gistfile1.txt

/*
 Create an account on a Flak server
 Uses ivar's for server, serverKey, firstName, lastName, email and password
 */
- (BOOL) createAccount
{
	NSLog(@"Trying to create account..");
	// Server Key, First Name, Last Name, Email, Password, Password
	static NSString *createUserFormat = @"{ \"key\": \"%@\", \"user\": { \"first_name\": \"%@\", \"last_name\": \"%@\", "
		"\"email\": \"%@\", \"password\": \"%@\", \"password_confirmation\": \"%@\", \"time_zone\": \"Central Time (US & Canada)\" } }";
	
	NSString *requestString = [NSString stringWithFormat:createUserFormat, serverKey, firstName, lastName, email, password, password];
	NSLog(@"User request: %@", requestString);
	
	NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:[[self server] stringByAppendingFormat:@"/users"]];
	NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
	[request setHTTPMethod:@"POST"];
	[request setValue:@"application/json" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Type"];
	[request setValue:@"application/json" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Accept"];
	[request setHTTPBody:[requestString dataUsingEncoding:[NSString defaultCStringEncoding]]];
	NSHTTPURLResponse *response = nil;
	
	NSData *data = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:request returningResponse:&response error:nil];
	
	BOOL success = NO; // pessimism, captain!
	
	if ((response != nil) && ([response statusCode] == 200)) {
		
		// For some reason, there's no +(NSString*)stringWithBytes
		NSString *responseString = [[NSString alloc] initWithBytes:[data bytes] length:[data length] encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
		NSLog(@"Creating user account: %@", responseString);
		
		if ([responseString characterAtIndex:0] == '{') {
			// Example: { "user": { "id": 1, "email": "[email protected]", "first_name": "Name",
			//            "last_name": "Name", "time_zone": "Central Time (US & Canada)" } }
			success = YES;
		} else if ([responseString characterAtIndex:0] == '[') {
			NSLog(@"Error?: %@", responseString);
		} /*else {
			NSLog(@"I don't know what that is!");
		}*/
		
		[responseString release];
	}
					
	return success;
}