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Sources

Project homepage on GIT — https://github.com/QuickBlox/quickblox-ios-sdk/tree/master/sample-content

Download ZIP - https://github.com/QuickBlox/quickblox-ios-sdk/archive/master.zip

Overview

This sample demonstrates how to work with the QuickBlox Content API.
It allows you to organize a user's photo gallery.

It shows how to:

1. Download a user's images
2. Upload a new image

Guide: Getting Started with Content API

Getting a QuickBlox account

http://admin.quickblox.com/register

Creating applications on the Admin panel

http://admin.quickblox.com/apps/new

For further reading there is this 5 minute guide.

Connecting QuickBlox to your application

To get the information on how to connect to the QuickBlox.framework, please, refer to the IOS-how-to-connect-Quickblox-framework page.

Adding a Content Management System (CMS) to your application

QuickBlox Content API is:

• Content Management System (CMS) - Allows you to manage the apps contents and settings without having to re-publish it. Using a web interface you can control and make instant changes to the apps.
• Unlimited Data Storage
• Client SDKs that provide access to your content from code

Content Management System (CMS)

CMS allows you to manage the contents and settings of an app without having to re-publish it. You can upload any files through web interface, edit, delete - all typical operations.

Go to Admin panel, Content module. You can see list of your files:

You may not have any files. To upload a new file just use the File Upload section below the table - select a file to upload using the Choose... button, then press the Upload button - the new file will be uploaded.

You can create rich HTML files using the wysiwyg redactor - just press the Add Text/HTML button - a 'New file' page will be opened. You can use the wysiwyg redactor to create rich content.

Next, let's show you how to work with Content API through the iOS SDK:

Upload files

Note: The maximum size of the uploaded file is 100 mb

To upload a file using the iOS SDK use code below:

// your file - this is an image in our case
NSData *imageData = UIImagePNGRepresentation([UIImage imageNamed:@"arrow.png"]);
 
[QBRequest TUploadFile:imageData fileName:@"arrow.png" contentType:@"image/png" isPublic:NO successBlock:^(QBResponse *response, QBCBlob *blob) {
    // File uploaded, do something
    // if blob.isPublic == YES
    NSString *url = [blob publicUrl];
} statusBlock:^(QBRequest *request, QBRequestStatus *status) {
    // handle progress            
} errorBlock:^(QBResponse *response) {
    NSLog(@"error: %@", response.error);
}];

Read more about isPublic: argument here.

It is also possible to update file's data without creating new file:

NSData *file = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"plus" ofType:@"png"]];
 
QBCBlob *blob = [QBCBlob blob];
blob.ID = 65268; // ID of exists file
blob.name = @"Plus";
[QBRequest TUpdateFileWithData:file file:blob successBlock:^(QBResponse *response) {
    // File updated
    // if blob.isPublic == YES
    NSString *url = [blob publicUrl];
} statusBlock:^(QBRequest *request, QBRequestStatus *status) {
    // handle progress            
} errorBlock:^(QBResponse *response) {
    NSLog(@"error: %@", response.error);
}];

Retrieve files

You can use page parameters such as:

• perPage - how many files will be displayed on each page (max 100)
• page - current returned page

To retrieve a list of your own files use code below:

QBGeneralResponsePage *page = [QBGeneralResponsePage responsePageWithCurrentPage:1 perPage:20];
 
[QBRequest blobsForPage:page successBlock:^(QBResponse *response, QBGeneralResponsePage *page, NSArray *blobs) {
    // process response
} errorBlock:^(QBResponse *response) {
    // handle errors
    NSLog("errors=%@", response.error);
}];

Download files

You can download a file by ID or UID.

Download file by ID

NSUInteger fileId = 476532;
 
[QBRequest downloadFileWithID:fileId successBlock:^(QBResponse *response, NSData *fileData) {
    // do something with fileData
} statusBlock:^(QBRequest *request, QBRequestStatus *status) {
    NSLog(@"download progress: %f", status.percentOfCompletion); 
} errorBlock:^(QBResponse *response) {
    NSLog(@"error: %@", response.error);
}];

Download file by UID

NSString *uid = @"d816966db53640e68b304a3cd4e5c0c100";
 
[QBRequest downloadFileWithUID:uid successBlock:^(QBResponse *response, NSData *fileData) {
    // do something with fileData
} statusBlock:^(QBRequest *request, QBRequestStatus *status) {
    NSLog(@"download progress: %f", status.percentOfCompletion);
} errorBlock:^(QBResponse *response) {
    NSLog(@"Response error: %@", response.error);
}];

Public/Private urls

There are 2 types of files in Content module:

• Private files - can be accessed only by QuickBlox user with session token
• Public files - can be accessed from anywhere in Internet, don't need to have a session token.

You can manage the type when you upload a file to Content module via isPublic: argument.

To access a private url use the following method:

QBCBlob *file = ...;
NSString *privateUrl = [file privateUrl];
 
// or if you have only file UID
NSString *fileUID = @"6221dd49a1bb46cfb61efe62c4526bd800";
NSString *privateUrl = [QBCBlob privateUrlForFileUID:fileUID];

To access a public url use the following method:

QBCBlob *file = ...;
NSString *publicUrl = [file publicUrl];
 
// or if you have only file UID
NSString *fileUID = @"6221dd49a1bb46cfb61efe62c4526bd800";
NSString *publicUrl = [QBCBlob publicUrlForFileUID:fileUID];