How do I insert a POST request into a UIWebView

Question

For a GET request I\'ve tried this simple method:

NSString *urlAddress = @"http://example.com/";
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:urlAddress];
NSURLReq         


        

Answer 1

Using loadHTMLString, feed a page to the UIWebView that has a hidden, pre-populated form, then make that page do a Javascript forms[0].submit() on loading.

EDIT: First, you collect the input into variables. Then you compose HTML like this:

NSMutableString *s = [NSMutableString stringWithCapacity:0];
[s appendString: @""
 "
"
 ""];
[s appendString: Param1Value]; //It's your variable
[s appendString: @"
"];

Then you add it to the WebView:

[myWebView loadHTMLString:s baseURL:nil];

It will make the WebView load the form, then immediately submit it, thus executing a POST request to someplace.com (your URL will vary). The result will appear in the WebView.

The specifics of the form are up to you...