Wednesday, May 1, 2013

NSURL parameterString example ios


parameterString

Returns the parameter string of a URL conforming to RFC 1808.
- (NSString *)parameterString
Return Value of [NSURL parameterString]
The parameter string of the URL. If the receiver does not conform to RFC 1808, returns nil.
Example of [NSURL parameterString]
NSString *url_ = @"foo://name.com:8080/12345;param?foo=1&baa=2#fragment";
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:url_];

NSLog(@"scheme: %@", [url scheme]); 
NSLog(@"host: %@", [url host]); 
NSLog(@"port: %@", [url port]);     
NSLog(@"path: %@", [url path]);     
NSLog(@"path components: %@", [url pathComponents]);        
NSLog(@"parameterString: %@", [url parameterString]);   
NSLog(@"query: %@", [url query]);       
NSLog(@"fragment: %@", [url fragment]);
Example of [NSURL parameterString]
- (NSDictionary *) parameterDictionaryFromURL:(NSURL *)url {
    NSMutableDictionary *parameterDictionary = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];
    if ([[url scheme] isEqualToString:@"mailto"]) {
        NSString *mailtoParameterString = [[url absoluteString] substringFromIndex:[@"mailto:" length]];
        NSUInteger questionMarkLocation = [mailtoParameterString rangeOfString:@"?"].location;
        [parameterDictionary setObject:[mailtoParameterString substringToIndex:questionMarkLocation] forKey:@"recipient"];

        if (questionMarkLocation != NSNotFound) {
            NSString *parameterString = [mailtoParameterString substringFromIndex:questionMarkLocation + 1];
            NSArray *keyValuePairs = [parameterString componentsSeparatedByString:@"&"];
            for (NSString *queryString in keyValuePairs) {
                NSArray *keyValuePair = [queryString componentsSeparatedByString:@"="];
                if (keyValuePair.count == 2)
                    [parameterDictionary setObject:[[keyValuePair objectAtIndex:1] URLDecodedString] forKey:[[keyValuePair objectAtIndex:0] URLDecodedString]];
            }
        }
    }
    else {
        NSString *parameterString = [url parameterString];
        NSArray *keyValuePairs = [parameterString componentsSeparatedByString:@"&"];
        for (NSString *queryString in keyValuePairs) {
            NSArray *keyValuePair = [queryString componentsSeparatedByString:@"="];
            if (keyValuePair.count == 2)
                [parameterDictionary setObject:[[keyValuePair objectAtIndex:1] URLDecodedString] forKey:[[keyValuePair objectAtIndex:0] URLDecodedString]];
        }
    }

    return [parameterDictionary copy];
}