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Why should I prefer ASIHTTPRequest over NSURLConnection for downloading files from the web?

Asked 2011-05-26T18:15:17.577
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I've seen a couple of times people using ASIHTTPRequest to download files. Now I wonder why? What are the core benefits over NSURLConnection?

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ASIHTTPRequest's strength points are IMHO:

  • easy to use
  • file posting
  • built-in authentication
  • built-in zlib compression
  • queing
answered 2011-05-26T18:28:47.560

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