NSString to NSURL returns false

Question

I have a URL which is in a string: http://bs.serving-sys.com/BurstingPipe/adServer.bs?cn=is&c=23&pl=VAST&pli=10226041&PluID=0&pos=6670&ord=%5B1423164382.84%5D&cim=1

I am trying to convert that string to NSURL.

I've tried several things, which are:

NSString *encodedString = [@"http://bs.serving-sys.com/BurstingPipe/adServer.bs?cn=is&c=23&pl=VAST&pli=10226041&PluID=0&pos=6670&ord=%5B1423164382.84%5D&cim=1" stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];

NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:encodedString];

When I follow the URL object with a breakpoint it assigns 0 => false.

What should I do to convert that string to NSURL?

Semantically speaking, it's actually assigning `nil`. – Ian MacDonald Feb 05 '15 at 20:10 — Ian MacDonald, Feb 05 '15 at 20:10

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 05 '15 at 20:09

The parameters in your given URL string are already URL encoded. So:

NSString *string = @"http://bs.serving-sys.com/BurstingPipe/adServer.bs?cn=is&c=23&pl=VAST&pli=10226041&PluID=0&pos=6670&ord=%5B1423164382.84%5D&cim=1";
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:string];
// url is not nil

NSString to NSURL returns false

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