NSImage base64 HTTP POST

ScreenshotManager.m

- (void)uploadImage:(NSImage *)image
{
    NSData *imageData = [image TIFFRepresentation];
    NSBitmapImageRep *imageRep = [NSBitmapImageRep imageRepWithData:imageData];
    imageData = [imageRep representationUsingType:NSPNGFileType properties:nil];

    
    NSString *base64 = [imageData encodeBase64WithNewlines: NO];

    NSString *jsonRequest = @"key=92428d1a5839df89cb8e87e8a31cd935&image=";

    jsonRequest = [jsonRequest stringByAppendingString:[base64 stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding]];

    NSLog(@"Request: %@", jsonRequest);
    
    NSData *requestData = [NSData dataWithBytes: [jsonRequest UTF8String] length: [jsonRequest length]];
    NSMutableURLRequest *request = [[NSMutableURLRequest alloc] initWithURL: [NSURL URLWithString: @"http://api.imgur.com/2/upload"]];
    [request setHTTPMethod: @"POST"];
    [request setHTTPBody: requestData];
    
    NSData *returnData = [ NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:request returningResponse:nil error:nil ];
    NSString *returnString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:returnData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
    
    NSLog(@"Returned Json: %@", returnString);
}

StatusItemView.m

- (id)initWithFrame:(NSRect)frame
{
    self = [super initWithFrame:frame];
    if (self) {
        NSArray *dragTypes = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:NSURLPboardType, NSFileContentsPboardType, NSFilenamesPboardType, nil];
        [self registerForDraggedTypes:dragTypes];
    }
    
    return self;
}


//perform the drag and log the files that are dropped
- (BOOL)performDragOperation:(id <NSDraggingInfo>)sender 
{
    NSPasteboard *pb = [sender draggingPasteboard];
    if([[pb pasteboardItems] count] != 1){
        return NO;
    }
    
    if([NSBitmapImageRep canInitWithPasteboard:pb]){
        NSImage *image = [[NSImage alloc] initWithPasteboard:pb];
        [[[ScreenshotController alloc] autorelease] uploadImage:image];
        
        return YES;
    }   
    
    return NO;
}