I am new to swift and am in the learning phase.
I have to basically make a request using URLSession but the API does not allow any unauthorized requests
here is my code :
func getCoinPrice(for currency: String) {
let urlString = baseURL + currency
guard let url = URL(string: urlString) else {
return
}
var request = URLRequest(url: url)
request.setValue(apiKey, forHTTPHeaderField: "x-api-key")
let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { (data, response, error) in
if error != nil {
print(error!)
return
}
let dataAsString = String(data: data!, encoding: .utf8)
print(dataAsString ?? "NO VALUE")
}
task.resume()
}
I have the line request.setValue(apiKey, forHTTPHeaderField: "CoinAPI-Key") where I am passing the APIkey but strangely I always get this response
{
"error": "You didn\u0027t specify API key or it is incorrectly formatted. You should do it in query string parameter \u0060apikey\u0060 or in http header named \u0060X-CoinAPI-Key\u0060"
}
The same request in header works perfectly in Postman as you can see below
what am I doing wrong? any help would be appreciated
modification of code (still get same error) :
func getCoinPrice(for currency: String) {
let urlString = baseURL + currency
var urlComponent = URLComponents(string: urlString)
urlComponent?.queryItems = [URLQueryItem(name: apiKey, value: "x-api-key")]
let request = URLRequest(url: urlComponent!.url!)
let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { (data, response, error) in
if error != nil {
print(error!)
return
}
let dataAsString = String(data: data!, encoding: .utf8)
print(dataAsString ?? "NO VALUE")
}
task.resume()
}