Sending Image from Xcode to Server

awesome really 

written by http://www.geronimobile.com/sending-image-from-xcode-to-server/

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NSString *urlString = @"http://www.example.com/path/to/script.php";       //Convert your UIImage to NSDate     NSData *imageData = UIImageJPEGRepresentation(yourImage,.3);           if (imageData != nil)     {         NSString *filenames = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"SelfieName"];      //set name here           NSMutableURLRequest *request = [[NSMutableURLRequest alloc] init];         [request setURL:[NSURL URLWithString:urlString]];         [request setHTTPMethod:@"POST"];           NSString *boundary = @"---------------------------14737809831466499882746641449";         NSString *contentType = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"multipart/form-data; boundary=%@",boundary];         [request addValue:contentType forHTTPHeaderField: @"Content-Type"];           NSMutableData *body = [NSMutableData data];           [body appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"\r\n--%@\r\n",boundary] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];         [body appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"filenames\"\r\n\r\n"] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];         [body appendData:[filenames dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];         [body appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"\r\n--%@\r\n",boundary] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];   //I use a method called randomStringWithLength: to create a unique name for the file, so when all the aapps are sending files to the server, none of them will have the same name:         [body appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"userfile\"; filename=\"%@.jpg\"\r\n",[self randomStringWithLength:10]] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];         [body appendData:[@"Content-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n" dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];         [body appendData:[NSData dataWithData:imageData]];         [body appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"\r\n--%@--\r\n",boundary] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];           [request setHTTPBody:body];           NSOperationQueue *queue = [[NSOperationQueue alloc] init];           //I chose to run my code async so the app could continue doing stuff while the image was sent to the server.         [NSURLConnection sendAsynchronousRequest:request queue:queue completionHandler:^(NSURLResponse *response, NSData *data, NSError *error)         {               NSData *returnData = data;             NSLog(@"data recieved!");               //Do what you want with your return data.           }];

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NSString *letters = @"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789";   -(NSString *) randomStringWithLength: (int) len {     NSMutableString *randomString = [NSMutableString stringWithCapacity: len];     for (int i=0; i<len; i++) {  [randomString appendFormat: @"%C", [letters characterAtIndex: arc4random_uniform([letters length]) % [letters length]]];  }     return randomString; }

This code  can be implemented almost anywhere in your existing code. Change the url name to your script and you’re almost there! Speaking of scripts…

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<?php   $target_path = "imageDump/";  //where you want the uploaded images to go, I recommend an upload only directory $target_path = $target_path . basename( $_FILES['userfile']['name'] );   if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'], $target_path)) {   //successful move } else {   //unsuccessful move } ?>

 

And there you go! Hoopefully you found this usefull.

-Jonathan Malott