Using AFNetworking for asynchronous POST json requests

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I've been trying to use POST json using AFNetworking. After some research I finally got this to work ``` - (IBAction)go:(id)sender { //Some POST AFHTTPClient *httpClient = [[AFHTTPClient alloc] initWithBaseURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"https://www.test.com/"]]; [httpClient setParameterEncoding:AFJSONParameterEncoding]; NSMutableURLRequest *request = [httpClient requestWithMethod:@"POST" path:@"https://www.test.com/user/login/" parameters:@{@"username":self.username.text, @"password":self.password.text}]; AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation = [[AFHTTPRequestOperation alloc] initWithRequest:request]; [httpClient registerHTTPOperationClass:[AFHTTPRequestOperation class]]; [operation setCompletionBlockWithSuccess:^(AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation, id responseObject) { // Print the response body in text NSDictionary *jsonDict = (NSDictionary *) responseObject; BOOL *success = [[jsonDict objectForKey:@"success"] boolValue]; NSLog(@"Response: %@", [[NSString alloc] initWithData:responseObject e…

Accepted Answer

You are using `AFHTTPRequestOperation` and not `AFJSONRequestOperation`.

Also you can use the `AFHttpClient` directly:

```
NSDictionary *parameter = @{@"username":self.username.text, @"password":self.password.text};
[httpClient setParameterEncoding:AFJSONParameterEncoding];
[httpClient registerHTTPOperationClass:[AFJSONRequestOperation class]];

[httpClient postPath:@"api/v1/user/login/" parameters:parameter success:^(AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation, id responseObject) {
    // Print the response body in text
    BOOL *success = [[responseObject objectForKey:@"success"] boolValue];
    NSLog(@"Response: %@",responseObject);
} failure:^(AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation, NSError *error) {
    [self handleConnectionError:error];
}];
```

I would also suggest creating a creating only one instance of the `AFHTTPClient` using `clientWithBaseURL:` method.

Using AFNetworking for asynchronous POST json requests

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