iOS How to create a POST request and redirect it's response into Safari

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I have a couple of UITextFields in my view and a button. When the user fills them out and hits the button I would like to create a POST request and open the resulting page in Safari. I've gotten the request property built and ready to go using this example and others: How do I make HTTP post request for getting JSON object in response for iPhone application?

However I'm stuck on how to send the request object to safari, any help would be appreciated.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 18 '11 at 23:54

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I've found this link that may help. The author of it just creates some temporary html file that opens up in safari and then safari sends the POST and gets response...

answered Jul 18 '11 at 23:54

Ariel

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This is the best answer so far, but I'm going to hold out for a bit before giving it the thumbs up. – Brett Wagner Jul 19 '11 at 00:07

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 18 '11 at 23:50

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As far as I am aware, you cannot actually send an NSURLRequest object to Safari. However, you can use UIWebView's - (void)loadRequest:(NSURLRequest *)request method to load the request in a UIWebView.

If you need the link to open in something resembling a full browser, you could try following iCode Blog's tutorial on creating a web browser.

answered Jul 18 '11 at 23:50

Katfish

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Yeah, I was hoping that I wouldn't have to do this. – Brett Wagner Jul 18 '11 at 23:59

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 18 '11 at 23:41

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Check out (BOOL)[UIApplication openURL:(NSURL *)url] - UIApplication

answered Jul 18 '11 at 23:41

bshirley

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This won't actually work because a NSUrl can't contain the request data. – Brett Wagner Jul 18 '11 at 23:58

iOS How to create a POST request and redirect it's response into Safari

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