Using a REST API and iPhone/Objective-C

Question

So I'm brand new to Netflix's API and have never used an API ever before. I'm ok with Objective-C and Cocoa Touch but just have no clue where to start when accessing the API and how to in general. Can someone help me get started with some code that will access titles in Netflix or just how to access a REST API in general with authentication. Thanks.

Update: I've looked at the documents and I'm still a little lost because the Netflix API is a little weird with OAuth. Any help?

Answer 1

Take a look at the Netflix API reference documentation. It's got a ton of great sample implementations (not necessarily in Objective C), including examples of how to get titles (example in python).

Additionally, there's an excellent getting started guide.

Answer 2

http://allseeing-i.com/ASIHTTPRequest/ makes it easy to do REST on iPhone. I was able to do a REST request within a couple of hours.

Answer 3

check this out... http://odataobjc.codeplex.com/

Answer 4

http://github.com/sdegutis/CocoaREST

Answer 5

http://github.com/mirek/NSMutableDictionary-REST.framework is easy to use.