSLog(@"%@",rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

NSLog(@"%@%d",@"Response status code: ",statusCode);

//  Read the response body as text.
NSString *responseBody = [rest ReadRespBodyString];
if (rest.LastMethodSuccess == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

NSLog(@"%@",responseBody);