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# AFNetworking
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## A delightful iOS networking library with NSOperations and block-based callbacks
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### There's a lot to be said for a networking library that you can wrap your head around. API design matters, too. Code at its best is poetry, and should be designed to delight (but never surprise).
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AFNetworking was lovingly crafted to make best use of our favorite parts of Apple's `Foundation` framework: `NSOperation` for managing multiple concurrent requests, `NSURLRequest` & `NSHTTPURLResponse` to encapsulate state, `NSCache` & `NSURLCache` for performant and compliant cacheing behavior, and blocks to keep request / response handling code in a single logical unit in code.
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If you're tired of massive libraries that try to do too much...
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If you've taken it upon yourself to roll your own hacky solution...
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If you want a library that _actually makes iOS networking code kinda fun_...
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...try out AFNetworking
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## Example Usage
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### JSON Request
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``` objective-c
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NSURLRequest *request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"https://gowalla.com/users/mattt.json"]];
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AFJSONRequestOperation *operation = [AFJSONRequestOperation operationWithRequest:request success:^(id JSON) {
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NSLog(@"Name: %@ %@", [JSON valueForKeyPath:@"first_name"], [JSON valueForKeyPath:@"last_name"]);
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}];
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[operation start];
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```
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### Image Request
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``` objective-c
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UIImageView *imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, 100.0f, 100.0f)];
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[imageView setImageWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://i.imgur.com/r4uwx.jpg"] placeholderImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"placeholder-avatar"]];
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```
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### POST Request With HTTP Authorization Header Using NSOperationQueue
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``` objective-c
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NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"https://gowalla.com/friendships/request?user_id=1699"]];
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[request setHTTPMethod:@"POST"];
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NSDictionary *headers = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObject:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"Token token=\"%@\"", kOAuthToken] forKey:@"Authorization"];
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[request setAllHTTPHeaderFields:headers];
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AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation = [AFHTTPRequestOperation operationWithRequest:request completion:^(NSURLRequest *request, NSHTTPURLResponse *response, NSData *data, NSError *error) {
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BOOL HTTPStatusCodeIsAcceptable = [[NSIndexSet indexSetWithIndexesInRange:NSMakeRange(200, 100)] containsIndex:[response statusCode]];
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if (HTTPStatusCodeIsAcceptable) {
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NSLog(@"Friend Request Sent");
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} else {
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NSLog(@"[Error] (%@ %@) %@", [request HTTPMethod], [[request URL] relativePath], error);
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}
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}];
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[[NSOperationQueue mainQueue] addOperation:operation];
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```
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### REST API Client Request
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``` objective-c
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// AFGowallaAPIClient is a subclass of AFRestClient, which defines the base URL and default HTTP headers for NSURLRequests it creates
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[[AFGowallaAPIClient sharedClient] getPath:@"/spots/9223" parameters:nil success:^(id response) {
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NSLog(@"Name: %@", [response valueForKeyPath:@"name"]);
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NSLog(@"Address: %@", [response valueForKeyPath:@"address.street_address"]);
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}];
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```
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## Example Project
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In order to demonstrate the power and flexibility of AFNetworking, we've included a small sample project, which asks for your current location and displays [Gowalla](http://gowalla.com/) spots nearby you. It uses `AFJSONRequestOperation` to load and parse the spots JSON, and a category on `UIImageView` to asynchronously load spot stamp images as you scroll.
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## Dependencies
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* [iOS 4.0+](http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#releasenotes/General/WhatsNewIniPhoneOS/Articles/iPhoneOS4.html%23//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40009559-SW1) - AFNetworking uses blocks, which were introduced in iOS 4.
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* [JSONKit](https://github.com/johnezang/JSONKit) - One of the conveniences built into `AFJSONRequestOperation` is automatic JSON parsing. `NSJSONSerialization`, introduced in iOS 5 is used if available. Otherwise, we use JSONKit.
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## Credits
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AFNetworking was created by [Scott Raymond](https://github.com/sco/) and [Mattt Thompson](https://github.com/mattt/) in the development of [Gowalla for iPhone](http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gowalla/id304510106?mt=8).
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[TTTLocationFormatter](), used in the example project, is part of [FormatterKit](https://github.com/mattt/FormatterKit), created by [Mattt Thompson](https://github.com/mattt/).
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## License
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AFNetworking is licensed under the MIT License:
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Copyright (c) 2011 Gowalla (http://gowalla.com/)
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Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
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of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
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to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
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copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
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furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
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all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
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IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
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FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
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AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
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LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
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OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
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THE SOFTWARE. |