I need to upload an mp4 video file from iPhone/iPad to a server, also in the background, so I read that is possible with URLSession.uploadTask(with: URLRequest, fromFile: URL) method, but I don't understand how do I prepare the request before.I need to create a multipart/form-data request because I want to append other string parameters.
func requestBodyFor(video: URL) -> Data? {
let url = URL(string: "url_of_upload_handler.php")!
let parameters = ["type":"video", "user":"112"]
do {
let kBoundary = "Boundary-\(UUID().uuidString)"
let kStartTag = "--%@\r\n"
let kEndTag = "\r\n"
let kContent = "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"%@\"\r\n\r\n"
var body = Data()
let videoData = try Data(contentsOf: video)
// parameters
for (key,value) in parameters {
body.append(String(format: kStartTag, kBoundary).data(using: String.Encoding.utf8)!)
body.append(String(format: kContent, key).data(using: String.Encoding.utf8)!)
body.append(value.data(using: String.Encoding.utf8)!)
body.append(String(format: kEndTag).data(using: String.Encoding.utf8)!)
}
//Video data
body.append(String(format: kStartTag, boundary).data(using: String.Encoding.utf8)!)
body.append(String(format: "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"%@\"; filename=\"%@\"\r\n", "file", video.lastPathComponent).data(using: String.Encoding.utf8)!)
body.append("Content-Type: video/mp4\r\n\r\n".data(using: String.Encoding.utf8)!)
body.append(videoData)
body.append(String(format: kEndTag).data(using: String.Encoding.utf8)!)
// close form
body.append("--\(boundary)--\r\n".data(using: String.Encoding.utf8)!)
return body
} catch let error {
print(error)
return nil
}
}
if let body = requestBodyFor(video: fileUrl) {
let contentType = "multipart/form-data; boundary=\(kBoundary)"
var request = URLRequest(url: url)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.setValue(contentType, forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
let task = URLSession.shared.uploadTask(with: request, from: body) { data, response, error in
guard error == nil && data != nil else {
return
}
if let data = String(data: data!, encoding: String.Encoding.utf8) {
print(data)
}
}
task.resume()
}
How does the uploadTask work? maybe it appends the data of the file to the request body and then adds the boundary automatically? if I use this code, the upload doesn't work, what I have to change?
UPDATE: I've updated the code, now the upload works in foreground using the completionHandler of the uploadTask, but if I create a background session and using URLSessionDataDelegate instead of the completionHandler (because it doesn't work in the background), the transfer rate is very slow also with a 2 MB file, how can I solve this?
UPDATE 2: with the background session, the uploadTask restarts many times and it doesn't complete, never.