reddift is Swift Reddit API Wrapper framework, and includes a browser is developed using the framework.
- Supports OAuth2(is not supported on tvOS currently).
- Supports multi-accounts.
- Includes a sample application(iOS only).
- It's a typical browser of reddit.com.
- This application uses "reddift framework" in order to access reddit.com.
- Includes almost all of functions, such as image thumbnails, browsing comments, search subreddits and so on.
- If you need more features to this, please send pull requests to me.
Now, it's under developing. You have to pay attention to use this library.
# check out reddift and its submodules.
> git clone --recursive https://github.com/sonsongithub/reddift.git
Check that these libraries are checked out at each path correctly.
/framework/vendor/HTMLSpecialCharacters
/framework/vendor/MiniKeychain
Create new installed app via preference page at reddit.com.
And then, check your app's cliend_id
and fill out redirect_uri
for OAuth2.
For example, redirect_uri
is set to myapp://response
.
In following sample, redirect_uri
is set to reddift://response
.
This JSON file saves application information to use OAuth.
Rename reddift_config.json.sample
to reddift_config.json
.
And fill out DeveloperName
, redirect_uri
and client_id
.
redirect_uri
must be same one you registered at reddit.com.
You can check client_id
at application tab.
reddift generates http's user-agent property using this JSON and application's info.plist.
{
"DeveloperName": "<YOUR NAME>",
"redirect_uri": "<YOUR REDIRECT URI>",
"client_id": "<YOUR ID>"
}
In Xcode, set up URL Types in order to receive call back from Safari.
Set URL Schemes
to redirect_uri
that you set at reddit.com.
You don't have to include ://response
to this form.
These URI must be identical.
If they are not identical, reddit.com does not authorize your OAuth request.
In following sample, URL Schemes
is set to reddift
.
Test uses Application Only OAuth to remove user interaction from test process. If you want to run tests of reddift, you have to create another "Script" type application(personal use script) at reddit.com.
At first, rename test_config.json.sample
to test_config.json
.
Fill each following value using above preference pain of reddit.com.
{
"username": "test user account",
"password": "test user password",
"client_id": "test app client ID(must be script type app)",
"secret": "test app secret"
}
Cmd + U.
You have to build dependent frameworks using carthage
before building a sample application using Xcode.
# before open xcode project file.
> carthage update --platform iOS
carthage
works corretly, you can get following frameworks at each path.
/Carthage/Build/iOS/FLAnimatedImage.framework
/Carthage/Build/iOS/YouTubeGetVideoInfoAPIParser.framework
/Carthage/Build/iOS/UZTextView.framework
And, you get to edit URI types and reddift_config.json as same as the framework.
reddift returns Result<T>
object as a result.
Get the value or error from Result<T>
object.
Concretely, you can access either value evaluating enum state like a following code.
// do not use "!" in your code
switch(result) {
case .failure(let error):
println(error)
case .success(let listing):
// do something to listing
}
In more detail about this coding style, see "Efficient JSON in Swift with Functional Concepts and Generics".
At first, you have to implement codes to receive the response of OAuth2 in UIAppDelegate
.
reddift let you save tokens as a specified name into KeyChain.
Specifically, following sample code saves token as user name at reddit.com.
func application(application: UIApplication, openURL url: NSURL, sourceApplication: String?, annotation: AnyObject) -> Bool {
return OAuth2Authorizer.sharedInstance.receiveRedirect(url, completion:{(result) -> Void in
switch result {
case .failure(let error):
print(error)
case .success(let token):
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), { () -> Void in
OAuth2TokenRepository.saveIntoKeychainToken(token, name:token.name)
})
}
})
}
To communicate with reddit.com via OAuth2, you have to create Session
object.
See following section about getting response or error handling.
let result = OAuth2TokenRepository.restoreFromKeychainWithName(name)
switch result {
case .failure(let error):
print(error.description)
case .success(let token):
con.session = Session(token: token)
}
You can get contents from reddit via Session
object like following codes.
session?.getList(paginator, subreddit:subreddit, sort:sortTypes[seg.selectedSegmentIndex], timeFilterWithin:.All, completion: { (result) in
switch result {
case .failure(let error):
print(error)
case .success(let listing):
self.links.appendContentsOf(listing.children.flatMap{$0 as? Link})
}
})
You can use OAuth2AppOnlyToken
when you want to write a code for test or personal script tool(such as CLI).
OAuth2AppOnlyToken
enabled to access reddit without human action in order to authorize in web browser apps.
Do not use Oauth2AppOnlyToken
in installed app in terms of security.
OAuth2AppOnlyToken.getOAuth2AppOnlyToken(
username: username,
password: password,
clientID: clientID,
secret: secret,
completion:( { (result) -> Void in
switch result {
case .failure(let error):
print(error)
case .success(let token):
self.session = Session(token: token)
}
}))
In more detail, See my sample application, test code or Playground code included in this repository.
You can play with reddift in Playground.
In more detail, check reddift.playground package.
Before using, you have to copy test_config.json
into ./reddift.playground/Resources
in order to specify user account and your application informatin because reddift on Playground uses "Application Only OAuth".
- reddift depends on MiniKeychain for saving access tokens.
- Sample application depends on UZTextView.
MIT License.