Dots

Example

To run the example project, clone the repo, and run pod install from the Example directory first.

Requirements

  • iOS 8.0+ / macOS 10.10+ / tvOS 9.0+ / watchOS 2.0+
  • Xcode 8.0+
  • Swift 4.0+

Installation

CocoaPods

CocoaPods is a dependency manager for Cocoa projects. You can install it with the following command:

$ gem install cocoapods
Bash

CocoaPods 1.1+ is required to build StorageManager.

To integrate StorageManager into your Xcode project using CocoaPods, specify it in your Podfile:

source 'https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs.git'
platform :ios, '9.0'
use_frameworks!

target '<Your Target Name>' do
    pod 'Dots'
end
Ruby

Then, run the following command:

$ pod install
Bash

Carthage

Carthage is a decentralized dependency manager that builds your dependencies and provides you with binary frameworks.

You can install Carthage with Homebrew using the following command:

$ brew update
$ brew install carthage
Bash

To integrate StorageManager into your Xcode project using Carthage, specify it in your Cartfile:

github "iAmrSalman/Dots" ~> 0.5.0
Ogdl

Run carthage update to build the framework and drag the built Dots.framework into your Xcode project.

Swift Package Manager

The Swift Package Manager is a tool for automating the distribution of Swift code and is integrated into the swift compiler. It is in early development, but StorageManager does support its use on supported platforms.

Once you have your Swift package set up, adding StorageManager as a dependency is as easy as adding it to the dependencies value of your Package.swift.

dependencies: [
    .package(url: "https://github.com/iAmrSalman/Dots.git", from: "0.5.0")
]
Swift

Usage

Making a Request

import Dots

Dots.defualt.request("<URL>") { (dot: Dot) in
    
  print(dot.response) // HTTP URL response
  print(dot.data)     // server data
  print(dot.error)    // Errors from request processing
  print(dot.json)     // JSON dictionary [String: Any]

}
Swift

HTTP Methods

The HTTPMethod enumeration lists the HTTP methods:

public enum HTTPMethod: String {
  case options = "OPTIONS"
  case get     = "GET"
  case head    = "HEAD"
  case post    = "POST"
  case put     = "PUT"
  case patch   = "PATCH"
  case delete  = "DELETE"
  case trace   = "TRACE"
  case connect = "CONNECT"
}
Swift

These values can be passed as the method argument to the request Function:

Dots.defualt.request("<URL>") // method defaults to `.get`
Dots.defualt.request("<URL>", method: .post)
Dots.defualt.request("<URL>", method: .put)
Dots.defualt.request("<URL>", method: .delete)
Swift

The request method parameter defaults to .get.

Parameter Encoding

GET Request With URL-Encoded Parameters

let parameters: Parameters = ["foo": "bar"]

Dots.defualt.request("<URL>", parameters: parameters) // defaults url encoding
Dots.defualt.request("<URL>", parameters: parameters, encoding: .url)

// <URL>?foo=bar
Swift

POST Request With URL-Encoded Parameters

let parameters: Parameters = [
  "foo": "bar",
  "baz": ["a", 1],
  "qux": [
    "x": 1,
    "y": 2,
    "z": 3
  ]
]

Dots.defualt.request("<URL>", method: .post, parameters: parameters) // defaults url encoding
Dots.defualt.request("<URL>", method: .post, parameters: parameters, encoding: .url)

//httpHeader: Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=utf-8

// HTTP body: foo=bar&baz[]=a&baz[]=1&qux[x]=1&qux[y]=2&qux[z]=3
Swift

POST Request With JSON-Encoded Parameters

let parameters: Parameters = [
  "foo": [1,2,3],
  "bar": [
    "baz": "qux"
  ]
]

Dots.defualt.request("<URL>", method: .post, parameters: parameters, encoding: .json)

//HTTP header: Content-Type: application/json

// HTTP body: {"foo": [1, 2, 3], "bar": {"baz": "qux"}}
Swift

HTTP Headers

Adding a custom HTTP header to a Request is supported directly in the global request method. This makes it easy to attach HTTP headers to a Request.

let headers: HTTPHeaders = [
  "Authorization": "Basic QWxhZGRpbjpvcGVuIHNlc2FtZQ==",
  "Accept": "application/json"
]

Dots.defualt.request("<URL>", headers: headers)
Swift

Concurrency

Choosing between Asynchronous and Synchronous is supported

Dots.defualt.request("<URL>", concurrency: .async) // concurrency defaults to `.async`
Dots.defualt.request("<URL>", concurrency: .sync)
Swift

Maximum concurrent requests

Customizing Maximum concurrent requests executing simultaneously is supported.

The defualt is checking if device is on cellular connection, maximum concurrent requests is restricted to 2, while Wi-Fi is executing up to 6 simultaneous requests.

let customDots = Dots(maxConcurrentOperation: <Int>)
customDots.request("<URL>")
Swift

Extensions

UIImageView

imageView.setImage(withURL: "<URL>")
Swift

Author

Amr Salman, iamrsalman@gmail.com

License

Dots is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.

GitHub

https://github.com/iAmrSalman/Dots