Easy and powerful way to interact with VK API for iOS and macOS.

Key features

😊 It's not ios-vk-sdk 😊
🍏 One library for iOS and mac OS 🍏
🤘 Fully written in Swift and doesn't contain any Objective-C code 🤘
🎮 Very simple interface, made with care about those who will use it 🎮
⛑ Fully strong typed that you can not shoot yourself in the leg ⛑
🏆 High code quality with lot of unit tests, linter integration and CI 🏆
🚀 Frequent updates and bug fixes 🚀
🔊 LongPoll support 🔊

Table of contents

• Requirements
• Integration
  • Carthage (recommended)
  • CocoaPods
  • Manually
• Getting started
  • Implement SwiftyVKDelegate
  • Setting up VK application
  • Authorization
    • oAuth WebView
    • Official VK Application
    • Raw token string
• Interaction with VK API
  • Request
  • Parameters
  • Callbacks
    • onSuccess
    • onError
  • Cancellation
  • Chaining
• Configuring
• Upload files
• Interaction with LongPoll
  • Start LongPoll
  • Handle updates
  • Stop LongPoll
• Share dialog
• FAQ
• License

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Requirements

• Swift 4.0 +
• iOS 8.0 +
• macOS 10.10 +
• Xcode 9.0 +

Integration

Carthage (recommended)

github "SwiftyVK/SwiftyVK"

CocoaPods

use_frameworks!

target '$MySuperApp$' do
  pod 'SwiftyVK'
end

Manually

1. Just drag SwiftyVK.framework or include the whole SwiftyVK.xcodeproj into project
2. Link SwiftyVK.framework with application in Your target preferences -> General -> Embedded binaries

Getting started

Implement SwiftyVKDelegate

To start using SwiftyVK you should implement SwiftyVKDelegate protocol in your custom VKDelegate class. It is used to notify your app about important SwiftyVK lifecycle events.

For example:

import SwiftyVK

class VKDelegateExample: SwiftyVKDelegate {

    func vkNeedsScopes(for sessionId: String) -> Scopes {
      // Called when SwiftyVK attempts to get access to user account
      // Should return a set of permission scopes
    }

    func vkNeedToPresent(viewController: VKViewController) {
      // Called when SwiftyVK wants to present UI (e.g. webView or captcha)
      // Should display given view controller from current top view controller
    }

    func vkTokenCreated(for sessionId: String, info: [String : String]) {
      // Called when user grants access and SwiftyVK gets new session token
      // Can be used to run SwiftyVK requests and save session data
    }

    func vkTokenUpdated(for sessionId: String, info: [String : String]) {
      // Called when existing session token has expired and successfully refreshed
      // You don't need to do anything special here
    }

    func vkTokenRemoved(for sessionId: String) {
      // Called when user was logged out
      // Use this method to cancel all SwiftyVK requests and remove session data
    }
}

See full implementation in Example project

Setting up VK application

1. Create new standalone application
2. Save application ID from Preferences -> Application ID
3. Set up SwiftyVK with application ID and VKDelegate obtained in the previous steps:

VK.setUp(appId: String, delegate: SwiftyVKDelegate)

Releasing

in order to free up resources that holds SwiftyVK use:

VK.release()

note you must setup it again for further using

Authorization

SwiftyVK provides several ways to authorize user. Choose the one that's more suitable for you.

oAuth WebView

This is a standard authorization method which shows web view with oAuth dialog. Suitable for most cases.

VK.sessions.default.logIn(
      onSuccess: { _ in
        // Start working with SwiftyVK session here
      },
      onError: { _ in
        // Handle an error if something went wrong
      }
  )

Official VK Application

If a user has the official VK app installed on their device, SwiftyVK can be authorized using it. To do that:

1. In Xcode -> Target -> Info -> URL Types

   • Add new URL Type like vk$YOUR_APP_ID$ (e.g. vk1234567890)
   • Add app schemas to Info.plist file:

<key>LSApplicationQueriesSchemes</key>
  <array>
    <string>vkauthorize</string>
    <string>vk$YOUR_APP_ID$</string>
  </array>

2. Copy Application Bundle from Xcode -> $App Target$ -> General -> Bundle Identifier (e.g. com.developer.applicationName)

3. Set copied Application Bundle to https://vk.com/apps?act=manage -> Edit App -> Settings -> App Bundle ID for iOS field

4. Add the following code to AppDelegate:

• For iOS 9 and below

func application(
   _ application: UIApplication,
   open url: URL,
   sourceApplication: String?,
   annotation: Any
   ) -> Bool {
   VK.handle(url: url, sourceApplication: sourceApplication)
   return true
}

• For iOS 10 and above

func application(
    _ app: UIApplication,
    open url: URL,
    options: [UIApplicationOpenURLOptionsKey : Any] = [:]
    ) -> Bool {
    let app = options[.sourceApplication] as? String
    VK.handle(url: url, sourceApplication: app)
    return true
}

4. Authorize as described in oAuth WebView.

   If user denies authorization in VK App, SwiftyVK will present oAuth dialog

Raw token string

If you have previously received user token, just pass it to the following method:

VK.sessions.default.logIn(rawToken: String, expires: TimeInterval)

// Start working with SwiftyVK session here

TimeInterval is a time, after which the token will no longer be valid. Pass 0 if you want token to never expire.

Interaction with VK API

SwiftyVK provides a very simple interface for interaction with VK API. All requests are performed asynchronously in a private queue by API scheduler (the scheduler sends no more than 3 requests per second by default). You can just send a request and get a response without a lot of work.

All API methods are listed here

Let's look closer to requests syntax:

Request

The basic request calls look like VK.methodGroup.methodName().

For example, to get short info about current user:

VK.API.Users.get(.empty)
    .onSuccess { /* handle and parse response */ }
    .onError { /* handle error */ }
    .send()

Object created with

VK.API.Users.get(.empty)

represents a request that can be sent immediately or can be configured first and sent later.

Parameters

If you want to get additional fields for a user in previous example, you can set request parameters:

VK.API.Users.get([
    .userId: "1",
    .fields: "sex,bdate,city"
    ])

Use .empty if you don't want to pass any parameters.

Callbacks

Requests are executed asynchronously and provide some callbacks for handling execution results:

onSuccess

This callback will be called when request has succeeded and returned Data object. You can handle and parse response using any JSON parsing method (e.g. JSONSerialization, Codable, SwiftyJSON and others)

VK.API.Users.get(.empty)
    .onSuccess {
        let response = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: $0)
    }

You can throw errors in onSuccess callback, which will cause onError to be called with your error.

onError

This callback will be called when request has failed for some reason. You may handle the error that was thrown in this callback.

VK.API.Users.get(.empty)
    .onError {
        print("Request failed with error: ($0)")
     }

Cancellation

If you no longer need to send sheduled request (e.g. screen was popped out), just cancel it:

// `send()` function returns `Task` object which has `cancel()` function
let request = VK.API.Users.get([
    .userId: "1",
    .fields: "sex,bdate,city"
    ])
    .onSuccess { print($0) }
    .send()

// Cancel sheduled request.
// onSuccess callback will never be executed.
request.cancel()

Chaining

SwiftyVK allows you to chain requests. If your second request needs to consume a response from the first one, just chain them together:

VK.API.Users.get(.empty)
    .chain { response in
        // This block will be called only
        // when `users.get` method is successfully executed.
        // Receives result of executing `users.get` method.
        let user = try JSONDecoder().decode(User.self, from: response)
        return VK.API.Messages.send([
            .userId: user.id,
            .message: "Hello"
        ])
    }
    .onSuccess { response in
        // This block will be called only when both `users.get` and `messages.send`
        // methods are successfully executed.
        // `response` is a result of `messages.send` method
    }
    .onError { error in
        // This block will be called when either `users.get` or `messages.send` methods is failed.
        // Receives error of executing `users.get` or `messages.send` method.
    }
    .send()

You can make very long chains with SwiftyVK!

Configuring

In SwiftyVK each session has default configuration for its requests. Each request gets configuration from its session. Configuration contains settings such as httpMethod, attemptTimeout and others.

You can change configuration for a single request

// Set different httpMethod only for this request
VK.API.Users.get(.empty)
    .configure(with: Config(httpMethod: .POST))

or for the whole session

// Set default apiVersion value for all requests in default session
VK.sessions.default.config.apiVersion = "5.68"

You may change following configuration properties:

Property	Default	Description
httpMethod	.GET	HTTP method. You can use GET or POST. For big body (e.g. long message text in message.send method) use POST method.
apiVersion	latest version	VK API version. By default uses latest version. If you need different version - change this value.
language	User system language	Language of response. For EN Pavel Durov, for RU Павел Дуров.
attemptsMaxLimit	3	Maximum number of attempts to send request before returning an error.
attemptTimeout	10	Timeout in seconds of waiting for a response before returning an error.
handleErrors	true	Allow to handle specific VK errors automatically by presenting a dialog to a user when authorization, captcha solving or validation is required.

Upload files

SwiftyVK provides the ability to easily upload a file to VK servers. For example:

// Get path to image file
guard let path = Bundle.main.path(forResource: "testImage", ofType: "jpg") else { return }

// Get data from image file by path
guard let data = try Data(contentsOf: URL(fileURLWithPath: path)) else { return }

// Create SwiftyVK Media representation from given data
let media = Media.image(data: data, type: .jpg)

// Upload image to server
VK.API.Upload.Photo.toWall(media, to: .user(id: "4680178"))
    .onSuccess { print($0) }
    .onError { print($0) }
    .onProgress {
        // This callback available only for uploading requests
        // Use it to handle uploading status and show it to user
        
        switch $0 {
            case let .sent(current, of):
                print("sent", current, "of": of)
            case let .recieve(current, of):
                print("recieve", current, "of": of)
        }
    } 
    .send()

Some upload requests do not immediately download files

e.g VK.API.Upload.Photo.toMessage will return photoId which you can use in messages.send method. See docs for more info.

Interaction with LongPoll

Start LongPoll

With SwiftyVK you can interact with VK LongPoll server very easily. Just call:

VK.sessions.default.longPoll.start {
    // This callback will be executed each time
    // long poll client receives a set of new events
    print($0)
}

Handle updates

Data format is described here. LongPollEvent is an enum with associated value of type Data in each case. You can parse this data to JSON using your favorite parser like this:

VK.sessions.default.longPoll.start {
    for event in $0 {
        switch event {
            case let .type1(data):
                let json = JSON(data)
                print(json)
            default:
                break
        }
    }
}

LongPollEvent has two special cases:

.forcedStop - returned when LongPoll has experienced unexpected error and stop. You can restart it again.

.historyMayBeLost - returned when LongPoll was disconnected from server for a long time and either lpKey or timestamp is outdated. You do not need to reconnect LongPoll manually, client will do it itself. Use this case to refresh data that could have been updated while network was unavailable.

Stop LongPoll

If you don't need to receive LongPoll updates anymore, just call this function:

VK.sessions.default.longPoll.stop()

Share dialog

With SwiftyVK can make a post to user wall. To do this, you need:

• Implement SwiftyVKDelegate
• SetUp VK application
• Present share dialog with context:

VK.sessions.default.share(
    ShareContext(
        text: "This post made with #SwiftyVK 🖖🏽",
        images: [
            ShareImage(data: data, type: .jpg), // JPG image representation
        ],
        link: ShareLink(
            title: "Follow the white rabbit", // Link description
            url: link // URL to site
        )
    ),
    onSuccess: { /* Handle response */ },
    onError: { /* Handle error */ }

Images and link are optional, text is required Sharing not available on macOS 10.10. If you want to use it, please make pull request to this repo.

FAQ

I can't find some API method or parameter in library

License

SwiftyVK is released under the MIT license. See LICENSE for details.