SimpleHTTP

SimpleHTTP is a simple, lightweight Networking framework that executes asynchronous http calls on background threads so as to maintain thread safety. It takes into consideration whether the device is running on a Cellular or a Wifi network in order to adjust http requests processing accordingly.

• Requirements
• Installation
• Usage
• License

Requirements

• iOS 8.0+
• Xcode 8.0+

Installation

Manually

You can integrate SimpleHTTP into your project manually.

Git Submodules

• Open up Terminal, cd into your top-level project directory, and run the following command "if" your project is not initialized as a git repository:

$ git init

• Add SimpleHTTP as a git submodule by running the following command:

$ git submodule add https://github.com/alyakan/SimpleHttp.git
$ git submodule update --init --recursive

• Open the new SimpleHTTP folder, and drag the SimpleHTTP.xcodeproj into the Project Navigator of your application's Xcode project.

  It should appear nested underneath your application's blue project icon. Whether it is above or below all the other Xcode groups does not matter.

• Select the SimpleHTTP.xcodeproj in the Project Navigator and verify the deployment target matches that of your application target.

• Next, select your application project in the Project Navigator (blue project icon) to navigate to the target configuration window and select the application target under the "Targets" heading in the sidebar.

• In the tab bar at the top of that window, open the "General" panel.

• Click on the + button under the "Embedded Binaries" section.

• You will see two different SimpleHTTP.xcodeproj folders each with two different versions of the SimpleHTTP.framework nested inside a Products folder.

  It does not matter which Products folder you choose from.

• Select the SimpleHTTP.framework.

• And that's it!

Make sure to Build your project at any point before using the package.

The SimpleHTTP.framework is automagically added as a target dependency, linked framework and embedded framework in a copy files build phase which is all you need to build on the simulator and a device.

Embeded Binaries

• Download the latest release from https://github.com/alyakan/SimpleHttp.git
• Next, select your application project in the Project Navigator (blue project icon) to navigate to the target configuration window and select the application target under the "Targets" heading in the sidebar.
• In the tab bar at the top of that window, open the "General" panel.
• Click on the + button under the "Embedded Binaries" section.
• Add the downloaded SimpleHTTP.framework.
• And that's it!

Usage

Inside your ViewController.swift, or any file you wish to use the framework, add the line import SimpleHTTP before any class declaration, if you can't find SimpleHTTP, make sure that you have built your project by selecting Product -> Build.

For making a GET request, add the following where you want to make the HTTP call, change the url string to the api you want to request:

if let request = SimpleHTTPRequest(url: URL(string: "https://reqres.in/api/users")!, httpMethod: .get) { // Create a SimpleHTTPRequest Object
    SimpleHTTP.enqueue(request: request) { // Enqueue the request, this part is mandatory.
    SimpleHTTP.execute { (response, data, err) in // Execute the request and handle the data in a completion block.
        print("Response: ", response ?? "No Response")
    }
}

For making a request an HTTP body such as a POST Request:

var parameters: NSDictionary!
parameters = ["name": "paul rudd", "movies": ["I love you man"]]
if let simpleRequest = SimpleHTTPRequest(url: url, httpMethod: .post, parameters: self.parameters) {
    SimpleHTTP.enqueue(request: simpleRequest)
    SimpleHTTP.execute(currentReachabilityStatus, completionHandler: { (response, data, error) in // This is just another way to handle the completion block
        print("Response: ", response ?? "No Response")
    })
}

License

SimpleHTTP is released under the MIT license. See LICENSE for details.