How to send HTTP GET requests on a time interval in ios swift?

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How do you continuously send HTTP GET requests on a time interval (every x/seconds)?

Currently I have a getMessages() function in my viewDidLoad() so that it will send a GET request on view load and populate a table view with the results from the server.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24369602/using-an-nstimer-in-swift — Rob, Feb 19 '15 at 19:11
[send http request at intervals with swift3](http://stackoverflow.com/a/43993602/6521116) — LF00, May 16 '17 at 06:17

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 19 '15 at 19:14

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Just use the NSTimer method scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval. You can say that it should repeat the timer and which method should get invoked if the time is over:

NSTimer.scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval(timeInSeconds, target: self, selector: "getMessages", userInfo: nil, repeats: true)

answered Feb 19 '15 at 19:14

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Since network requests can take unbounded time it would be better to fire off a new one each time a request succeeds or fails. How could I implement this? – c0de Feb 19 '15 at 20:56
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Well you can do it inside the getMessages method. – Christian Feb 19 '15 at 21:18

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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with swift3, use Timer, for more refer to this send http request at intervals.

Timer.scheduledTimer(timeInterval: 3, target: self, selector: #selector(getMessage), userInfo: nil, repeats: true)

edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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answered May 16 '17 at 06:21

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How to send HTTP GET requests on a time interval in ios swift?

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