What is the correct way of sending large file through HTTP POST, without loading the whole file into ram?

Question

I\'m currently working on an application for uploading large video files from the iPhone to a webservice through simple http post. As of right now, I build an NSURLRequest and p

Answer 1

You can use NSInputStream on NSMutableURLRequest. For example:

NSMutableURLRequest *request = [[NSMutableURLRequest alloc] initWithURL:uploadURL];
NSInputStream *stream = [[NSInputStream alloc] initWithFileAtPath:filePath];
[request setHTTPBodyStream:stream];
[request setHTTPMethod:@"POST"];
[NSURLConnection sendAsynchronousRequest:request queue:[NSOperationQueue mainQueue]
                       completionHandler:^(NSURLResponse *response, NSData *data, NSError *error) {
    NSLog(@"Finished with status code: %i", [(NSHTTPURLResponse *)response statusCode]);
}];