Question

I am trying to send a simple NSURLConnection request:

- (void) sendHTTPRequest:(NSString*)urlString
{
NSLog(@"SendHTTPRequest: %@", urlString);

@try
{
    NSURL *fileURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:urlString];

    // Create the request.        
    NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:fileURL            cachePolicy:NSURLRequestUseProtocolCachePolicy timeoutInterval:60.0];

    NSURLConnection *connection = [[NSURLConnection alloc]initWithRequest:request delegate:self];
    if (connection) {
        receivedData = [NSMutableData data];
    }
    else {
        // Inform the user that the connection failed.
    }
}
@catch (NSException *e)
{
    NSLog(@"Exception: %@", e);
}
}

It calls back to:
– (void)connection:(NSURLConnection *)connection didFailWithError:(NSError *)error

with an error of: Connection failed! Error – The requested URL was not found on this server.

However, this url does work. I can access it with my browser with no issues.
What am I missing?

Answer 1

According to the NSURL Class Reference, fileURLWithPath:path is only used for valid system paths. For “Internet”-URLs, you are supposed to use [NSURL urlWithString:urlString];