Making stringWithContentsOfURL asynchronous - Is it safe?

Question

I attempted to make -[NSString stringWithContentsOfURL:encoding:error:] asynchronous, by running it a-synchronically from a background thread:

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Answer 1

-(void)loadappdetails:(NSString*)appid {
    NSString* searchurl = [@"https://itunes.apple.com/lookup?id=" stringByAppendingString:appid];

    [self performSelectorInBackground:@selector(asyncload:) withObject:searchurl];

}
-(void)asyncload:(NSString*)searchurl {
    NSURL* url = [NSURL URLWithString:searchurl];
    NSError* error = nil;
    NSString* str = [NSString stringWithContentsOfURL:url encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:&error];
    if (error != nil) {
        NSLog(@"Error: %@", error);
    }
    NSLog(@"str: %@", str);
}