gistfile1.m

- (void)login {
  // build request
  ASIHTTPRequest *request = [ASIHTTPRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:url]];

#ifdef MOCK_HANDSHAKE
  // create a nice mock
  request = [OCMockObject niceMockForClass:[ASIHTTPRequest class]];
  NSString *modelPath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"mock_handshake" ofType:@"txt"];
  NSString *responseString = [NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:modelPath encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:nil];
  [[[(id)request stub] andReturn:responseString] responseString];

  // keep the completion block upon setting
  __block ASIHTTPRequestBlock requestBlock;
  [[(id)request expect] setCompletionBlock:[OCMArg checkWithBlock:^(id value) { requestBlock = [value copy]; }]];

  // start the delayed call response
  [[[(id)request stub] andDo:^(NSInvocation *invocation) {
    RunAfterDelay(3, ^{
      requestBlock(request);
      [requestBlock release];
    });
  }] startAsynchronous];
 #endif

  __block __typeof__(self) blockSelf = self;
  [request setFailedBlock:^(ASIHTTPRequest *response){
    DDLogError(@"login failed with error: %@", response.error);
    NSError *error = [NSError errorWithDomain:TVApiErrorDomain code:TVApiLoginHandshakeError userInfo:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObject:response.error forKey:@"Error"]];
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:kTVLoginFailed object:error];
  }];

  [request setCompletionBlock:^(ASIHTTPRequest *response){
    NSError *error;
    NSString *responseString = [response responseString];
    NSDictionary *handshakeJson = [responseString yajl_JSONWithOptions:YAJLParserOptionsNone error:&error];
    // error handling removed...

    [blockSelf.channelManager loadChannelFileVersion:handshakeChannelFileVersion];
  }];

  [request startAsynchronous];
}