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I need to fetch a redirecting URL but prevent redirection in Swift. From other posts and Apple docs I understand I must implement the delegate method URLSession(session:, task:, willPerformHTTPRedirection response:, request:, completionHandler:) and return nil via the completion closure. But I can't find examples in swift, nor figure out the right way to do it. The code below reproduces my issue in playground: the delegate does not seem to get executed.
import Foundation
import XCPlayground
XCPSetExecutionShouldContinueIndefinitely(continueIndefinitely: true)
class MySession: NSObject, NSURLSessionDelegate, NSURLSessionTaskDelegate {
// trying to follow instructions at https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/Foundation/Reference/NSURLSessionTaskDelegate_protocol/index.html#//apple_ref/occ/intfm/NSURLSessionTaskDelegate/URLSession:task:willPerformHTTPRedirection:newRequest:completionHandler:
// to prevent redirection -- DOES NOT SEEM TO GET CALLED
func URLSession(session: NSURLSession, task: NSURLSessionTask, willPerformHTTPRedirection response: NSHTTPURLResponse, newRequest request: NSURLRequest, completionHandler: (NSURLRequest!) -> Void) {
println("in URLSession delegate") // NEVER PRINTS
completionHandler(nil) // NO EFFECT
}
// fetch data from URL with NSURLSession
class func getDataFromServerWithSuccess(myURL: String, success: (response: String!) -> Void) {
var session = NSURLSession.sharedSession()
let loadDataTask = session.dataTaskWithURL(NSURL(string: myURL)!) { (data: NSData!, response: NSURLResponse!, error: NSError!) -> Void in
// OMITTING ERROR CHECKING FOR BREVITY
success(response: NSString(data: data!, encoding: NSASCIIStringEncoding) as String)
}
loadDataTask.resume()
}
// extract data from redirect
class func getRedirectionInfo(url: String) {
getDataFromServerWithSuccess(url) {(data) -> Void in
if let html = data {
if html.rangeOfString("<html><head><title>Object moved</title>", options: .RegularExpressionSearch) != nil {
println("success: redirection was prevented") // SHOULD PRINT THIS
} else {
println("failure: redirection went through") // INSTEAD PRINTS THIS
}
}
}
}
}
MySession.getRedirectionInfo("http://bit.ly/filmenczer") // ex. redirecting link
Please be gentle, I am a newbie. Thank you in advance for any assistance!
UPDATE: With many thanks to @nate I got it to work. The key insight is that in order for the delegate to be called, one must pass the delegate class to the NSURLSession() initializer, rather than using NSURLSession.sharedSession(). Passing nil as the delegate yields the customary behavior (with redirection). Here is working version of the code:
import Foundation
import XCPlayground
XCPSetExecutionShouldContinueIndefinitely(continueIndefinitely: true)
class MySession: NSObject, NSURLSessionDelegate, NSURLSessionTaskDelegate {
// to prevent redirection
func URLSession(session: NSURLSession, task: NSURLSessionTask, willPerformHTTPRedirection response: NSHTTPURLResponse, newRequest request: NSURLRequest, completionHandler: (NSURLRequest!) -> Void) {
completionHandler(nil)
}
// fetch data from URL with NSURLSession
class func getDataFromServerWithSuccess(myURL: String, noRedirect: Bool, success: (response: String!) -> Void) {
var myDelegate: MySession? = nil
if noRedirect {
myDelegate = MySession()
}
let session = NSURLSession(configuration: NSURLSessionConfiguration.defaultSessionConfiguration(), delegate: myDelegate, delegateQueue: nil)
let loadDataTask = session.dataTaskWithURL(NSURL(string: myURL)!) { (data: NSData!, response: NSURLResponse!, error: NSError!) -> Void in
// OMITTING ERROR CHECKING FOR BREVITY
success(response: NSString(data: data!, encoding: NSASCIIStringEncoding) as String)
}
loadDataTask.resume()
}
// extract data from redirect
class func getRedirectionInfo(url: String) {
getDataFromServerWithSuccess(url, noRedirect: true) {(data) -> Void in
if let html = data {
if html.rangeOfString("<html>\n<head><title>Bitly</title>", options: .RegularExpressionSearch) != nil {
println("success: redirection was prevented")
} else {
println("failure: redirection went through")
}
}
}
}
}
MySession.getRedirectionInfo("http://bit.ly/filmenczer")
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You have two things standing in your way with your current implementation.
You never set the delegate property on the NSURLSession instance that you're using to make the request. Without the delegate property set, your delegate methods won't ever be called. Instead of getting NSURLSession.sharedSession(), look at the NSURLSession(configuration:delegate:delegateQueue:) initializer. The first and last parameters can be NSURLSessionConfiguration.defaultSessionConfiguration() and nil, respectively, see below for more about the delegate.
Note that when you use the variant of
session.dataTaskWithURLthat has a completion handler, delegate methods that handle response and data delivery will be ignored, but authentication and redirection handlers are still used.
You'll have to refactor somewhat to use MySession as a delegate, since you're using class methods to make the request. You need an instance to use as the session's delegate.
I took a short and incomplete route to having the delegate pick up on the redirect with this alternate code—you'll need to refactor as in #3 to make sure you can still call your callback:
class func getDataFromServerWithSuccess(myURL: String, success: (response: String!) -> Void) {
let delegate = MySession()
var session = NSURLSession(configuration: NSURLSessionConfiguration.defaultSessionConfiguration(), delegate: delegate, delegateQueue: nil)
let task = session.dataTaskWithURL(NSURL(string: myURL)!) {
// ...
}
task.resume()
}
Hope that helps!
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