XCode swift HTTPS: String(data: data!, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding ) return nil

Question

I am retrieving a HTML content from an HTTPS page, but for "short" content I do get it correctly. For "long" content I get a nil answer.

I don't know if content length has something to do with it.

My page either return a report in HTML (a small table with a couple of rows) or an "error" message if report is not found.

When the error message is returned, it "works well" --> I got the HTML response, but when it founds the report, I got a nil answer.

The report is working fine in HTML browser. I checked the apache logs and the answer content has the correct length, but Xcode got a nil answer.

I already checked dozen of "HTTPS nil request" questions found on Internet. HTTPS is not the problem. Code is working without need of having to put "Allow Arbitrary Loads" to true or adding "Exception Domains". Enabling these option do not solve the problem.

I have no idea what could cause this nil request while server is sending it.

let curUsuario=curTuc.nombre
let urlString = "https://xxxxxx.yyyyy.com/PatientLabDetails5?usuario=\(curUsuario)&pin=\(curnoPin)"
let url = NSURL(string: urlString)
let task = NSURLSession.sharedSession().dataTaskWithURL(url!) {
                        (data, response, error) in

 print("response: \(response)")
 print("Data: \(data?.length)")

....
};
task.resume()

Debug:

response: Optional(<NSHTTPURLResponse: 0x7aea3f30> { URL: https://xxxx.yyyy.com/PatientLabDetails5?usuario=25808&pin=4884938 } { status code: 200, headers {
    Connection = "Keep-Alive";
    "Content-Type" = "text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1";
    Date = "Tue, 01 Nov 2016 14:07:29 GMT";
    "Keep-Alive" = "timeout=15, max=100";
    Server = Apache;
    "Set-Cookie" = "JSESSIONID=2A38EC49C93927A34AA1C9ED16B5F997; Path=/; Secure; HttpOnly";
    "Transfer-Encoding" = Identity;
    "X-Content-Type-Options" = nosniff;
    "X-Frame-Options" = SAMEORIGIN;
    "X-XSS-Protection" = "1; mode=block";
} })

Data: 6015

But when I try to get the data, I got a nil result..

print(String(data: data!, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding ))

I tested it on 3 servers with apparently same apache settings, and exactly same web server code. On one it does work well, on the other 2 not. As usual, the one working is the one I don't need to use.

I checked the SSL certificate installation (just in case) on www.htbridge.com/ssl and got a A+ grade.

Possible duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32050969/why-my-return-is-nil-but-if-i-press-the-url-in-chrome-safari-i-can-get-data. – In your case, the server sends the encoding in the "charset=ISO-8859-1" response, so chances are that the automatic detection works: http://stackoverflow.com/a/32051684/1187415. — Martin R, Nov 01 '16 at 14:58

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 01 '16 at 14:56

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in my code usually make a fall back:

 var strData = NSString(data: data, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding)
 if (strData == nil){
    //roll back to ASCII ...
        strData = NSString(data: data, encoding: NSASCIIStringEncoding)
    }

answered Nov 01 '16 at 14:56

ingconti

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Excelent idea!! – Cedric Simon Nov 01 '16 at 15:26

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:27

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I finally got it!

Thanks to comment from Alejandro Avilàn on String(data: data, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding) return nil question, I replaced NSUTF8StringEncoding by NSASCIIStringEncoding and my problem is now solved.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:27

Community

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answered Nov 01 '16 at 14:52

Cedric Simon

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XCode swift HTTPS: String(data: data!, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding ) return nil

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