Upload photo from iPhone to 4D Server

16-06-2021

-(IBAction)uploadPhoto:(id)sender {
NSMutableURLRequest *request = [[NSMutableURLRequest alloc] initWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://www.domain.com/4DACTION/showcaseUploadPic"]
                                                            cachePolicy:NSURLRequestUseProtocolCachePolicy
                                                        timeoutInterval:60]; 

[request setHTTPMethod:@"POST"]; 

// We need to add a header field named Content-Type with a value that tells that it's a form and also add a boundary.
// I just picked a boundary by using one from a previous trace, you can just copy/paste from the traces.
NSString *boundary = @"----WebKitFormBoundaryQkZe6RUJZ2xbzXLB";

NSString *contentType = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"multipart/form-data; boundary=%@",boundary];

[request addValue:contentType forHTTPHeaderField: @"Content-Type"];
// end of what we've added to the header.

// the body of the post.
NSMutableData *body = [NSMutableData data];

// Now we need to append the different data 'segments'. We first start by adding the boundary.
[body appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"\r\n--%@\r\n",boundary] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];

// Now append the image
// Note that the name of the form field is exactly the same as in the trace ('picBLOB' in my case).
// You can choose whatever filename you want.
[body appendData:[[NSString stringWithString:@"Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"picBLOB\" filename=\"image001.jpg\"\r\n"] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];

// We now need to tell the receiver what content type we have.
// In my case it's a jpg image. If you have a png, set it to 'image/png'.
[body appendData:[[NSString stringWithString:@"Content-Type: image/jpg\r\n\r\n"] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];

// Now we append the actual image data.
// I use a NSData object called photoData.
[body appendData:[NSData dataWithData:photoData]];

NSLog(@"photoData size = %i",[photoData length]);

// and again the delimiting boundary.
[body appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"\r\n--%@--\r\n",boundary] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];

// adding the body we've created to the request.
[request setHTTPBody:body];

NSURLConnection * connection = [[NSURLConnection alloc] initWithRequest:request delegate:self];
NSLog(@"connection = %@",connection);
}