How do I upload Live photos to a server? I am using AFNetworking for the upload of images, videos, and Slow motion videos. The upload of images and videos is very straightforward.
Upload of Images and Videos
//Physical location i.e. URL for video
PHVideoRequestOptions *options = [PHVideoRequestOptions new];
options.networkAccessAllowed = YES;
[[PHImageManager defaultManager] requestAVAssetForVideo:asset options:options resultHandler:^(AVAsset *asset, AVAudioMix *audioMix, NSDictionary *info) {
if ([asset isKindOfClass:[AVURLAsset class]]) {
NSLog(@"%@",((AVURLAsset *)asset).URL);
}
}];
//Physical location i.e. URL for an image
[asset requestContentEditingInputWithOptions:nil
completionHandler:^(PHContentEditingInput *contentEditingInput, NSDictionary *info) {
NSURL *imageURL = contentEditingInput.fullSizeImageURL;
}];
These URLs are used for the upload of images and video Files.
// manager is of class AFHTTPSessionManager initialised with background session.
NSURLsession *uploadTask=[manager uploadTaskWithRequest:request
fromFile:[NSURL URLWithString:fdi.filePath]
progress:nil
completionHandler:nil];
Upload of Slow Motion file
Slow motion file is a combination of 2 or more video files. If you try to upload it like a normal video file then it would loose its slow motion feature. To work this out, first we have to create a slow motion file, then save it on the disk and then upload it.
PHVideoRequestOptions *options = [PHVideoRequestOptions new];
options.networkAccessAllowed = YES;
[[PHImageManager defaultManager] requestAVAssetForVideo:asset options:options resultHandler:^(AVAsset *asset, AVAudioMix *audioMix, NSDictionary *info) {
if(([asset isKindOfClass:[AVComposition class]] && ((AVComposition *)asset).tracks.count == 2)){
//Added by UD for slow motion videos. See Here: https://overflow.buffer.com/2016/02/29/slow-motion-video-ios/
//Output URL
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = paths.firstObject;
NSString *myPathDocs = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"mergeSlowMoVideo-%d.mov",arc4random() % 1000]];
NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:myPathDocs];
//Begin slow mo video export
AVAssetExportSession *exporter = [[AVAssetExportSession alloc] initWithAsset:asset presetName:AVAssetExportPresetHighestQuality];
exporter.outputURL = url;
exporter.outputFileType = AVFileTypeQuickTimeMovie;
exporter.shouldOptimizeForNetworkUse = YES;
[exporter exportAsynchronouslyWithCompletionHandler:^{
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
if (exporter.status == AVAssetExportSessionStatusCompleted) {
NSURL *URL = exporter.outputURL;
self.filePath=URL.absoluteString;
NSURLsession *uploadTask=[manager uploadTaskWithRequest:request
fromFile:[NSURL URLWithString:self.filePath]
progress:nil
completionHandler:nil];
//Use above method or use the below one.
// NSData *videoData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:URL];
//
//// Upload
//[self uploadSelectedVideo:video data:videoData];
}
});
}];
}
}];
How to upload a Live Photo?
A Live photo is combination of 2 files, *.jpg and *mov. We can neither upload it like a photo or video nor we can create a new file from the combination of 2 or more files like we did with the slow motion video because we have to send both the files of a live photo to the server.
It is clear that we have to send both the files to the server. But how to send multiple files in a single request.
