default 60 (1 minute)

1 day (HEAD requests with eTag are sent only after expiry of this. Not that these are not RFC compliant, but needed for performance tuning)

1 day

if your server takes longer than 30 seconds to provide real data, you should hire a better server developer. on iOS (or any mobile device), 30 seconds is already considered high.

Request URL Property @property url

The internal request object @property readonlyRequest

The internal HTTP Response Object @property readonlyResponse

The internal HTTP Post data values @property readonlyPostDictionary

The internal request object’s method type @property HTTPMethod

The internal response object’s status code @property HTTPStatusCode

Post Data Encoding Type Property @property postDataEncoding

Set a customized Post Data Encoding Handler for a given HTTP Content Type

String Encoding Property @property stringEncoding

Freezable request @property freezable

Error object @property error

Boolean variable that states whether the operation’s response should be cached despite coming from a secured source @property shouldCacheEvenIfProtocolIsHTTPS

Boolean variable that states whether the operation’s response should be cached @property shouldNotCacheResponse

Boolean variable that states whether the operation should continue if the certificate is invalid. @property shouldContinueWithInvalidCertificate

Boolean variable that states whether the request should automatically include an Accept-Language header. @property shouldSendAcceptLanguageHeader

Cache headers of the response @property cacheHeaders

Authentication methods

Authentication methods

Authentication methods (Client Certificate) @property clientCertificate

Authentication methods (Password for the Client Certificate) @property clientCertificatePassword

Custom authentication handler @property authHandler

Handler that you implement to monitor reachability changes @property operationStateChangedHandler

controls persistence of authentication credentials @property credentialPersistence

notification that has to be shown when an error occurs and the app is in background @property localNotification

• @abstract Shows a local notification when an error occurs
• @property shouldShowLocalNotificationOnError *
• @discussion
• The default value NO. No notification is shown when an error occurs.
• When set to YES, MKNetworkKit shows the NSError localizedDescription text as a notification when the app is in background and the network operation ended in error.
• To customize the local notification text, use the property localNotification

Add additional POST/GET parameters to your request

Add additional header

Add additional header parameters

Set a header, overwriting any value already set.

Sets the authorization header after prefixing it with a given auth type

Attaches a file to the request

Attaches a file to the request and allows you to specify a mime-type

Attaches a resource to the request from a NSData pointer

Attaches a resource to the request from a NSData pointer and allows you to specify a mime-type

Block Handler for completion and error

adds a block Handler for completion and error

Block Handler for tracking 304 not modified state

Block Handler for tracking upload progress

Block Handler for tracking download progress

Uploads a resource from a stream

Downloads a resource directly to a file or any output stream

Helper method to check if the response is from cache

Helper method to retrieve the contents

Helper method to retrieve the contents as a NSString

Helper method to print the request as a cURL command

Helper method to retrieve the contents as a NSString encoded using a specific string encoding

Helper method to retrieve the contents as a UIImage

• @abstract Helper method to retrieve the contents as a NSDictionary or NSArray depending on the JSON contents *
• @discussion
• This method is used for accessing the downloaded data as a NSDictionary or an NSArray. If the operation is still in progress, the method returns nil. If the response is not a valid JSON, this method returns nil. *
• @seealso
• responseJSONWithCompletionHandler:

Helper method to retrieve the contents as a NSDictionary or NSArray depending on the JSON contents in the background

Helper method to retrieve the contents as a NSDictionary or NSArray depending on the JSON contents in the background

Overridable custom method where you can add your custom business logic error handling

Overridable custom method where you can add your custom business logic error handling

Copy this MKNetworkOperation, with the intention of retrying the call.