# pokeb/asi-http-request

Easy to use CFNetwork wrapper for HTTP requests, Objective-C,  Mac OS X and iPhone

Repository: https://github.com/pokeb/asi-http-request
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/asi-http-request
Homepage: http://allseeing-i.com/ASIHTTPRequest
Language: Objective-C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2019-01-15T18:31:03+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6624, "days_push": 2787, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license, no_readme
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5726, forks 1386 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:28.289220+00:00)

## What it is
ASIHTTPRequest is an Objective-C wrapper around Apple's CFNetwork API that simplifies making HTTP requests on Mac OS X and iOS. It supports REST verbs, file uploads/downloads, progress tracking, authentication, cookies, GZIP, and response caching.

## Use cases
- make HTTP requests from an iOS app in Objective-C
- upload files with multipart/form-data from iPhone
- download data to memory or disk with progress indicators
- perform basic, digest, or NTLM authenticated requests
- interact with REST APIs using GET/POST/PUT/DELETE
- cache HTTP responses for offline fallback
- gzip-compress request and response bodies

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy Objective-C Mac or iOS codebase that already uses ASIHTTPRequest
- you need a simple CFNetwork-based HTTP client and cannot use newer alternatives

## When to avoid
- starting a new project - the author explicitly no longer maintains it
- modern Swift or iOS development - use NSURLSession or Alamofire instead
- you need ongoing bug fixes, security updates, or modern protocol support

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: http-client, caching, auth
- domain: web-development, developer-tools, apis
- platform: cpp
- tags: objective-c, cfnetwork, rest-client, file-upload, deprecated, macos, ios

## Member repositories
- pokeb/asi-http-request (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:28.289220+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:53:25.996228+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - homepage: http://allseeing-i.com/ASIHTTPRequest (fetched 2026-08-29T08:48:54.316022+00:00, sha a2de5b58f240)
  - site_page: https://allseeing-i.com/ASIHTTPRequest/Changelog (fetched 2026-08-29T08:48:54.325514+00:00, sha 9f884901b16d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.