Bug in NSURLRequest or AFNetworking?

Question

Not sure if this is a bug or I am missing something, most likely latter. My AFHTTPClient's base url is:

#define kBaseURL @"http://localhost:4567/api/"
self.client = [[AFHTTPClient alloc] initWithBaseURL:[NSURL URLWithString:kBaseURL]];

When I make a request to, for example '/games', it actually sends the request to http://localhost:4567/games ignoring the API part.

The answer to "Is this a compiler/OS/library bug?" is always "No, it's your code." — , Feb 07 '13 at 20:17
@H2CO3...i know what you are saying, but always? There's a reason why we have this https://developer.apple.com/bugreporter/ :) — 0xSina, Feb 07 '13 at 23:28
@H2CO3 Really? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14909324/nsjsonserialization-bug — 0xSina, Feb 16 '13 at 13:06

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 07 '13 at 20:13

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The "baseURL" part of "initWithBaseURL:" bit should make it clear that it's only going to work with the scheme + host + port number part.

Once you've created your client, you can add parameters onto it's URL request via techniques like:

NSMutableURLRequest *request = 
    [self.client requestWithMethod:@"POST" path:@"/api/games" parameters:parameters];

answered Feb 07 '13 at 20:13

I think it would be easier to simply define base url as #define kBaseURL @"http://localhost:4567/api" without the last slash – Eugene Feb 07 '13 at 20:29

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 07 '13 at 20:59

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The AFHTTPClient.h file has tons of comments about exactly how to use /s to make sure everything fits together correctly. Check it out on github

answered Feb 07 '13 at 20:59

Keith Smiley

yea, it was a problem with '/' messing up. Basically, I had to remove trailing/leading '/' – 0xSina Feb 07 '13 at 21:40
@0xSina that's definitely bitten all of us. – Keith Smiley Feb 07 '13 at 22:31

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