The NSURLSession protocol defines the task-specific delegate methods that you should implement when working with any type of URLSession task.
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If you are using download tasks, also implement the methods in the URLSession protocol.
If you are using data or upload tasks, also implement the methods in the URLSession protocol.
func urlRequests credentials from the delegate in response to an authentication request from the remote server.
func urlPeriodically informs the delegate of the progress of sending body content to the server.
func urlTells the delegate when a task requires a new request body stream to send to the remote server.
func urlTells the delegate that the remote server requested an HTTP redirect.
func urlTells the delegate that the session finished collecting metrics for the task.
class URLSessionAn NSURLSession object encapsulates the metrics for a session task. Each object contains the task and redirect, as well as metrics for each request / response transaction made during the execution of the task.
func urlTells the delegate that the task finished transferring data.
var configuration: URLSessionA copy of the configuration object for this session.
var delegate: URLSessionThe delegate assigned when this object was created.
protocol URLSessionThe NSURLSession protocol describes the methods that URLSession objects call on their delegates to handle session-level events. In addition to the methods defined in this protocol, most delegates should also implement some or all of the methods in the URLSession, URLSession, and URLSession protocols to handle task-level events.
var delegateThe operation queue provided when this object was created.
var sessionAn app-defined descriptive label for the session.
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