AFNetworking http client not sending JSON parameters

Question

I created a subclass of AFHTTPClient and am trying to send some JSON parameters to a server.

However the server is responding with a Expected content type

{(
    "text/json",
    "application/json",
    "text/javascript"
)}, got application/xml

According to AFNetworking FAQ

If you're using AFHTTPClient, set the parameterEncoding property to AFJSONParameterEncoding. Any method on that HTTP client with a parameters argument will now encode the passed object into a JSON string and set the HTTP body and Content-Type header appropriately.

I've done that here but the server appears not to recognize the content-headers. Does anyone know of a potential solution?

Here is the method:

- (void)getCompanyDataWithString:(NSString*)companySearchQuery 
      finish:(LBMarkitAPIRequestCompletionBlock)finishBlock
{
    [self registerHTTPOperationClass:[AFJSONRequestOperation class]];
    [self setParameterEncoding:AFJSONParameterEncoding];

    NSDictionary *params = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObject:
        companySearchQuery forKey:@"input"];
    NSMutableURLRequest *searchQueryRequest = [self requestWithMethod:@"GET"
        path:kMarkitCompanyURL parameters:params];

    AFJSONRequestOperation *searchRequestOperation = [AFJSONRequestOperation 
        JSONRequestOperationWithRequest:searchQueryRequest 
        success:^(NSURLRequest *request, NSHTTPURLResponse *response, id json) 
        {
            NSLog(@"Response: %@", response);
            NSLog(@"JSON: %@",json);
            NSMutableArray *results = [NSMutableArray array];

            NSError *anError = [[NSError alloc] init];
            if ([json objectForKey:@"Message"]) 
            {
                NSString *message = [json objectForKey:@"Message"];
                anError = [[NSError alloc] initWithDomain:message
                                                     code:100 
                                                 userInfo:nil];
            }

            // Need some error handling code here
            for (id item in json) 
            {
                NSString *aName = [item objectForKey:@"Name"];
                NSString *aSymbol = [item objectForKey:@"Symbol"];
                NSString *anExchange = [item objectForKey:@"Exchange"];

                LBCompany *aCompany = [[LBCompany alloc] initWithName:aName 
                    Symbol:aSymbol Exchange:anExchange];
                [results addObject:aCompany];
            }
            // Need to run the passed in block after JSON 
            // Request Operation succeeds

            finishBlock(results,anError);
          }
        failure:^(NSURLRequest *request, NSHTTPURLResponse *response, 
            NSError *error, id JSON)
        {
            NSLog(@"request failed: %@",[error localizedDescription]);
            NSLog(@"Response: %@",response);
            NSLog(@"JSON: %@",JSON);
        }];

    [searchRequestOperation start];
    NSLog(@"JSON operation started");
}

Answer 1

The issue was with URL formatting. I didn't notice an API implementation detail that made sending Query Parameters necessary and also specifying JSON output in the URI.

There were no issues with regard to AFNetworking.