Uploading a file from AVCapture using AFNetworking

Question

I have a video that is captured with AVCapture, and I'm trying to upload with AFNetworking with Swift.

Code:

let manager = AFHTTPRequestOperationManager()
let url = "http://localhost/test/upload.php"
var fileURL = NSURL.fileURLWithPath(string: ViewControllerVideoPath)
var params = [
    "familyId":locationd,
    "contentBody" : "Some body content for the test application",
    "name" : "the name/title",
    "typeOfContent":"photo"
]

manager.POST( url, parameters: params,
    constructingBodyWithBlock: { (data: AFMultipartFormData!) in
        println("")
        var res = data.appendPartWithFileURL(fileURL, name: "fileToUpload", error: nil)
        println("was file added properly to the body? \(res)")
    },
    success: { (operation: AFHTTPRequestOperation!, responseObject: AnyObject!) in
        println("Yes thies was a success")
    },
    failure: { (operation: AFHTTPRequestOperation!, error: NSError!) in
        println("We got an error here.. \(error.localizedDescription)")
})

The code above fails, I keep getting

was file added properly to the body? false"

note that ViewControllerVideoPath is a string containing the location of the video which is:

"/private/var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/1110EE7A-7572-4092-8045-6EEE1B62949/tmp/movie.mov" 

using println().... The code above works when I'm uploading a file included in the directory and using:

 var fileURL = NSURL.fileURLWithPath(NSBundle.mainBundle().pathForResource("test_1", ofType: "mov")!)

So definitely my PHP code is fine, and the problem lies with uploading that file saved on the device, what am I doing wrong here?

Answer 1

Comments don't allow a full explanation so here is more info;

NSBundle.mainBundle() refers to a path in the bundle file The path in the simulator differs from that of the application ... this is not what you want. There are a number of "folders" you can access based on your needs (private or sharable/files that can get backed up to the cloud). NSPathUtils.h gives a breakdown of the paths available. In keeping with conventions used by most, you should probably create a private path under your application path by doing something like;

  - (NSURL *) applicationPrivateDocumentsDirectory{
  NSURL *pathURL = [[self applicationLibraryDirecory]URLByAppendingPathComponent:@"MyApplicationName"];
  return pathURL;

}

  - (NSURL *) applicationLibraryDirecory{

  return [[[NSFileManager defaultManager] URLsForDirectory:NSLibraryDirectory inDomains:NSUserDomainMask] lastObject];

}

You can test if it exists, if not, create it ... then store your video files in this path, and pass this to your AVCapture as the location to store the file.