Parsing Images through Webservices - iOS

[ashwinr87]

Hi,

I am trying to find out how images are sent through webservices for parsing in iOS.
I know how to parse images through image URL but is that the only way images are sent through webservices?
Would images be sent as binary data and if so how would I be able to parse them?

It would be great if someone could let me know.

[smithdale87]

You could base64 encode the image data and send it in the webservice response, then decode it back into NSData on the iOS side of things.

[ashwinr87]

Thanks for the reply..
Also, would you know if webservices usually give images as binary data or is a URL returned so that the image can be retrieved from that location?

Originally Posted by smithdale87

You could base64 encode the image data and send it in the webservice response, then decode it back into NSData on the iOS side of things.

[smithdale87]

That's completely up to whoever wrote the web services.

[ashwinr87]

ok.. thanks for you help...

Originally Posted by smithdale87

That's completely up to whoever wrote the web services.