ios post request (likely crappy)

UrlRequest.h

//
//  UrlRequest.h
//  form
//
//  Created by timshultis on 12/26/13.
//  Copyright (c) 2013 timshultis. All rights reserved.
//

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>


@interface UrlRequest : NSObject


-(void) post;
-(void) setBody: (NSString *) b;
-(void) setUrl: (NSString *) u;
-(NSString *) url;
-(NSString *) body;

@end

UrlRequest.m

//
//  UrlRequest.m
//  form
//
//  Created by timshultis on 12/26/13.
//  Copyright (c) 2013 timshultis. All rights reserved.
//

#import "UrlRequest.h"

@implementation UrlRequest{
    NSString * url;
    NSString * body;
    NSMutableData * receivedData;
    
}

-(void)post{
    NSMutableURLRequest *postRequest = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:self->url]];
    [postRequest setValue:@"application/x-www-form-urlencoded" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Type"];
    [postRequest setHTTPMethod:@"POST"];
    [postRequest setHTTPBody:[NSData dataWithBytes:[self->body UTF8String] length:strlen([self->body UTF8String])]];

    receivedData = [NSMutableData dataWithCapacity: 0];
    
    NSURLConnection *theConnection=[[NSURLConnection alloc] initWithRequest:postRequest  delegate:self];
   
    if (!theConnection) {
        // Release the receivedData object.
        receivedData = nil;
        NSLog(@"oh this failed");
        // Inform the user that the connection failed.
    } else{
        NSLog(@"Connection Success");
    }
}

- (void)connection:(NSURLConnection *)connection didReceiveResponse:(NSURLResponse *)response
{
    // This method is called when the server has determined that it
    // has enough information to create the NSURLResponse object.
    
    // It can be called multiple times, for example in the case of a
    // redirect, so each time we reset the data.
    
    // receivedData is an instance variable declared elsewhere.
    [receivedData setLength:0];

}

- (void)connection:(NSURLConnection *)connection didReceiveData:(NSData *)data
{
    // Append the new data to receivedData.
    // receivedData is an instance variable declared elsewhere.
    [receivedData appendData:data];
}

- (void)connection:(NSURLConnection *)connection
  didFailWithError:(NSError *)error
{
    // Release the connection and the data object
    // by setting the properties (declared elsewhere)
    // to nil.  Note that a real-world app usually
    // requires the delegate to manage more than one
    // connection at a time, so these lines would
    // typically be replaced by code to iterate through
    // whatever data structures you are using.
    
    
    //theConnection = nil;
    //receivedData = nil;
    
    // inform the user
    NSLog(@"Connection failed! Error - %@ %@",
          [error localizedDescription],
          [[error userInfo] objectForKey:NSURLErrorFailingURLStringErrorKey]);
}

- (void)connectionDidFinishLoading:(NSURLConnection *)connection
{
    // do something with the data
    // receivedData is declared as a property elsewhere
    NSLog(@"Succeeded! Received %d bytes of data",[receivedData length]);
    
    // Release the connection and the data object
    // by setting the properties (declared elsewhere)
    // to nil.  Note that a real-world app usually
    // requires the delegate to manage more than one
    // connection at a time, so these lines would
    // typically be replaced by code to iterate through
    // whatever data structures you are using.
    
    //theConnection = nil;
    //receivedData = nil;
    
}


-(void)setBody:(NSString *)b{
    body = b;
}

-(void)setUrl:(NSString *)u{
    url = u;
}

-(NSString *) url{
    return self.url;
}

-(NSString *) body{
    return self.body;
}

@end