NSURLConnection - Disable the authentication challenge response mechanism

Question

SITUATION

• Using AFNetworking (NSURLConnection) to access my server API
• The API needs Basic Authentication with token as username

Answer 1

Try this.

- (void)connection:(NSURLConnection *)connection willSendRequestForAuthenticationChallenge:(NSURLAuthenticationChallenge *)challenge
{
    SecTrustRef trust = challenge.protectionSpace.serverTrust;
    NSURLCredential *cred;
    cred = [NSURLCredential credentialForTrust:trust];
    [challenge.sender useCredential:cred forAuthenticationChallenge:challenge];
}