Adding headers to Alamofire request (with ephemeral session)

Question

I'm trying to add headers into AlamoFire requests.

It works well when I use the following code:

let manager = Manager.sharedInstance
manager.session.configuration.HTTPAdditionalHeaders = [
    "Authorization": "Bearer \(accessToken!)" ]

However, when I need to user an ephemeral session it does not work with the following code.

let configuration = NSURLSessionConfiguration.ephemeralSessionConfiguration()
let manager = Manager(configuration: configuration)
manager.session.configuration.HTTPAdditionalHeaders = [
    "Authorization": "Bearer \(accessToken!)" ]

Am I missing something?

Thanks in advance,

Answer 1

You have to ensure your manager is retained, you could do it by setting it as a stored property. You'll find more informations here: https://github.com/Alamofire/Alamofire/issues/157

let customManager: Manager?

init() {
    let configuration = NSURLSessionConfiguration.ephemeralSessionConfiguration()
    self.customManager = Manager(configuration: configuration)
    self.customManager!.session.configuration.HTTPAdditionalHeaders = [
    "Authorization": "Bearer \(accessToken!)" ]
}


func yourFunc() {
    let URL = NSURL(string: identityURL)
    var mutableURLRequest = NSMutableURLRequest(URL: URL!)

    let request = self.customManager!.request(mutableURLRequest)

    request.responseJSON {
        (request, response, data, error) in
        if let response = response {
             // Your code
        }
}