how to http post special chars in swift

Question

I\'m using the following to post an email and password to my server (php script). The problem I\'m having is the password contains a special char (specifically the &am

Answer 1

Here's some sample code you can try in a playground.

//: Playground - noun: a place where people can play

import UIKit

var n = NSURLComponents()

let s = "blah"
// Note that the values here should not be % encoded
let item1 = NSURLQueryItem(name: "password1", value: "ab%&")
let item2 = NSURLQueryItem(name: "password2", value: "ab%&%#$%^&*(")

n.queryItems = [item1, item2]

n.URL?.query

n.queryItems?.count

n.queryItems![0].name
n.queryItems![0].value

n.queryItems![1].name
n.queryItems![1].value

n.URL