Question

i have created a plist file other than the default one that exists.
Can i upload this plist file onto the server

I tried ASIFormDataRequest.
I was able to upload the image and text file but when i try it with plist it throws error at point shown in bold:

Code:

networkQueue = [[ASINetworkQueue queue] retain];

NSString *filePath = [[[NSBundle mainBundle] 
resourcePath] stringByAppendingPathComponent:
[@"test" stringByAppendingString:@".plist"]];

ASIFormDataRequest *request =[ASIFormDataRequest 
requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://allseeing-i.com/ignore"]];

[request setPostValue:@"my_test" forKey:@"share_test"];


[request setFile:filePath 
withFileName:[test stringByAppendingString:
@".plist"] andContentType:@"propertylist/plist" forKey:@"mytest"];

[request setDelegate:self];
[request setDidFailSelector:@selector(requestFailed:)];
[request setDidFinishSelector:@selector(gotTheResponse:)];

[networkQueue addOperation: request];

[networkQueue go];

is it really possible?
or should i go ahead with xml
though plist is also an xml format

but still i want to know and what should i do?

Answer 1

networkQueue = [[ASINetworkQueue queue] retain];

[UIApplication sharedApplication].networkActivityIndicatorVisible = NO;

NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[formatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"];       
dateString = [formatter stringFromDate:[NSDate date]];

[formatter release];

// hyphen(-) joins file name with the timestamp for uniqueness

NSString *theme_name1 = [[[theme_name stringByAppendingString:@"-"] 
                stringByAppendingString:dateString] 
                stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@" "  withString:@"_" ];



NSArray *paths =  NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory,
                                                      NSUserDomainMask, YES);


NSString *documentsPath = [paths objectAtIndex:0]; 
NSString *path = [documentsPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:
                    [file_name stringByAppendingString:@".plist"]];
id plist = [[NSDictionary alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:path];



NSData *xmlData = [NSPropertyListSerialization dataFromPropertyList:plist 
                    format:NSPropertyListXMLFormat_v1_0 errorDescription:nil];
NSString *xml_string = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:xmlData 
                                         encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];


NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:@"myurl"];
ASIFormDataRequest *request = [ASIFormDataRequest requestWithURL:url];
[request setPostValue:@"file_name1 forKey:@"filename"];
[request setPostValue:@"user" forKey:@"sharedby"];
[request setPostValue:xml_string forKey:@"data"];
[request setUsername:@"hello"];
[request setPassword:@"world"];
[request setDelegate:self];
[request setDidFailSelector:@selector(requestFailed:)];
[request setDidFinishSelector:@selector(gotTheResponse:)];
[networkQueue addOperation:request];
[networkQueue go];