Swift 2.0 HTML POST (Incorrect format) - php

Question

I am trying to get login/register on my iOS app to work. I am using mySQL and PHP besides Swift 2.0. For some reason when I try to send my HTTP POST to the PHP-scripts I keep geting the error: "The data couldn’t be read because it isn’t in the correct format."
I am using MAMP for the mySQL server.
let request = NSMutableURLRequest(URL: NSURL.fileURLWithPath("/Users/robin/Programming/xcode/Projects/Quix/php_scripts/userRegister.php"))
request.HTTPMethod = "POST"
let postString = "email=\(userEmail)&password=\(userPassword)"
request.HTTPBody = postString.dataUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding)
print(postString)
let task = NSURLSession.sharedSession().dataTaskWithRequest(request) { data, response, error in
if (error != nil) {
print("error=\(error)")
}
do {
if let parseJSON = try NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(data!, options: []) as? NSDictionary {
let resultValue = parseJSON["status"] as? String
print("result: \(resultValue)")
var isUserRegistered:Bool = false
if (resultValue == "Success") { isUserRegistered = true }
var messageToDisplay:String = parseJSON["message"] as! String!
if (!isUserRegistered) {
messageToDisplay = parseJSON["message"] as! String!
}
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), {
let myAlert = UIAlertController(title: "Alert", message: messageToDisplay, preferredStyle: UIAlertControllerStyle.Alert)
let okAction = UIAlertAction(title: "OK", style: UIAlertActionStyle.Default) { action in
self.dismissViewControllerAnimated(true, completion: nil)
}
myAlert.addAction(okAction)
self.presentViewController(myAlert, animated: true, completion: nil)
});
}
} catch let error as NSError {
print(error.localizedDescription)
}
}
task.resume()
In my database I have the table 'users' and the parameters id (auto_increment), email and password. I am using port: 3306 for mySQL aswell. The standard IP for MAMP is 127.0.0.1, should I use the IP: 127.0.0.1 or localhost:3306 aswell?

Answer 1

You are using a file URL with a NSURLSession request. You should use a https:// or http:// request. NSURLSession is for making network requests, not local file system requests. So, if you're running this on the iOS simulator, you can use http://localhost/.... But when you run it on an device, you'll have to supply it a host name that will resolve to your machine running MAMP.
By the way, if you use http, you may need to add a NSExceptionDomains entry as outlined in https://stackoverflow.com/a/31254874/1271826.