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Use [siesta-swift] for questions about the Siesta REST library for iOS. For the Javascript unit testing tool, use the tag [siesta].

Siesta is a REST framework for iOS apps. It provides a resource-centric alternative to the familiar request-centric approach to networking.

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Cocoapods No such module 'Siesta'

I've just installed Siesta (1.0-beta.4) using cocoapods, but when I try to import it with import Siesta inside a swift file I receive this error: No such module 'Siesta' This is my Podfile: platform :ios, '8.0' use_frameworks! pod 'Siesta',…
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Observing multiple Resources in Siesta

In my class I have multiple Resource Siesta objects that I want all loaded with data before I populate the table view and enable user input. Here's the code: var trainees: Resource? { didSet { oldValue?.removeObservers(ownedBy: self) …
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Siesta iOS POST request errors out with "unsupported URL"

I am having trouble with Siesta - an iOS REST Client Framework https://bustoutsolutions.github.io/siesta/. Below is a simple example of a POST request to a REST API server, which fails with a "unsupported URL" error. Does anybody out there have any…
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How to make the response object that another ViewController's post request returns append to a TableViewController with Siesta Swift

I am a Swift beginner so apologies. With Siesta, I want to make a post request in a ViewController and then have the Entry object the request returns added to the TableViewController. In my ViewController: EntryAPI.sharedInstance.addEntry() The API…
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Swift Siesta transformer pipeline distinguish between `/path/{id}` and `/path/special-token`

Suppose I am setting up my transformers and need to handle two similar API routes that return different object schemas, e.g. /beers/{id} -> [Beer] /beers/grouped-by-country -> [Country:Beer] It seems Siesta is unable to distinguish…
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Siesta loading fails on stale resources

When I start my app (simulator or on phone) after some time has passed (e.g. some hours), Siesta won't load my resources and the statusOverlay() will be shown indefinitely. In detail, I have a HomeViewController, which issues the following request…
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How to decorate Siesta request with an asynchronous task

What is the correct way to alter a Request performing an asynchronous task before the Request happens? So any request Rn need to become transparently Tn then Rn. A little of background here: The Task is a 3rd party SDK that dispatch a Token I need…
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ios swift siesta ResourceObserver resourceRequestProgress never called

I am using Siesta for REST calls and I am trying to create a simple ResourceObserver to display a SVProgressHUD. open class SVProgressHUDResourceObserver: ResourceObserver { static let sharedInstance = SVProgressHUDResourceObserver() //…
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Is it possible to specify a cache policy?

Is it possible in Siesta to use a cache policy like: LocalOnly NetworkFirst Where LocalOnly is getting the data from the local cache only, and NetworkFirst is getting the data from the network, and if it fails, retrieve from local cache.
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Does Siesta support HTTP long polling

I have an API endpoint which responds with an endless sequence of JSON objects. Like GET /commands?since=112233 {"cmd": "mycommand", "params": [...]} {"cmd": "othercommand", "params": [...]} ... The session almost never ends (the server has a…
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Using Siesta with a non-restful API

I know this is probably a long-shot, but is it possible to use Siesta with a completely non-RESTful API? The API I have to work with (and is not in my control so sadly cannot change) requires every request to be a POST request regardless of whether…
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Getting an AuthToken using Siesta via Password Grant

new to both Swift and Siesta... Trying to make a "password" grant type request. I used the code located here (the block at the very bottom). My code is: var authToken: String?? var tokenCreationResource: Resource { return resource("oauth/v2/token")…
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Initialisation of Realm objects from JSON built upon Siesta Entity fails

I am using Siesta to fetch resources from my server. And I am following the user guide to configure a transformer to automatically transform JSON strings into Realm objects. It works for single objects, but somehow, fails with arrays of such…
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Swift structs: no type named 'Business' in module

I'm building a project using Swift 3 and Xcode 8.1. First I created an API client using Siesta on a framework and I'm including it on my mail project, but when I try to use an struct from the framework to do a downcast I get an error No type named…
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cache multiple resources from a single request

Let's say I'm making a request for /products.json which returns a JSON array with X number of products. Each is available at /product/[id].json. Is it possible to make siesta cache that information instead of making a request for each product? Or do…
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