Question summary:
Consider a class SyncObject that is KVC-compliant with properties such as: time, someValue, lastChange, uuid.
Consider an NSArray containing exclusively instances of SyncObject.
I need to submit the array to the server as a JSON array.
How would one submit this array to the server using HTTP POST using RestKit?
Example array:
[
{
"time": "14:45 10/21/2011",
"someValue": "15",
"lastChange": "14:45 10/21/2011",
"uuid": "0b07c510-f4c8-11e0-be50-0800200c9a66"
},
{
"time": "14:50 10/21/2011",
"someValue": "62",
"lastChange": "14:51 10/21/2011",
"uuid": "1a6d4480-f4c8-11e0-be50-0800200c9a66"
}
]
Details
I have an array of objects that I need to the server as JSON. It seems to me that RestKit is the easiest way to do this: I'm trying to avoid converting objects into a set of NSDictionary objects, and then using some JSON encoder to get JSON which I can POST to the server.
So, having created the array, and having set up the mapping for the class of objects stored in the array, I naturally try to POST to the server.
RKObjectManager* mgr = [RKObjectManager objectManagerWithBaseURL:@"http://localhost/someweb/api/"];
mgr.serializationMIMEType = RKMIMETypeFormURLEncoded;
mgr.client.username = @"username";
mgr.client.password = @"password";
RKObjectMapping* mapping = [RKObjectMapping mappingForClass:[NSMutableDictionary class]];
[mapping mapKeyPath: @"time" toAttribute:@"time" ];
[mapping mapKeyPath: @"someValue" toAttribute:@"someValue" ];
[mapping mapKeyPath: @"lastChange" toAttribute:@"lastChange" ];
[mapping mapKeyPath: @"uuid" toAttribute:@"uuid" ];
RKObjectMapping* mappingForSerialization = [mapping inverseM