swift-http-client

Communicate via HTTP easily in Swift.

System requirements
Installation
How to use
Contribution
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System requirements

Swift: 5.5+
Xcode: 13.0+
macOS: 11.3+

Installation

Swift Package Manager (Recommended)

Package

You can add this package to Package.swift, include it in your target dependencies.

let package = Package(
    dependencies: [
        .package(url: "https://github.com/uhooi/swift-http-client", .upToNextMajor(from: "0.6.0")),
    ],
    targets: [
        .target(
            name: "<your-target-name>",
            dependencies: ["HTTPClient"]),
    ]
)

Xcode

You can add this package on Xcode. See documentation.

CocoaPods

This library is available through CocoaPods. To install it, simply add the following line to your Podfile:

pod 'UHIHTTPClient', '~> 0.6.0'

Carthage

This library is available through Carthage. To install it, simply add the following line to your Cartfile:

github "uhooi/swift-http-client" ~> 0.6.0

How to use

You can just import HTTPClient to use it.

Implement a request body structure that conforms to the Encodable protocol. (Optional)

struct RegisterUserRequestBody: Encodable {
    let name: String
    let description: String
}

Implement a response body structure that conforms to the Decodable protocol.

struct RegisterUserResponseBody: Decodable {
    let id: String
}

extension RegisterUserResponseBody {
    func convertToUserID() -> UserID { .init(id: self.id) }
}

Implement a request structure that conforms to the Request protocol.

import HTTPClient

struct RegisterUserRequest: Request {
    typealias ResponseBody = RegisterUserResponseBody
    var path: String { "user/create_user" }
    var httpMethod: HTTPMethod { .post }
    var httpHeaders: [HTTPHeaderField: String]? { [.contentType: ContentType.applicationJson.rawValue] }
}

Create an instance of the HTTPClient class and call the request method.

struct UserID: Identifiable, Equatable {
    let id: String
}

protocol VersatileRepository {
    func registerUser(name: String, description: String) async throws -> UserID
}

import HTTPClient

final class VersatileAPIClient {
    static let shared = VersatileAPIClient()
    
    private let httpClient = HTTPClient(baseURLString: "https://example.com/api/")
}

extension VersatileAPIClient: VersatileRepository {
    func registerUser(name: String, description: String) async throws -> UserID {
        let requestBody = RegisterUserRequestBody(name: name, description: description)
        let responseBody = try await httpClient.request(RegisterUserRequest(), requestBody: requestBody)
        return responseBody.convertToUserID()
    }
}

do {
    let userID = try await VersatileAPIClient.shared.registerUser(name: "Uhooi", description: "Green monster.")
    // Do something.
} catch {
    // Do error handling.
    print(error)
}

Contribution

I would be happy if you contribute :)