Request Timeout NSURLSession

Question

hello I used this below code to send a request to Server. How can I add the timeout in this function

static func postToServer(url:String,var params:Dictionary<String,NSObject>, completionHandler: (NSDictionary?, String?) -> Void ) -> NSURLSessionTask {


        let request = NSMutableURLRequest(URL: NSURL(string: url)!)


        let session = NSURLSession.sharedSession()

        request.HTTPMethod = "POST"

    if(params["data"] != "get"){
        do {

            let data = try NSJSONSerialization.dataWithJSONObject(params, options: .PrettyPrinted)

            let dataString = NSString(data: data, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding)!
            print("dataString is  \(dataString)")

            request.HTTPBody = data


        } catch {
            //handle error. Probably return or mark function as throws
            print("error is \(error)")
            //return
        }

    }
        request.addValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
        request.addValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Accept")

        let task = session.dataTaskWithRequest(request) {data, response, error -> Void in
            // handle error

            guard error == nil else { return }
            request.timeoutInterval = 10


           print("Response: \(response)")
            let strData = NSString(data: data!, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding)
             completionHandler(nil,"Body: \(strData!)")
          //print("Body: \(strData!)")

            let json: NSDictionary?
            do {
                json = try NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(data!, options: .MutableLeaves) as? NSDictionary
            } catch let dataError {
                // Did the JSONObjectWithData constructor return an error? If so, log the error to the console
                print(dataError)
                let jsonStr = NSString(data: data!, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding)
              print("Error could not parse JSON: '\(jsonStr)'")
                completionHandler(nil,"Body: \(jsonStr!)")

                // return or throw?
                return
            }


            // The JSONObjectWithData constructor didn't return an error. But, we should still
            // check and make sure that json has a value using optional binding.
            if let parseJSON = json {
                // Okay, the parsedJSON is here, let's get the value for 'success' out of it

                completionHandler(parseJSON,nil)
                //let success = parseJSON["success"] as? Int
                //print("Succes: \(success)")
            }
            else {
                // Woa, okay the json object was nil, something went worng. Maybe the server isn't running?
                let jsonStr = NSString(data: data!, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding)
                print("Errors could not parse JSON: \(jsonStr)")
                completionHandler(nil,"Body: \(jsonStr!)")
            }

        }

        task.resume()
        return task
    }

I did some search too and I came to know about to use this function

let request = NSURLRequest(URL: url!, cachePolicy: .ReloadIgnoringLocalAndRemoteCacheData, timeoutInterval: 5.0)

instead of this

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(URL: NSURL(string: url)!)

But problem is If I used the above function then I can't set these variables

request.HTTPBody = data
request.addValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
        request.addValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Accept")

Please anyone suggest me correct solution of how to add timeout in my function

Answer 1

You can't modify your request because for some reason you went with immutable option. Since NSMutableURLRequest is a subclass of NSURLRequest you can use the very same initializer init(URL:cachePolicy:timeoutInterval:) to create an mutable instance and set default timeout. And then configure (mutate) this request as you need.

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(URL: url!, cachePolicy: .ReloadIgnoringLocalAndRemoteCacheData, timeoutInterval: 5.0)