uiimage - Uploading Image via POST in Objective C

Question

I'm currently working on uploading an image to a server via HTTP Post and can't seem to figure out a way to build the url that calls the service. The user selects an image from the library or camera and then calls a json service that performs the insert statement.

The service is expecting the following uritemplate:

@"%@/DataTransfer/SetUserProfileImage?EMP_ID=%@&image=%@&imageName=%@"

It is expecting that the image data is converted somehow to string and sent over url.

This is my current code:

- (BOOL)setUserProfileImage:(UIImage *)imgUser Name:(NSString *)strName{

    AppDelegate *appDelegate = (AppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];

    NSData *dataImage = UIImagePNGRepresentation(imgUser);

    NSString* theNSString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:dataImage encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];

    NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@/DataTransfer    /SetUserProfileImage?EMP_ID=%@&"
                                   "image=%@&imageName=%@",
                                   appDelegate.ServerAddress, 
                                   appDelegate.UserId,
                                   theNSString,
                                   strName]];

    NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:url 
                                                       cachePolicy: NSURLRequestUseProtocolCachePolicy
                                                   timeoutInterval:10.0];

    [request setHTTPMethod:@"POST"];
    [request setValue:@"application/x-www-form-urlencoded" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Type"];


    NSURLResponse* response = nil;
   NSError* resultError = nil;

   NSData* data = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:request 
                                     returningResponse:&response 
                                                 error:&resultError];

   NSString *strResult = [[NSString alloc] initWithBytes:[data bytes] 
                                               length:[data length] 
                                             encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]; 

   BOOL imgResponse = [strResult boolValue];
   [strResult release];

   return imgResponse;
}

I get an error saying that the NSURL is "". Can't seem to build a correct URL. I know that the service itself converts this string to an image again.

UPDATE:

- (BOOL)setUserProfileImage:(UIImage *)imgUser Name:(NSString *)strName{

AppDelegate *appDelegate = (AppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];

NSString *url = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@/DataTransfer/SetUserProfileImage",appDelegate.ServerAddress]; 

NSData *data = UIImagePNGRepresentation(imgUser);

NSString * boundary = @"tweetPhotoBoundaryParm";
NSMutableData *postData = [NSMutableData dataWithCapacity:[data length] + 1024];

name="EMP_ID"

%@", @"100-01"];
NSString * boundaryString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"
--%@
", boundary];
NSString * boundaryStringFinal = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"
--%@--
", boundary];


[postData appendData:[boundaryString dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];    
[postData appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"Content-Disposition: form-data; name="image";
filename="media.png"
Content-Type: image/png

"] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
[postData appendData:data];
[postData appendData:[boundaryStringFinal dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];

NSMutableURLRequest * theRequest=(NSMutableURLRequest*)[NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:url] 
                                                                            cachePolicy:NSURLRequestUseProtocolCachePolicy 
                                                                        timeoutInterval:60.0];

[theRequest setHTTPMethod:@"POST"];

[theRequest addValue:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"multipart/form-data; boundary=%@", boundary] forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Type"];
//[theRequest addValue:@"www.tweetphoto.com" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Host"];
NSString * dataLength = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d", [postData length]];
[theRequest addValue:dataLength forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Length"];
[theRequest setHTTPBody:(NSData*)postData];

NSURLConnection * theConnection=[[NSURLConnection alloc] initWithRequest:theRequest delegate:self];

[UIApplication sharedApplication].networkActivityIndicatorVisible = YES;
if (theConnection)
{
    webData =[[NSMutableData data] retain];
}
else
{
    NSLog(@"%@",@"Could not connect to the network");
}

return false;
}

Answer 1

Objective-C

-(void)saveImageToServer
{
    // COnvert Image to NSData
    NSData *dataImage = UIImageJPEGRepresentation([UIImage imageNamed:@"yourImage"], 1.0f);

    // set your URL Where to Upload Image
    NSString *urlString = @"Your URL HERE";

    // set your Image Name
    NSString *filename = @"YourImageFileName";

    // Create 'POST' MutableRequest with Data and Other Image Attachment.
    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 *postbody = [NSMutableData data];
    [postbody appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"
--%@
",boundary] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
    [postbody appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"Content-Disposition: form-data; name="userfile"; filename="%@.jpg"
", filename] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
    [postbody appendData:[[NSString stringWithString:@"Content-Type: application/octet-stream

"] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
    [postbody appendData:[NSData dataWithData:dataImage]];
    [postbody appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"
--%@--
",boundary] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
    [request setHTTPBody:postbody];

    // Get Response of Your Request
    NSData *returnData = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:request returningResponse:nil error:nil];
    NSString *responseString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:returnData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
    NSLog(@"Response  %@",responseString);
}

Swift

// COnvert Image to NSData
var dataImage: NSData = UIImageJPEGRepresentation(UIImage(named: "yourImage"), 1.0)
// set your URL Where to Upload Image
var urlString: String = "Your URL HERE"
// set your Image Name
var filename: String = "YourImageFileName"
// Create 'POST' MutableRequest with Data and Other Image Attachment.
var request: NSMutableURLRequest = NSMutableURLRequest()
request.URL = NSURL(string: urlString)!
request.HTTPMethod = "POST"
var boundary: String = "---------------------------14737809831466499882746641449"
var contentType: String = "multipart/form-data; boundary=(boundary)"
request.addValue(contentType, forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
var postbody: NSMutableData = NSMutableData.data()
postbody.appendData("
--(boundary)
".dataUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding))
postbody.appendData("Content-Disposition: form-data; name="userfile"; filename="(filename).jpg"
".dataUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding))
postbody.appendData(String.stringWithString("Content-Type: application/octet-stream

").dataUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding))
postbody.appendData(NSData.dataWithData(dataImage))
postbody.appendData("
--(boundary)--
".dataUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding))
request.HTTPBody = postbody
// Get Response of Your Request
var returnData: NSData = NSURLConnection.sendSynchronousRequest(request, returningResponse: nil, error: nil)
var responseString: String = String(data: returnData, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding)
NSLog("Response  %@", responseString)