iOS Bad URL for NSUrlConnection

Question

I have a url in an NSString called myUrl. When I NSLog myUrl I see the following:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/57665723%2FChocolatesRUs%2FJellies%2FUn-sugared%2Fgen%20no%20sugar.pdf

I then try connecting using this url as follows:

NSURL* url = [ NSURL URLWithString:nextFileURL ];
NSMutableURLRequest* request =  [ [ NSMutableURLRequest alloc ] initWithURL: url ];
NSURLConnection* conn = [ [ NSURLConnection alloc ] initWithRequest: request delegate: self ];

I am getting the following error:

errorcode=-1000, error=Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1000 "bad URL" UserInfo=0x27e540 {NSUnderlyingError=0x26d800 "bad URL", NSLocalizedDescription=bad URL}

I have tried using

NSString* myUrl = [myUrl stringByReplacingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];

but this doesn't work either.

Can anyone see the problem?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 25 '12 at 15:51

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Maybe you can escape your url with stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding instead of stringByReplacingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding.

edited Nov 25 '12 at 15:51

fredrik

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answered Oct 10 '12 at 14:42

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 15 '14 at 05:39

stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding is remove spaces and adding percents

NSString *urlString =[NSString stringWithFormat:@"&street=%@&street2=&city=%@&state=%@&
zipcode=%@&candidates=10", address.address2,address.city, address.state, address.zip5];
NSLog(@"BAD URL - %@",urlString ); // there is space in url

NSString *encodedUrl = [urlString stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSLog(@" CORRECT URL - %@", encodedUrl); // url encode that space by %20


NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL RLWithString:encodedUrl]];

iOS Bad URL for NSUrlConnection

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