How to use NSURLConnection completionHandler with swift

Question

Does anybody know how handlers (blocks) work in swift? I am trying to get this code running but i can't find any documentation of the right syntax for the completionHandler.

let url:NSURL = NSURL(string:"some url")
let request:NSURLRequest = NSURLRequest(URL:url)
let queue:NSOperationQueue = NSOperationQueue()

NSURLConnection.sendAsynchronousRequest(request:request, queue:queue, completionHandler handler:((NSURLResponse!, NSData!, NSError!) -> Void)!)

Roseroseann

Answer 1

Like this:

NSURLConnection.sendAsynchronousRequest(request, queue: queue, completionHandler:{ response, data, error in /* Your code */ })

Or more verbose variant.

NSURLConnection.sendAsynchronousRequest(request, queue: queue, completionHandler:{ (response: NSURLResponse!, data: NSData!, error: NSError!) -> Void in
    /* Your code */
})

Restrict

Can anyone help me understand how to get data out of the NSURLConnection.sendAsynchronousRequest? The completionHandler requires a void return value, so I am not certain how to get my request data out of the completionHandler. thanks! – Christelchristen

You have access for example to the other variables into the function where you call the class method sendAsynchronousRequest, e.g., var lol: String! = "a" NSURLConnection.sendAsynchronousRequest(request, queue: NSOperationQueue.mainQueue(), completionHandler:{ (response: NSURLResponse!, data: NSData!, error: NSError!) -> Void in /* Your code */ lol = "b" }) – Nerine

Answer 2

You need to use this code:

NSURLConnection.sendAsynchronousRequest(request,queue:queue,completionHandler:{response,data,error in /* code goes here */ })

For more info, you can refer to this tutorial, or or check the answers to How to parse a JSON file in swift?.

Westernism

Answer 3

sendAsynchronousRequest has been deprecated in newer versions of Swift. Move to dataTaskWithRequest, luckily it is used pretty much the same way

let request:NSURLRequest = NSURLRequest(URL:NSURL(string:"http://YOUR_DESIRED_URL.com")!)
let config = NSURLSessionConfiguration.defaultSessionConfiguration()
let session = NSURLSession(configuration: config)

let task = session.dataTaskWithRequest(request, completionHandler: {(data, response, error) in

});

task.resume()

Lemkul

Answer 4

The right term you are looking for here is Closure. Closures in Swift are similar to blocks in C and Objective-C. In addition to Tomáš's answer there is another short version to use the completion handler here:

NSURLConnection.sendAsynchronousRequest(request, queue: queue, completionHandler: {$0; $1; $2})

Here I have used Shorthand Argument Names. I am accessing response as $0, data as $1 and error as $3. I find this syntax more easy to read and write unless the parameters are large in number otherwise the code will become unreadable.

Spitsbergen