Using AFNetworking or JSONKit to talk to a Node.js express webserver

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If all I wanted to do with a webserver was to request data and send commands from an iPhone app, all I'd need for that is AFJSONRequestOperation, correct? Why are some people also using JSONKit with AFNetworking? If I use JSONKit then do I still need to use AFNetworking?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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You need a JSON parsing library (like JSONKit) if you are deploying to < iOS 5.

AFNetworking does all the networking stuff JSONKit does the parsing/encoding of JSON on < iOS 5

From AFNetworking git

AFNetworking requires either iOS 4.0 and above, or Mac OS 10.6 and above.

AFNetworking uses NSJSONSerialization if it is available. If your app targets a platform where this class is not available you can include one of the following JSON libraries to your project for AFNetworking to automatically detect and use.

JSONKit

SBJson

YAJL

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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I ran the same program in the iOS 4.3 simulator, and it didn't need any extra JSON libraries to work. – neuromancer Apr 03 '12 at 08:24

Using AFNetworking or JSONKit to talk to a Node.js express webserver

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