[json] How to send a POST request with BODY in swift

I'm trying to make a post request with a body in swift using Alamofire.

my json body looks like :

{
    "IdQuiz" : 102,
    "IdUser" : "iosclient",
    "User" : "iosclient",
    "List":[
        {
        "IdQuestion" : 5,
        "IdProposition": 2,
        "Time" : 32
        },
        {
        "IdQuestion" : 4,
        "IdProposition": 3,
        "Time" : 9
        }
    ]
}

I'm trying to make let list with NSDictionnary which look like :

[[Time: 30, IdQuestion: 6510, idProposition: 10], [Time: 30, IdQuestion: 8284, idProposition: 10]]

and my request using Alamofire looks like :

Alamofire.request(.POST, "http://myserver.com", parameters: ["IdQuiz":"102","IdUser":"iOSclient","User":"iOSClient","List":list ], encoding: .JSON)
            .response { request, response, data, error in
            let dataString = NSString(data: data!, encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding)
                println(dataString)
        }

The request has an error and I believe the problem is with Dictionary list, cause if I make a request without the list it works fine, so any idea ?

I have tried the solution suggested but I'm facing the same problem :

 let json = ["List":list,"IdQuiz":"102","IdUser":"iOSclient","UserInformation":"iOSClient"]
        let data = NSJSONSerialization.dataWithJSONObject(json, options: NSJSONWritingOptions.PrettyPrinted,error:nil)
        let jsons = NSString(data: data!, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding)



    Alamofire.request(.POST, "http://myserver.com", parameters: [:], encoding: .Custom({
        (convertible, params) in
        var mutableRequest = convertible.URLRequest.copy() as! NSMutableURLRequest
        mutableRequest.HTTPBody = jsons!.dataUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding, allowLossyConversion: false)
        return (mutableRequest, nil)
    }))
        .response { request, response, data, error in
        let dataString = NSString(data: data!, encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding)
           println(dataString)
    }

Accepted answer in Xcode 11 - Swift 5 - Alamofire 5.0

func postRequest() {
    let parameters: [String: Any] = [
        "IdQuiz" : 102,
        "IdUser" : "iosclient",
        "User" : "iosclient",
        "List": [
            [
                "IdQuestion" : 5,
                "IdProposition": 2,
                "Time" : 32
            ],
            [
                "IdQuestion" : 4,
                "IdProposition": 3,
                "Time" : 9
            ]
        ]
    ]
    AF.request("http://myserver.com", method:.post, parameters: parameters,encoding: JSONEncoding.default) .responseJSON { (response) in
        print(response)
    }
}

If you are using swift4 and Alamofire v4.0 then the accepted code would look like this :

            let parameters: Parameters = [ "username" : email.text!, "password" : password.text! ]
            let urlString = "https://api.harridev.com/api/v1/login"
            let url = URL.init(string: urlString)
            Alamofire.request(url!, method: .put, parameters: parameters, encoding: JSONEncoding.default, headers: nil).responseJSON { response in
                 switch response.result
                {
                case .success(let json):
                    let jsonData = json as! Any
                    print(jsonData)
                case .failure(let error):
                    self.errorFailer(error: error)
                }
            }

Alamofire ~5.2 and Swift 5

You can structure your parameter data

Work with fake json api

struct Parameter: Encodable {
     let token: String = "xxxxxxxxxx"
     let data: Dictionary = [
        "id": "personNickname",
        "email": "internetEmail",
        "gender": "personGender",
     ]
}

 let parameters = Parameter()

 AF.request("https://app.fakejson.com/q", method: .post, parameters: parameters).responseJSON { response in
            print(response)
        }

There are few changes I would like to notify. You can access request, JSON, error from response object from now on.

        let urlstring = "Add URL String here"
        let parameters: [String: AnyObject] = [
            "IdQuiz" : 102,
            "IdUser" : "iosclient",
            "User" : "iosclient",
            "List": [
                [
                    "IdQuestion" : 5,
                    "IdProposition": 2,
                    "Time" : 32
                ],
                [
                    "IdQuestion" : 4,
                    "IdProposition": 3,
                    "Time" : 9
                ]
            ]
        ]

        Alamofire.request(.POST, urlstring, parameters: parameters, encoding: .JSON).responseJSON { response in
            print(response.request)  // original URL request
            print(response.response) // URL response
            print(response.data)     // server data
            print(response.result)   // result of response serialization

            if let JSON = response.result.value {
                print("JSON: \(JSON)")
            }
            response.result.error
        }

Xcode 8.X , Swift 3.X

Easy Use;

    let params:NSMutableDictionary? = [
    "IdQuiz" : 102,
    "IdUser" : "iosclient",
    "User" : "iosclient",
    "List": [
        [
            "IdQuestion" : 5,
            "IdProposition": 2,
            "Time" : 32
        ],
        [
            "IdQuestion" : 4,
            "IdProposition": 3,
            "Time" : 9
        ]
    ]
];
            let ulr =  NSURL(string:"http://myserver.com" as String)
            let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: ulr! as URL)
            request.httpMethod = "POST"
            request.setValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
            let data = try! JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: params!, options: JSONSerialization.WritingOptions.prettyPrinted)

            let json = NSString(data: data, encoding: String.Encoding.utf8.rawValue)
            if let json = json {
                print(json)
            }
            request.httpBody = json!.data(using: String.Encoding.utf8.rawValue);


            Alamofire.request(request as! URLRequestConvertible)
                .responseJSON { response in
                    // do whatever you want here
                   print(response.request)  
                   print(response.response) 
                   print(response.data) 
                   print(response.result)

            }

func get_Contact_list()
{
    ApiUtillity.sharedInstance.showSVProgressHUD(text: "Loading..")
    let cont_nunber = contact_array as NSArray
    print(cont_nunber)

    let token = UserDefaults.standard.string(forKey: "vAuthToken")!
    let apiToken = "Bearer \(token)"


    let headers = [
        "Vauthtoken": apiToken,
        "content-type": "application/json"
    ]

    let myArray: [Any] = cont_nunber as! [Any]
    let jsonData: Data? = try? JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: myArray, options: .prettyPrinted)
    //        var jsonString: String = nil
    var jsonString = String()
    if let aData = jsonData {
        jsonString = String(data: aData, encoding: .utf8)!
    }

    let url1 = "URL"
    var request = URLRequest(url: URL(string: url1)!)
    request.httpMethod = "POST"
    request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
    request.httpBody = jsonData as! Data

    //        let session = URLSession.shared

    let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in
        guard let data = data, error == nil else {
            print("error=\(String(describing: error))")
            ApiUtillity.sharedInstance.dismissSVProgressHUD()
            return
        }

        print("response = \(String(describing: response))")


        let responseString = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)
        print("responseString = \(String(describing: responseString))")

        let json =  self.convertStringToDictionary(text: responseString!)! as NSDictionary
        print(json)

        let status = json.value(forKey: "status") as! Int

        if status == 200
        {

            let array = (json.value(forKey: "data") as! NSArray).mutableCopy() as! NSMutableArray


        }
        else if status == 401
        {
            ApiUtillity.sharedInstance.dismissSVProgressHUD()

        }
        else
        {
            ApiUtillity.sharedInstance.dismissSVProgressHUD()
        }


    }
    task.resume()
}

func convertStringToDictionary(text: String) -> [String:AnyObject]? {
    if let data = text.data(using: String.Encoding.utf8) {
        do {
            let json = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data, options: .mutableContainers) as? [String:AnyObject]
            return json
        } catch {
            print("Something went wrong")
        }
    }
    return nil
}

If anyone wondering how to proceed with models and stuff, see below

        var itemArr: [Dictionary<String, String>] = []
        for model in models {
              let object = ["param1": model.param1,
                            "param2": model.param2]
              itemArr.append(object as! [String : String])
        }

        let param = ["field1": someValue,
                     "field2": someValue,
                     "field3": itemArr] as [String : Any]

        let url: URLConvertible = "http://------"

        Alamofire.request(url, method: .post, parameters: param, encoding: JSONEncoding.default)
            .responseJSON { response in
                self.isLoading = false
                switch response.result {
                case .success:
                    break
                case .failure:
                    break
                }
        }

I don't like any of the other answers so far (except perhaps the one by SwiftDeveloper), because they either require you to deserialize your JSON, only for it to be serialized again, or care about the structure of the JSON itself.

The correct answer has been posted by afrodev in another question. You should go and upvote it.

Below is just my adaption, with some minor changes (primarily explicit UTF-8 charset).

let urlString = "https://example.org/some/api"
let json = "{\"What\":\"Ever\"}"

let url = URL(string: urlString)!
let jsonData = json.data(using: .utf8, allowLossyConversion: false)!

var request = URLRequest(url: url)
request.httpMethod = HTTPMethod.post.rawValue
request.setValue("application/json; charset=UTF-8", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
request.httpBody = jsonData

Alamofire.request(request).responseJSON {
    (response) in

    print(response)
}

Alamofire Fetch data with POST,Parameter and Headers

func feedbackApi(){
    DispatchQueue.main.async {
        let headers = [
            "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
            "Authorization": "------"
        ]
        let url = URL(string: "---------")
        var parameters = [String:AnyObject]()
        parameters =  [
            "device_id":"-----" as AnyObject,
            "user_id":"----" as AnyObject,
            "cinema_id":"-----" as AnyObject,
            "session_id":"-----" as AnyObject,
        ]
       Alamofire.request(url!, method: .post, parameters: parameters,headers:headers).responseJSON { response in
                switch response.result{
                case.success(let data):
                    self.myResponse = JSON(data)
                    print(self.myResponse as Any)
                    let slide = self.myResponse!["sliders"]
                    print(slide)
                    print(slide.count)
                    for i in 0..<slide.count{
                        let single = Sliders(sliderJson: slide[i])
                        self.slidersArray.append(single)
                    }
                    DispatchQueue.main.async {
                        self.getSliderCollection.reloadData()
                    }
                case .failure(let error):
                    print("dddd",error)
                }

        }
    }

}

If you are using Alamofire v4.0+ then the accepted answer would look like this:

let parameters: [String: Any] = [
    "IdQuiz" : 102,
    "IdUser" : "iosclient",
    "User" : "iosclient",
    "List": [
        [
            "IdQuestion" : 5,
            "IdProposition": 2,
            "Time" : 32
        ],
        [
            "IdQuestion" : 4,
            "IdProposition": 3,
            "Time" : 9
        ]
    ]
]

Alamofire.request("http://myserver.com", method: .post, parameters: parameters, encoding: JSONEncoding.default)
    .responseJSON { response in
        print(response)
    }

I've slightly edited SwiftDeveloper's answer, because it wasn't working for me. I added Alamofire validation as well.

let body: NSMutableDictionary? = [
    "name": "\(nameLabel.text!)",
    "phone": "\(phoneLabel.text!))"]

let url = NSURL(string: "http://server.com" as String)
var request = URLRequest(url: url! as URL)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.setValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
let data = try! JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: body!, options: JSONSerialization.WritingOptions.prettyPrinted)

let json = NSString(data: data, encoding: String.Encoding.utf8.rawValue)
if let json = json {
    print(json)
}
request.httpBody = json!.data(using: String.Encoding.utf8.rawValue)
let alamoRequest = Alamofire.request(request as URLRequestConvertible)
alamoRequest.validate(statusCode: 200..<300)
alamoRequest.responseString { response in

    switch response.result {
        case .success:
            ...
        case .failure(let error):
            ...
    }
}

Here is how I created Http POST request with swift that needs parameters with Json encoding and with headers.

Created API Client BKCAPIClient as a shared instance which will include all types of requests such as POST, GET, PUT, DELETE etc.

func postRequest(url:String, params:Parameters?, headers:HTTPHeaders?, completion:@escaping (_ responseData:Result<Any>?, _ error:Error?)->Void){
    Alamofire.request(url, method: .post, parameters: params, encoding: JSONEncoding.default, headers: headers).responseJSON {
        response in
        guard response.result.isSuccess,
            (response.result.value != nil) else {
                debugPrint("Error while fetching data: \(String(describing: response.result.error))")
                completion(nil,response.result.error)
                return
        }
        completion(response.result,nil)
    }
}

Created Operation class that contains all data needed for particular request and also contains parsing logic inside completion block.

func requestAccountOperation(completion: @escaping ( (_ result:Any?, _ error:Error?) -> Void)){
    BKCApiClient.shared.postRequest(url: BKCConstants().bkcUrl, params: self.parametrs(), headers: self.headers()) { (result, error) in
        if(error != nil){
            //Parse and save to DB/Singletons.
        }
        completion(result, error)
    }
}
func parametrs()->Parameters{
    return ["userid”:”xnmtyrdx”,”bcode":"HDF"] as Parameters
}
func headers()->HTTPHeaders{
    return ["Authorization": "Basic bXl1c2VyOm15cGFzcw",
            "Content-Type": "application/json"] as HTTPHeaders
}

Call API In any View Controller where we need this data

func callToAPIOperation(){
let accOperation: AccountRequestOperation = AccountRequestOperation()
accOperation.requestAccountOperation{(result, error) in

}}