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iOS

Posted by Gregg Mojica
Gregg Mojica
11,506 Points

Curl Command -H Square API

I'm developing an iOS app using the Square Connect API. I need to connect with the following command:

    curl -H "Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_KEY"
    https://connect.squareup.com/v1/me/payments

What's the iOS equivalent of this? Amit Bijlani Stone Preston

2 Answers

Gregg Mojica
Gregg Mojica
11,506 Points

Finally figured it out!

NSString *pswd = @"XXXXXXXXX";

NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:@"https://connect.squareup.com/v1/me/payments"];
NSMutableURLRequest* request = [[NSMutableURLRequest alloc] initWithURL:url];

NSString *authValue = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Bearer %@", pswd];
[request setValue:authValue forHTTPHeaderField:@"Authorization"];
Ryan Duchene
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Ryan Duchene
Courses Plus Student 46,022 Points
Ryan Duchene
Ryan Duchene
Courses Plus Student 46,022 Points

I don't think iOS/ObjC has an implementation of curl in the most technical sense, but I'm pretty confident that the NSURLConnection and NSMutableURLRequest classes should get you where you want to go.

I haven't taken very much iOS here, so I'm not sure if that will solve your problem. If you run into issues, post back here, and I'll try to help you further. :)

Gregg Mojica
Gregg Mojica
11,506 Points

I've used both classes attempting to connect to the API and each time it returns validation failed or something to that avail. Can you post a code example? Thanks!!

Ryan Duchene
Ryan Duchene
Courses Plus Student 46,022 Points

Will this Stack Overflow post help?

Gregg Mojica
Gregg Mojica
11,506 Points

hmmm...still didn't work. Can you provide a code example? I used the code from that SO post but it didn't work. Maybe I'm doing something totally stupid.

Ryan Duchene
Ryan Duchene
Courses Plus Student 46,022 Points

I wish I could help more, but I don't know much about it either. :( I'm sorry about that. Other than doing the obvious Google search, I'm not sure how to solve your problem.

Gregg Mojica
Gregg Mojica
11,506 Points

OK, thanks for your help. I'll keep searching...

Ryan Duchene
Ryan Duchene
Courses Plus Student 46,022 Points

Wait a second...I think I found something.

Gregg Mojica
Gregg Mojica
11,506 Points

Thanks for your help, I finally figured it out!