Alamofire API Route Protocol

APIRoute.swift

/**
    An API Route
*/
protocol APIRoute {
    var method: Alamofire.Method { get }
    var encoding: Alamofire.ParameterEncoding { get }
    var path: String { get }
    var parameters: [String: AnyObject]? { get }
    var requestConvertible: APIRequestConvertible { get }
}

/**
    URL Request Convertible for use by Alamofire
 */
struct APIRequestConvertible: URLRequestConvertible {
    // TODO: This should be changed
    static var baseUrl: NSURL! = NSURL(string: "http://www.yourUrlHere.com")!
    
    let route: APIRoute
    
    var URLRequest: NSURLRequest {
        let requestUrl = APIRequestConvertible.baseUrl.URLByAppendingPathComponent(route.path)
        
        // Create a request with `requestUrl`, returning cached data if available, with a 15 second timeout.
        let request = NSMutableURLRequest(URL: requestUrl, cachePolicy: NSURLRequestCachePolicy.ReturnCacheDataElseLoad, timeoutInterval: 15)
        request.HTTPMethod = route.method.rawValue
        
        return route.encoding.encode(request, parameters: route.parameters).0
    }
    
    init(route: APIRoute) {
        self.route = route
    }
}