NSURLSessionUploadTask

uploadtask.m

2.3).NSURLSessionUploadTask
Upload Task sends data/file and it supports background uploads when the app is not running.

2.3.1) Create Upload task with system provided delegate methods.

/* Creates an upload task with the given request.  The body of the request will be created from the file referenced by fileURL */
- (NSURLSessionUploadTask *)uploadTaskWithRequest:(NSURLRequest *)request fromFile:(NSURL *)fileURL;
 
/* Creates an upload task with the given request.  The body of the request is provided from the bodyData. */
- (NSURLSessionUploadTask *)uploadTaskWithRequest:(NSURLRequest *)request fromData:(NSData *)bodyData;
 
/* Creates an upload task with the given request.  The previously set body stream of the request (if any) is ignored and the URLSession:task:needNewBodyStream: delegate will be called when the body payload is required. */
- (NSURLSessionUploadTask *)uploadTaskWithStreamedRequest:(NSURLRequest *)request;
 

If you are using the above API, you need to implement below NSURLSessionTaskDelegate method.

Note: NSURLSessionUploadTask is not having any special delegate class.  Delegate method is in NSURLSessionTaskDelegate

/* Sent periodically to notify the delegate of upload progress.  This
 * information is also available as properties of the task.
 */
- (void)URLSession:(NSURLSession *)session task:(NSURLSessionTask *)task
                                didSendBodyData:(int64_t)bytesSent
                                 totalBytesSent:(int64_t)totalBytesSent
                       totalBytesExpectedToSend:(int64_t)totalBytesExpectedToSend;
 

2.3.2) Create Upload Task with custom delegate methods.

- (NSURLSessionUploadTask *)uploadTaskWithRequest:(NSURLRequest *)request fromFile:(NSURL *)fileURL completionHandler:(void (^)(NSData *data, NSURLResponse *response, NSError *error))completionHandler;
- (NSURLSessionUploadTask *)uploadTaskWithRequest:(NSURLRequest *)request fromData:(NSData *)bodyData completionHandler:(void (^)(NSData *data, NSURLResponse *response, NSError *error))completionHandler;