"Bad URL" error, any ideas?

nsbuckner · July 2010

Hi,
I have an application that is pulling data from specific url's. This works fine if I type in the URL manually and run it that way. The problem I run in to is when I try to create the URL based on the user's choice for what category they are trying to view. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Error:
Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1000 "bad URL" UserInfo=0x5948b80 {NSUnderlyingError=0x5948ac0 "bad URL", NSLocalizedDescription=bad URL}

Code:

NSString *url =[[[NSString alloc] initWithString:kScoresURLPath] retain];
 NSString *toGO = [appDelegate.classForScores stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@\" \" withString:@\"|\"];
url = [url stringByAppendingString:@\"?Class=\"];
url = [url stringByAppendingString:toGO];
url = [url stringByAppendingString:@\":8080\"];
connectionBuffer = [[NSMutableData alloc] init];
NSLog(url);
NSURLRequest *request = [[NSURLRequest alloc] initWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:url]];
self.scoreFetchConnection = [[[NSURLConnection alloc] initWithRequest:request delegate:self startImmediately:YES] autorelease];
[request release];

The code gives me the correct URL when I print it with NSLog, however when I actually try to use it I get the above error.

BrianSlick · July 2010

Man, you are bound and determined to leak that url string, aren't you?

Can you post samples of the URL as typed manually, and as resulting from that code?

nsbuckner · July 2010

Thanks for your quick response.

the url is the same when typed manually and when created by the code. Before it is created it would be:

http://www.TheWebsite.com/FN/getScoresDup.php

After that it would be:

http://www.TheWebsite.com/FN/getScoresDup.php?class=Class|1A

When you enter the URL into safari it brings you to the correct page. However, when you try to create the URL from the string it comes back nil.

Thanks

BrianSlick · July 2010

Change this:

NSLog(url);

To this:

NSLog(@\"The url is: >>>>>%@<<<<<\", url);

Make sure the result is exactly the same as you expect.

nsbuckner · July 2010

So I think I figured it out. I'm just confused as to why. When I remove the "|" it works fine. Can the NSURL class not recognize that character? I'm not sure, but it's working now. Thanks for your help!

BrianSlick · July 2010

I was going to ask about that, but assumed that if Safari was ok with it then it is probably fine.

You might try percent-escaping the string and see what happens.

nsbuckner · July 2010

The percent worked. Good call. Thanks again

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