SimpleNetworking

26 February 2024 • 5 min read • SimpleNetworking Swift SwiftPM

Today i write about my Swift package SimpleNetworking.
It's a simple networking library for Swift it is a wrapper around URLSession and provides a variety of functions to make easy network requests.
You can find the source code and documentation at GitHub https://github.com/0xWDG/SimpleNetworking.

Installation

Install using Swift Package Manager

dependencies: [
    .package(url: "https://github.com/0xWDG/SimpleNetworking.git", .branch("main")),
],
targets: [
    .target(name: "MyTarget", dependencies: [
        .product(name: "SimpleNetworking", package: "SimpleNetworking"),
    ]),
]

Async / Await Examples

import SimpleNetworking

class myApiService {
    // Create a shared instance of SimpleNetworking
    let networking = SimpleNetworking.shared

    init() {
        // Set base URL (optional)
        networking.set(serverURL: "https://wesleydegroot.nl")

        // Set a custom user agent (optional)
        networking.set(userAgent: "My App")

        // Set a custom authorization header (optional)
        networking.set(authorization: "MyToken")

        // Set a custom post type (optional)
        networking.set(postType: .json) // .plain, .json, .graphQL
    }

    /// Get a user (GET request)
    func getUser() async {
        let response = await networking.request(
            path: "/api/getUser", 
            method: .get
        )

        print(response.string)
    }

    /// Update a user (POST request)
    func updateUser() async {
        let response = await networking.request(
            path: "/api/updateUser", 
            method: .post([
                "firstname": "Wesley",
                "lastname": "de Groot"
            ])
        )

        print(response.string)
    }

    /// Get all users (GET request)
    func getUsers() async {
        let response = await networking.request(
            path: "/api/getUsers", 
            method: .get
        )

        struct userProfile: Codable {
            let firstname: String
            let lastname: String
        }

        // Decode the response
        let userProfiles: [userProfile]? = networkResponse.decoded()
        print(userProfiles)
    }
}

Closure Examples

import SimpleNetworking

class myApiService {
    // Create a shared instance of SimpleNetworking
    let networking = SimpleNetworking.shared

    init() {
        // Set base URL (optional)
        networking.set(serverURL: "https://wesleydegroot.nl")

        // Set a custom user agent (optional)
        networking.set(userAgent: "My App")

        // Set a custom authorization header (optional)
        networking.set(authorization: "MyToken")

        // Set a custom post type (optional)
        networking.set(postType: .json) // .plain, .json, .graphQL
    }

    /// Get a user (GET request)
    func getUser() {
        networking.request(
            path: "/api/getUser", 
            method: .get
        ) { response in
            print(response.string)
        }
    }

    /// Update a user (POST request)
    func updateUser() async {
        networking.request(
            path: "/api/updateUser", 
            method: .post([
                "firstname": "Wesley",
                "lastname": "de Groot"
            ])
        ) { response in
            print(response.string)
        }
    }

    /// Get all users (GET request)
    func getUsers() async {
        networking.request(
            path: "/api/getUsers", 
            method: .get
        ) { response in
            struct userProfile: Codable {
                let firstname: String
                let lastname: String
            }

            // Decode the response
            let userProfiles: [userProfile]? = networkResponse.decoded()
            print(userProfiles)
        }
    }
}

Debugging

Enable Debugging

import SimpleNetworking

/// Debug: print NSURLRequest (Default: false)
SimpleNetworking.shared.debug.requestURL = true
/// Debug: print sent HTTP Headers (Default: false)
SimpleNetworking.shared.debug.requestHeaders = true
/// Debug: print sent Cookies (Default: false)
SimpleNetworking.shared.debug.requestCookies = true
/// Debug: print sent Body (Default: false)
SimpleNetworking.shared.debug.requestBody = true
/// Debug: print received HTTP Headers (Default: false)
SimpleNetworking.shared.debug.responseHeaders = true
/// Debug: print received Body (Default: false)
SimpleNetworking.shared.debug.responseBody = true
/// Debug: print received JSON (if any) (Default: false)
SimpleNetworking.shared.debug.responseJSON = true

Example debug output (GET request)

Request:
  GET https://wesleydegroot.nl/

  Headers:
    Content-Type: application/json
    User-Agent: Simple Networking (https://github.com/0xWDG/SimpleNetworking)

  Cookies:

  Body:

HTTPURLResponse:
  HTTP 200
    Cache-Control: max-age=60, private, proxy-revalidate
    Content-Encoding: gzip
    Server: Apache/2
    Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
    Vary: Accept-Encoding,User-Agent
    Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 19:50:42 GMT

  Body:
    ... HTTP BODY ...

  Decoded JSON:
    Unable to parse JSON

Example debug output (POST request)

Request:
  POST https://wesleydegroot.nl/api/userUpdate

  Headers:
    User-Agent: Simple Networking (https://github.com/0xWDG/SimpleNetworking)
    Content-Type: application/json

  Cookies:

  Body:
    {"age":33,"firstname":"Wesley","lastname":"de Groot"}

HTTPURLResponse:
  HTTP 200
    Content-Encoding: gzip
    Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
    Vary: Accept-Encoding,User-Agent
    Cache-Control: max-age=60, private, proxy-revalidate
    Server: Apache/2
    Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 19:52:58 GMT

  Body:
    {"status":"user updated","code":200}

  Decoded JSON:
    ["status": user updated, "code": 200]

Wrap up

SimpleNetworking is a simple networking library for Swift it is a wrapper around URLSession and provides a variety of functions to make easy network requests.
You can find the source code and documentation at GitHub https://github.com/0xWDG/SimpleNetworking.

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