RestKit Queue

ConfigureRestKit.m

/* Also called from the AppDelegate */
- (void)configureRestKit {
    // Init RestKit and Map Models
    RKObjectManager *manager = [RKObjectManager managerWithBaseURLString:@"http://example.com/api"];
    manager.client.requestQueue.showsNetworkActivityIndicatorWhenBusy = YES;
    
    [[RKClient sharedClient] setCachePolicy:RKRequestCachePolicyNone];
    [[RKClient sharedClient] setValue:[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] stringForKey:@"UUID"] forHTTPHeaderField:@"App-UUID"];
    
    RKLogConfigureByName("RestKit/Network*", RKLogLevelTrace);
    RKLogConfigureByName("RestKit/ObjectMapping", RKLogLevelTrace);
    [RKObjectManager sharedManager].acceptMIMEType = RKMIMETypeJSON; 
    [RKObjectManager sharedManager].serializationMIMEType = RKMIMETypeJSON;
}

Mapping.m

/* Called once from the AppDelegate */
- (void)mapping {
 RKObjectMapping *objectMapping = [RKObjectMapping mappingForClass:[MKMeeting class]];
    [objectMapping mapKeyPath:@"_id" toAttribute:@"identifier"];
    [objectMapping mapKeyPath:@"name" toAttribute:@"name"];
    [objectMapping mapKeyPath:@"pin" toAttribute:@"pin"];
    [objectMapping mapKeyPath:@"hasLocation" toAttribute:@"hasLocation"];
    [objectMapping mapKeyPath:@"lat" toAttribute:@"lat"];
    [objectMapping mapKeyPath:@"lng" toAttribute:@"lng"];
    
    [[RKObjectManager sharedManager].mappingProvider setObjectMapping:objectMapping forResourcePathPattern:@"/meetings"];
    [[RKObjectManager sharedManager].mappingProvider setObjectMapping:objectMapping forResourcePathPattern:@"/meetings/:identifier"];
    
    RKObjectMapping *serialzedMapping = [RKObjectMapping mappingForClass:[NSMutableDictionary class]];
    [serialzedMapping mapKeyPath:@"identifier" toAttribute:@"_id"];
    [serialzedMapping mapKeyPath:@"name" toAttribute:@"name"];
    [serialzedMapping mapKeyPath:@"pin" toAttribute:@"pin"];
    [serialzedMapping mapKeyPath:@"hasLocation" toAttribute:@"hasLocation"];
    [serialzedMapping mapKeyPath:@"lat" toAttribute:@"lat"];
    [serialzedMapping mapKeyPath:@"lng" toAttribute:@"lng"];
    
    [[[RKObjectManager sharedManager] mappingProvider] setSerializationMapping:serialzedMapping forClass:[MKMeeting class]];
    
    RKObjectRouter *router = [RKObjectManager sharedManager].router;
    
    [router routeClass:[MKMeeting class] toResourcePath:@"/meetings/:identifier"];
    [router routeClass:[MKMeeting class] toResourcePath:@"/meetings" forMethod:RKRequestMethodGET];
    [router routeClass:[MKMeeting class] toResourcePath:@"/meetings" forMethod:RKRequestMethodPOST];
}

MeetingViewController.m

/* called in from UI event */
- (void)newMeeting:(NSObject*)sender {
    MKMeeting *meeting = [[MKMeeting alloc] init];
    meeting.name = [MKRandomNameGenerator randomName];
    meeting.pin = [MKRandomNameGenerator randomNumberOfLength:4];
    if ( [CLLocationManager locationServicesEnabled] ) {
        meeting.hasLocation = YES;
        meeting.lat = self.locationManager.location.coordinate.latitude;
        meeting.lng = self.locationManager.location.coordinate.longitude;
    }
    
    [[RKObjectManager sharedManager] postObject:meeting delegate:self];
}

/* Two methods from the delegate implemented */
- (void)objectLoader:(RKObjectLoader *)objectLoader didLoadObjects:(NSArray *)objects {
    MKMeetingViewController *meetingController = [[MKMeetingViewController alloc] initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil];
    [meetingController setMeeting: [objects objectAtIndex:0] ];
    [self.navigationController pushViewController:meetingController animated:YES];
}

- (void)objectLoader:(RKObjectLoader *)objectLoader didFailWithError:(NSError *)error {
    NSLog(@"Error Creating new Meeting: %@", error);
}