AFNetworking Request

AFNetworkingRequest.m

    // using ARC, so no release / autorelease
    AFHTTPClient *client = [AFHTTPClient clientWithBaseURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://localhost"]];    
    [client setAuthorizationHeaderWithUsername:@"steve" password:@"mypass"];

    NSURLRequest *request = [client requestWithMethod:@"GET" path:@"/auth.php" parameters:nil];
    AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation = [[AFHTTPRequestOperation alloc] initWithRequest:request];

    [operation 
        setCompletionBlockWithSuccess:^(AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation, id responseObject) {
            NSLog(@"success: %@", operation.responseString);
        } 
        failure:^(AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation, NSError *error) {
            NSLog(@"error: %@", operation.error);
        }
     ];
    
    [[[NSOperationQueue alloc] init] addOperation:operation];