Parsing XML from a Https URL using NSXMLParser?

• Debajit Adhikary Parsing XML from a Https URL using NSXMLParser? Jan 07 2009, 12:24
  I'm trying to parse XML directly from an HTTPS URL, as follows:
  
  NSString *const URL = @"https://some/HTTPS/url";
  NSURL* url = [NSURL URLWithString:URL];NSXMLParser* parser = [[NSXMLParser
  alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:url];
  [parser setDelegate:self];
  [parser parse];
  
  I have the following delegate method for the parser:
  
  - (void) parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser
  didStartElement:(NSString *)elementName
  namespaceURI:(NSString *)namespaceURI qualifiedName:(NSString
  *)qualifiedName
  attributes:(NSDictionary *)attributeDict
  {
      NSLog(@"Started parsing %@", elementName);
  }
  
  This seems to work fine for HTTP URL's, but shows no result for an HTTPS
  URL.
  
  How could I fix this?
• Alastair Houghton Re: Parsing XML from a Https URL using NSXMLParser? Jan 07 2009, 15:45
  On 7 Jan 2009, at 11:24, Debajit Adhikary wrote:
  
  

  > I'm trying to parse XML directly from an HTTPS URL, as follows:
  >
  > NSString *const URL = @"https://some/HTTPS/url";
  > NSURL* url = [NSURL URLWithString:URL];NSXMLParser* parser =
  > [[NSXMLParser
  > alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:url];
  > [parser setDelegate:self];
  > [parser parse];
  

  
  [snip]
  
  

  > This seems to work fine for HTTP URL's, but shows no result for an
  > HTTPS
  > URL.
  >
  > How could I fix this?
  

  
  I don't think the problem is the HTTPS url scheme as such.  It's more
  likely something to do with the server at the far end.  For instance,
  your HTTPS URL may require that some credentials are passed to the
  server (e.g. if it's using HTTP Basic auth.), and in that case I don't
  see how the -initWithContentsOfURL: method would know what to do on
  its own.
  
  In that case, you might need to use NSURLConnection/NSURLRequest to do
  the fetch from the server first, so that you can respond to the
  relevant delegate methods and provide the necessary authentication data.
  
  Kind regards,
  
  Alastair.
  
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