How do I make an HTTP request in Swift?

Question

I read The Programming Language Swift by Apple in iBooks, but cannot figure out how to make an HTTP request (something like cURL) in Swift. Do I need to import Obj-C classes

Answer 1

Details

• Xcode 9.2, Swift 4
• Xcode 10.2.1 (10E1001), Swift 5

Info.plist

NSAppTransportSecurity

Add to the info plist:

NSAppTransportSecurity

    NSAllowsArbitraryLoads
    

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Alamofire Sample

Alamofire

import Alamofire

class AlamofireDataManager {
    fileprivate let queue: DispatchQueue
    init(queue: DispatchQueue) { self.queue = queue }

    private func createError(message: String, code: Int) -> Error {
        return NSError(domain: "dataManager", code: code, userInfo: ["message": message ])
    }

    private func make(session: URLSession = URLSession.shared, request: URLRequest, closure: ((Result<[String: Any]>) -> Void)?) {
        Alamofire.request(request).responseJSON { response in
            let complete: (Result<[String: Any]>) ->() = { result in DispatchQueue.main.async { closure?(result) } }
            switch response.result {
                case .success(let value): complete(.success(value as! [String: Any]))
                case .failure(let error): complete(.failure(error))
            }
        }
    }

    func searchRequest(term: String, closure: ((Result<[String: Any]>) -> Void)?) {
        guard let url = URL(string: "https://itunes.apple.com/search?term=\(term.replacingOccurrences(of: " ", with: "+"))") else { return }
        let request = URLRequest(url: url)
        make(request: request) { response in closure?(response) }
    }
}

Usage of Alamofire sample

private lazy var alamofireDataManager = AlamofireDataManager(queue: DispatchQueue(label: "DataManager.queue", qos: .utility))
//.........

alamofireDataManager.searchRequest(term: "jack johnson") { result in
      print(result.value ?? "no data")
      print(result.error ?? "no error")
}

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URLSession Sample

import Foundation

class DataManager {

    fileprivate let queue: DispatchQueue
        init(queue: DispatchQueue) { self.queue = queue }

    private func createError(message: String, code: Int) -> Error {
        return NSError(domain: "dataManager", code: code, userInfo: ["message": message ])
    }

    private func make(session: URLSession = URLSession.shared, request: URLRequest, closure: ((_ json: [String: Any]?, _ error: Error?)->Void)?) {
        let task = session.dataTask(with: request) { [weak self] data, response, error in
            self?.queue.async {
                let complete: (_ json: [String: Any]?, _ error: Error?) ->() = { json, error in DispatchQueue.main.async { closure?(json, error) } }

                guard let self = self, error == nil else { complete(nil, error); return }
                guard let data = data else { complete(nil, self.createError(message: "No data", code: 999)); return }

                do {
                    if let json = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data, options: .mutableContainers) as? [String: Any] {
                        complete(json, nil)
                    }
                } catch let error { complete(nil, error); return }
            }
        }

        task.resume()
    }

    func searchRequest(term: String, closure: ((_ json: [String: Any]?, _ error: Error?)->Void)?) {
        let url = URL(string: "https://itunes.apple.com/search?term=\(term.replacingOccurrences(of: " ", with: "+"))")
        let request = URLRequest(url: url!)
        make(request: request) { json, error in closure?(json, error) }
    }
}

Usage of URLSession sample

private lazy var dataManager = DataManager(queue: DispatchQueue(label: "DataManager.queue", qos: .utility))
// .......
dataManager.searchRequest(term: "jack johnson") { json, error  in
      print(error ?? "nil")
      print(json ?? "nil")
      print("Update views")
}

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