SwiftRequest is a lightweight, type-safe HTTP client for Swift, streamlining the construction and execution of HTTP requests.
SwiftRequest abstracts away the repetitive boilerplate code that's typically associated with setting up HTTP requests in Swift. It utilizes macros introduced in Swift 5.9, which can be associated with specific declarations to enhance and extend their functionality.
Here's a quick look at how you'd define a service to fetch quotes:
@Service(resource: "quotes")
class QuoteService {
@GET<[Quote]>("random")
private func getRandomQuotes(@QueryParam limit: Int? = nil) {}
@GET<Quote>("{id}")
private func getQuote(@PathParam by id: String) {}
}
To make a request using SwiftRequest, you can do the following:
let service = QuoteService(baseURL: "https://api.quotable.io")
let (quotes, _) = try await service.getRandomQuotes(limit: 5)
let (quote, _) = try await service.getQuote(by: "69Ldsxcdm-")
SwiftRequest offers support for the following HTTP methods:
@GET
@POST
@PUT
@PATCH
@DELETE
@HEAD
@OPTIONS
Each of these methods accepts a generic response type (could be Data
), a string for the request path, and an optional dictionary to specify request headers.
@GET<Quote>("{id}", headers: ["Cache-Control": "max-age=640000"])
SwiftRequest provides several parameters that can be used in conjunction with the HTTP methods:
@Header
: Use this property wrapper to define a request header. The header name is optional. If it's not provided, SwiftRequest uses the property name as the header name.func getQuote(@Header("Cache-Control") cacheControl: String) {}
@QueryParam
: Use this property wrapper to define a URL query parameter. The query parameter name is optional. If it's not provided, SwiftRequest uses the property name as the query parameter name.In this case, the limit parameter will be used as the query parameter name. Example:func getRandomQuotes(@QueryParam limit: Int? = nil) {}
https://api.quotable.io/quotes/random?limit=10
@PathParam
: Use this property wrapper to define a path parameter in the URL. The path parameter name is optional. If it's not provided, SwiftRequest uses the property name as the path parameter name.In this case, the id parameter will be used as the path parameter name. Example:@GET<Quote>("{id}") func getQuote(@PathParam by id: String) {}
https://api.quotable.io/quotes/123
It's important to note that the path parameter name must match the name of the property that's being used to define the path parameter and need to be write in the path between curly braces.
@Body
: Use this property wrapper to define the request body. This wrapper can only be used with the@POST
,@PUT
,@PATCH
, and@DELETE
HTTP methods.Here, the quote parameter will be used as the request body, and the@POST<Quote>("quotes") func createQuote(@Body quote: Quote) {}
Content-Type: application/json
header will be automatically added to the request.@FieldParam
: Use this property wrapper to define a field parameter in the request body. This wrapper can only be used with the@POST
,@PUT
,@PATCH
, and@DELETE
HTTP methods.In this case, the author and content parameters will be used as field parameters in the request body, and the@POST<Quote>("quotes") func createQuote(@FieldParam("author") authorName: String, @FieldParam content: String) {}
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
header will be automatically added to the request. Example:author=John%20Doe&content=Hello%20World
SwiftRequest is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE for details.