Get NSData straight from AFNetworking, rather than letting it convert to UIImage

Question

Is there a flag that would let me get NSData, rather than let AFNetworking convert my responseData into the corresponding data type(UIImage, NSString)?

Answer 1

The AFHTTPResponseSerializer will return the raw NSData:

    AFHTTPRequestOperationManager *manager = [AFHTTPRequestOperationManager manager];
    manager.responseSerializer = [AFHTTPResponseSerializer serializer];

    [manager GET:... parameters:... 
         success:^(AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation, NSData *responseObject) {} 
         failure:...];