How to Upload video to server from iPhone?

Question

-(IBAction)uploadToServer :(id)sender
{
    NSString *str1=[[[NSBundle mainBundle] resourcePath] stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"intro.mp4"];
    NSLog(@"str1=%@",str1);

    NSString *escapedUrlString = [str1 stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
    NSLog(@"escapedUrlString=%@",escapedUrlString);

    NSURL *videoURL = [NSURL URLWithString:escapedUrlString];
    NSLog(@"videoURL=%@",videoURL);

    NSData *newdata = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:escapedUrlString];
    webdata=[NSData dataWithData:newdata];
    NSLog(@"webData = %@",webdata);
   [self post:webdata];
    }

- (void)post:(NSData *)fileData
{

    NSData *videoData = fileData;
    NSString *urlString = @"http://rompio.com/web_service/web.php?method=upload_video&user_id=4";

    NSMutableURLRequest *request = [[NSMutableURLRequest alloc] init];
    [request setURL:[NSURL URLWithString:urlString]];
    [request setHTTPMethod:@"POST"];

    NSString *boundary = @"---------------------------14737809831466499882746641449";
    NSString *contentType = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"multipart/form-data; boundary=%@", boundary];
    [request addValue:contentType forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Type"];

    NSMutableData *body = [NSMutableData data];
    [body appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"\r\n--%@\r\n", boundary] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
    [body appendData:[@"Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"userfile\"; filename=\".mp4\"\r\n" dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
    [body appendData:[@"Content-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n" dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
    [body appendData:[NSData dataWithData:videoData]];
    [body appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"\r\n--%@--\r\n", boundary] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
    [request setHTTPBody:body];

    NSData *returnData = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:request returningResponse:nil error:nil];
    NSString *returnString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:returnData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];

    NSLog(@"returnString=== %@", returnString);
}

Zeeland

Write you code properly so It will easy to understandable to others. Any way what is problem you are getting while uploading ? – Thickskinned

#20048107 – Emphysema

In this Code.WebData is coming Null.Also Video is not successfully getting posted to the server. – Zeeland

Hi Mr.Bhumeshwer Katre.The problem is that video is not getting posted to the Server.. – Zeeland

Hello Dilip.Thanks for URL refrence.But in that code they have used AFHTTPRequestOperation .But where i can find this file for IOS7 compatible. – Zeeland

In that link i have given the answer which use the AFNetworking and its compatible with iOS7. Just check it out. – Emphysema

@user2754190 : Is newdata null ? – Eboat

Yes New data and WebData..Both are coming empty – Zeeland

AFNetworking will help – Muller

@user2754190: what is videoURL ? remote url or local file's url ? – Eboat

Answer 1

It's easy to do with the AFNetworking library and you can also use it to track the progress of the video upload. You can download AFNetworking library from here.

And for configuring AFnetworking please refer this Link.

And this code will used to send the video on server

 NSString *videoURL = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"myVideo" ofType:@"mov"];
NSData *videoData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath: videoURL]];

AFHTTPClient *httpClient = [AFHTTPClient clientWithBaseURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://www.example.com"]];

NSMutableURLRequest *request = [httpClient multipartFormRequestWithMethod:@"POST" path:@"/videoupload.php" parameters:nil constructingBodyWithBlock:^(id <AFMultipartFormData>formData)
{
    [formData appendPartWithFileData:videoData name:@"file" fileName:@"myVideo.mov" mimeType:@"video/quicktime"];
}];



AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation = [[AFHTTPRequestOperation alloc] initWithRequest: request];

[operation setUploadProgressBlock:^(NSInteger bytesWritten,long long totalBytesWritten,long long totalBytesExpectedToWrite)
 {

     NSLog(@"Sent %lld of %lld bytes", totalBytesWritten, totalBytesExpectedToWrite);

 }];

[operation  setCompletionBlockWithSuccess:^(AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation, id responseObject) {NSLog(@"Video Uploaded Successfully");}
                                  failure:^(AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation, NSError *error) {NSLog(@"Error : %@",  operation.responseString);}];


[operation start];

Emphysema

I download the file for AF networking.But there is not such file name consist of AFHTTPClient – Zeeland

There is some changes in the new AFNetworking update please refer this.. #19503173 – Emphysema

[operation setUploadProgressBlock:^(NSInteger bytesWritten,long long totalBytesWritten,long long totalBytesExpectedToWrite) Now i am getting error in just this line. Incompatible block pointer types sending 'void (^)(NSInteger, long long, long long)' to parameter of type 'void (^)(NSUInteger, long long, long long)' – Zeeland

Comment those code its just for tracking the progress. And i will look into it for the error. – Emphysema

Or you have to download AFHTTPRequestOperation explicitly and add it in your project. Bcoz AFHTTPRequestOperation is not part of the afnetworking – Emphysema

Hello Dilip. I am using this web service.rompio.com/web_service/… And i am using the code above which you suggest me.But i am not getting success.Can you please try and upload any video.and help me – Zeeland

Ok Thanks …I am waiting friend..As this is very urgent to me ..I am trying for this last three days . – Zeeland

let us continue this discussion in chat – Zeeland

Answer 2

Store selected video URL in some variable :

- (void)imagePickerController:(UIImagePickerController *)picker didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo:(NSDictionary<NSString *,id> *)info {
    if ([mediaType isEqualToString:(NSString *)kUTTypeMovie]) {
        selectedVideoURL = info[UIImagePickerControllerMediaURL];
    }
}

For latest version of AFNetworking, below code is used.

NSMutableDictionary *dictParams1 = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc]init];
[dictParams1 setObject:userID forKey:"userID"];
[dictParams1 setObject:otherparam forKey: "otherparam_Key"];

NSLog(@"REQUEST URL : ------------------ %@", API_URL);
NSLog(@"PARAMETERS : ------------------ %@", dictParams1);

NSString *strFileName = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%ld.mov", [[NSDate date] timeIntervalSince1970]];
NSMutableURLRequest *request = [[AFHTTPRequestSerializer serializer] multipartFormRequestWithMethod:@"POST" URLString:APIAddFeedVideo parameters:dictParams1 constructingBodyWithBlock:^(id<AFMultipartFormData> formData) {

    [formData appendPartWithFileURL:selectedVideoURL name:@"videofile" fileName:strFileName mimeType:@"video/mov" error:nil]; // video/quicktime //video/mp4
} error:nil];

AFURLSessionManager *manager = [[AFURLSessionManager alloc] initWithSessionConfiguration:[NSURLSessionConfiguration defaultSessionConfiguration]];

NSURLSessionUploadTask *uploadTask;
uploadTask = [manager uploadTaskWithStreamedRequest:request progress:^(NSProgress * _Nonnull uploadProgress) {

    // This is not called back on the main queue.
    // You are responsible for dispatching to the main queue for UI updates

    dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
        //Update the progress view
        //[progressView setProgress:uploadProgress.fractionCompleted];
    });
} completionHandler:^(NSURLResponse * _Nonnull response, id  _Nullable responseObject, NSError * _Nullable error) {
    if (error) {
          NSLog(@"Error: %@", error);
    } else {
        NSLog(@"VIDEO UPLOAD RESPONSE : %@ %@", response, responseObject);

    }
}];

[uploadTask resume];

Bruyn