Swift: cUrl equivalent Alamofire request

Question

I understand this is not conventional way but i am bound by client.

what is the cUrl equivalent to

Expected

curl -v -X POST -H "Authorization: Basic XXXX==" -d Rules='[{\"some\":\"thing\"}]' "xyz.com/rules"

Focusing on a Rules Field inside -d

Using

struct Parameters: Encodable {
    let Rules: [ [String : String] ]
}

Session().request(
    "xyz.com",
    method: .post,
    parameters: Parameters(),
    encoder: JSONEncoder()
).cURLDescription { description in
    print("cURLDescription: ", description)
}

This will result into

Present

curl -v -X POST -H "Authorization: Basic XXXX==" -d '{"Rules":"[{\"some\": \"thing\"}]}' "xyz.com/rules"

But this is not what is expected, need something which produces the above Expected cUrl command

`Rules='[{\"some\":\"thing\"}]'`: That's not JSON. Instead, create yourself a parser that will generate it from `Parameters`. Then you can see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27855319/post-request-with-a-simple-string-in-body-with-alamofire — Larme, Jun 16 '21 at 16:05

RTXGamer · Answer 1 · 2021-06-16T16:42:37.077

import Foundation
#if canImport(FoundationNetworking)
import FoundationNetworking
#endif

var semaphore = DispatchSemaphore (value: 0)

var postData: Data? = nil
if let data = "Rules={\"some\":\"thing\"}".data(using: .utf8) {
    postData = Data(base64Encoded: data)
}
var request = URLRequest(url: URL(string: "xyz.com/rules")!,timeoutInterval: Double.infinity)
request.addValue("Basic XXXX==", forHTTPHeaderField: "Authorization")
request.addValue("application/x-www-form-urlencoded", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")

request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.httpBody = postData

let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in
  guard let data = data else {
    print(String(describing: error))
    semaphore.signal()
    return
  }
  print(String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)!)
  semaphore.signal()
}

task.resume()
semaphore.wait()

Use this extension to print curlString. https://gist.github.com/shaps80/ba6a1e2d477af0383e8f19b87f53661d

this still generates `Present` request, not the `Expected` request — Abhinava B N, Jun 17 '21 at 07:11

Swift: cUrl equivalent Alamofire request

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