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Will Macleod
Courses Plus Student 18,780 PointsHow to run multiple NSURLSessionDownloadTask's so I can download multiple user photo streams from Instagram?
// ViewController.swift
// Fashun
//
// Created by Alex Macleod on 20/10/14.
// Copyright (c) 2014 Alex Macleod. All rights reserved.
//
import UIKit
class ViewController: UIViewController, UICollectionViewDelegateFlowLayout, UICollectionViewDataSource {
var collectionView: UICollectionView?
var instanceOfCustomObject: CustomObject = CustomObject()
var accessToken: NSString!
var userDefaults: NSUserDefaults!
let colorWheel = ColorWheel()
var photoCount: Int! = 0
let photos = NSMutableArray()
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
userDefaults = NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults()
self.accessToken = userDefaults!.objectForKey("accessToken") as NSString
println(self.accessToken)
// instanceOfCustomObject.someProperty = "Hello World"
// var accessToken : NSString? = NSString(instanceOfCustomObject.accessToken)
// println(accessToken)
// instanceOfCustomObject.authorize()
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
let layout: UICollectionViewFlowLayout = UICollectionViewFlowLayout()
// layout.sectionInset = UIEdgeInsets(top: 20, left: 0, bottom: 0, right: 0)
layout.itemSize = CGSize(width: 124, height: 124)
layout.minimumInteritemSpacing = 1.0
layout.minimumLineSpacing = 1.0
collectionView = UICollectionView(frame: self.view.frame, collectionViewLayout: layout)
collectionView!.dataSource = self
collectionView!.delegate = self
collectionView!.registerClass(Cell.self, forCellWithReuseIdentifier: "Cell")
collectionView!.backgroundColor = UIColor.whiteColor()
self.view.addSubview(collectionView!)
getData()
}
func getData() -> Void {
let baseUrl = NSURL(string:"https://api.instagram.com/v1/users/7522782/media/recent/?access_token=\(self.accessToken)")
// let forcastUrl = NSURL(string: "37.8267,-122.423", relativeToURL: baseUrl)
// let data = NSData(contentsOfURL: forcastUrl)
// println(data)
let sharedSession = NSURLSession.sharedSession()
let downloadTask: NSURLSessionDownloadTask = sharedSession.downloadTaskWithURL(baseUrl!, completionHandler: { (location: NSURL!, response: NSURLResponse!, error: NSError!) -> Void in
// var urlContents = NSString.stringWithContentsOfURL(location, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding, error: nil)
// println(urlContents)
let dataObject = NSData(contentsOfURL: baseUrl!)
if (error == nil) {
let responseDictionary: NSDictionary = NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(dataObject!, options: nil, error: nil) as NSDictionary
// println(responseDictionary)
var currentResponse = responseDictionary.valueForKeyPath("data.images.standard_resolution.url") as NSArray
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), { () -> Void in
// for url in currentResponse {
// var urlStrings: NSString = url as NSString
//
// var images = UIImage(data: NSData(contentsOfURL: NSURL(string:urlStrings)!)!)
//
// }
for url in currentResponse {
var urls: NSString = url as NSString
// println(images)
var photoUrls = NSURL(string: urls)
var err: NSError?
var imageData :NSData = NSData(contentsOfURL: photoUrls!,options: NSDataReadingOptions.DataReadingMappedIfSafe, error: &err)!
self.photos.addObject(UIImage(data:imageData)!)
println(self.photos)
}
self.photoCount = currentResponse.count as Int
self.collectionView?.reloadData()
})
} else {
let networkIssueController = UIAlertController(title: "Error", message: "Something went wrong get a better phone you pleb!", preferredStyle: .ActionSheet)
let okButton = UIAlertAction(title: "OK", style: .Default, handler: nil)
networkIssueController.addAction(okButton)
let cancelButton = UIAlertAction(title: "Cancel", style: .Cancel, handler: nil)
networkIssueController.addAction(cancelButton)
self.presentViewController(networkIssueController, animated: true, completion: nil)
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), { () -> Void in
//Stop refresh animation
})
}
})
downloadTask.resume()
}
override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
func collectionView(collectionView: UICollectionView, numberOfItemsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
return photoCount
}
func collectionView(collectionView: UICollectionView, cellForItemAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UICollectionViewCell {
let cell = collectionView.dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier("Cell", forIndexPath: indexPath) as Cell
// println(photos)
// cell.textLabel.text = "Text"
cell.imageView.image = photos.objectAtIndex(indexPath.row) as? UIImage
// cell.photo = self.photos[indexPath.row] as? NSDictionary
cell.imageView.backgroundColor = colorWheel.randomColor()
return cell
}
}
As you can see I have a NSURLDownload session that downloads info off instagram from user "7522782". I parse the data and count the "currentResponse" array to get the number of cells I need in my collection view. Then I parse the info convert urls to UIimages and put them in the cells.
How do I do this for more then one user. I want to show photos from 20+ users. bear in mind that i'll need to sum up the total number photos from all users to tell my collection view how many cells to make.
Thanks in advance.
Will Macleod
Courses Plus Student 18,780 PointsYou got me all excited that someone actually answered my question haha!
1 Answer
Thorsten Herbst
11,935 PointsHello. Even it seems it not worth it, cause your question is about 7 Months old.... i´ll give it a try... I realised that by a Connection Object and a Delegate Protocol. First things first you should make a Connection object in which you place in your sessionTask. Insert a Delegate Protocol in which you call your Delegate Method whenever Data download is finished. In the Delegate Method you have to check weather the response is an image or not. If it is then do some Stuff with the code.
I´m working at my Exam App for my retraineeship as a software Development Specialist, so if i have a little bit more time, i will post some code for you.
Hope that helps.... Questions? write..:-) Greets Thorsten
Shawn Flanigan
Courses Plus Student 15,815 PointsShawn Flanigan
Courses Plus Student 15,815 PointsAlex,
Wish I could help, but I've only done one course in iOS. This is way over my head. Good luck, though!