send pictures to php server by Alamofire library

README.md

Introduction

Send a media file to php server from swift.

server.php

<?php

public function post_picture()
{
    // This is get the file from FILES
    // 'picture' is consistent in Alamofire 'name' parameter.
    // 'beautifulimage' is consistent in Alamofire 'fileName' parameter.
    $pictureFromClient = $_FILES['picture']['beautifulimage'];
    
    return array(
        'status' => Conf_Api_Statuscode::OK
    );
}

swift.swift

// The is override from UIImagePickerControllerDelegate
func imagePickerController(picker: UIImagePickerController, didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo info: [String: AnyObject]) {
    // Check the img you picked.
    if let image = info[UIImagePickerControllerOriginalImage] as? UIImage {

        // Here is using Alamofire to send to php server.
        
        // Image what you want to send.
        let imageData = NSData(data: UIImagePNGRepresentation(image)!)
        // Parameters for post request
        let parameters = ["parameter1": "para", "parameter2": "para"]
        Alamofire.upload(.POST,
                         "http://www.test.com",
                         multipartFormData: {
                             multipartFormData in
                             // For file or img or media.
                             multipartFormData.appendBodyPart(data: imageData, name: "picture", fileName: "beautifulimage", mimeType: "image/jpg")
                             // For post parameters.
                             for (key, value) in parameters {
                                 multipartFormData.appendBodyPart(data: value.dataUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding)!, name: key)
                             }
                         },
                         encodingCompletion: {
                             encodingResult in
                             switch encodingResult {
                                 case .Success(let upload, _, _):
                                     upload.responseJSON {
                                         response in
                                         print(response)
                                     }
                                 case .Failure(let encodingError):
                                     print(encodingError)
                             }
                         })
    }
    dismissViewControllerAnimated(true, completion: nil)
}