xml parsing with Post method+iphone

Question

I am having problem with xmlparsing with post method.

API URL :  http://XXX.XXX.X.XX/api/user.php
Function Name : getUserList
Sample XML :
<root>
    <data>
        <id>0</id>
        <search></search>
    </data>
</root>

Now i am using :-

// setting up the URL to post to
NSString *urlString = @"http://XXX.XXX.X.XX/api/user.php";

// setting up the request object now
NSMutableURLRequest *request = [[[NSMutableURLRequest alloc] init] autorelease];
[request setURL:[NSURL URLWithString:urlString]];
[request setHTTPMethod:@"POST"];

But how should i make the post HTMLbody part in this..

Means where and how should i put functional name and sample xml in the code

My Edited Question is :-

  NSString *urlString = @" http://192.168.6.79/silverAPI/api/user.php/getUserList";

    // setting up the request object now
    NSMutableURLRequest *request = [[[NSMutableURLRequest alloc] init] autorelease];
    [request setURL:[NSURL URLWithString:urlString]];
    [request setHTTPMethod:@"POST"];
    NSString * str = @"<root><data><id>0</id><search>a</search></data></root>";
    NSString * message= [NSString stringWithFormat:@"/getUserList mydata=%@", str];
    [request setHTTPBody:[message dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
    [request addValue:@"application/xml; charset=utf-8" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Type"];





    // now lets make the connection to the web
    NSData *returnData = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:request returningResponse:nil error:nil];
    NSString *returnString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:returnData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];

    NSLog(@"Responce==>%@",returnString);

But i getting black in responce.Pleaseee help me out.. is my

 NSString *urlString = @" http://192.168.6.79/silverAPI/api/user.php/getUserList";

And

NSString * str = @"0a"; NSString * message= [NSString stringWithFormat:@"/getUserList mydata=%@", str]; [request setHTTPBody:[message dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]]; [request addValue:@"application/xml; charset=utf-8" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Type"];

This part of code is correct??

Nekto · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-21T07:25:38.673

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You can set html body using method - (void)setHTTPBody:(NSData *)data. For example:

[request setHTTPBody:[message dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];

where message is,in your case, xml.

Also you need to add this code to help server to determine type of sent data:

[request addValue:@"application/xml; charset=utf-8" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Type"];

If you want to set some additional flags to your request you can use method - (void)setValue:(NSString *)value forHTTPHeaderField:(NSString *)field.

edited Sep 21 '11 at 07:25

answered Sep 21 '11 at 06:40

Nekto

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Thank for the quick reply.Can u give me the idea how should i get the responce data.I had used this.Please guide me whether it is proper:-NSData *returnData = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:request returningResponse:nil error:nil]; NSString *returnString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:returnData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]; – ios developer Sep 21 '11 at 06:45
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It looks ok, but why don't you want to check returning response code? – Nekto Sep 21 '11 at 06:59
I want to check that whether the responce i m getting throigh this is proper or not – ios developer Sep 21 '11 at 07:11
@Nikto Thanks for the reply and help.my request is :-NSString *message=@"getUserList;data=0a"; [request setHTTPBody:[message dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]]; I am geting black in responce string.I am should i need to add somthing like this:-[request setValue:nil forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Type"]; – ios developer Sep 21 '11 at 07:16
Are you sure that your server expects xml in `mydata`? ` NSString * message= [NSString stringWithFormat:@"/getUserList mydata=%@", str];`? And i think, you should remove "/getUserList " – Nekto Sep 21 '11 at 09:51
let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/3653/discussion-between-shweta-and-nekto) – ios developer Sep 21 '11 at 10:00

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 30 '11 at 08:50

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What you have done is perfect, please check on server side whether response from there is coming properly by sending the same request or not.

edited Sep 30 '11 at 08:50

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answered Sep 30 '11 at 07:43

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