Swift 4 and 5
HTTP POST request
using URLSession API
in Swift 4
func postRequest(username: String, password: String, completion: @escaping ([String: Any]?, Error?) -> Void) {
//declare parameter as a dictionary which contains string as key and value combination.
let parameters = ["name": username, "password": password]
//create the url with NSURL
let url = URL(string: "https://www.myserver.com/api/login")!
//create the session object
let session = URLSession.shared
//now create the Request object using the url object
var request = URLRequest(url: url)
request.httpMethod = "POST" //set http method as POST
do {
request.httpBody = try JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: .prettyPrinted) // pass dictionary to data object and set it as request body
} catch let error {
print(error.localizedDescription)
completion(nil, error)
}
//HTTP Headers
request.addValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
request.addValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Accept")
//create dataTask using the session object to send data to the server
let task = session.dataTask(with: request, completionHandler: { data, response, error in
guard error == nil else {
completion(nil, error)
return
}
guard let data = data else {
completion(nil, NSError(domain: "dataNilError", code: -100001, userInfo: nil))
return
}
do {
//create json object from data
guard let json = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data, options: .mutableContainers) as? [String: Any] else {
completion(nil, NSError(domain: "invalidJSONTypeError", code: -100009, userInfo: nil))
return
}
print(json)
completion(json, nil)
} catch let error {
print(error.localizedDescription)
completion(nil, error)
}
})
task.resume()
}
@objc func submitAction(_ sender: UIButton) {
//call postRequest with username and password parameters
postRequest(username: "username", password: "password") { (result, error) in
if let result = result {
print("success: \(result)")
} else if let error = error {
print("error: \(error.localizedDescription)")
}
}
Using Alamofire:
let parameters = ["name": "username", "password": "password123"]
Alamofire.request("https://www.myserver.com/api/login", method: .post, parameters: parameters, encoding: URLEncoding.httpBody)