Getting the receipt for an in-app purchase

from:

https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/releasenotes/General/ValidateAppStoreReceipt/Chapters/ValidateLocally.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40010573-CH1-SW2

When an application is installed from the App Store, it contains an application receipt that is cryptographically signed, ensuring that only Apple can create valid receipts. The receipt is stored inside the application bundle. Call the

appStoreReceiptURL

NSBundle

Note: In OS X, if the

appStoreReceiptURL

/Contents/_MASReceipt/receipt

Thanks, I have retrieved the NSData. From reading some documentation on this, it looks like I need a string, and then convert into a JSON object. So far I am unable to get the string. Here's what I have:

NSURL* receiptURL = [[NSBundle mainBundle] appStoreReceiptURL];

NSLog(@"receiptURL: %@", receiptURL);

NSData* receiptURLObject = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:receiptURL];

NSString* receiptAsString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:receiptURLObject encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];

NSLog(@"receiptAsString: %@", receiptAsString);

which results in:

receiptURL: Contents/_MASReceipt/receipt -- file:///Users/rickschlueter/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/Funventory-gkxxajonbpotwngswjacynttksjz/Build/Products/Debug/Goods.app/

receiptAsString: (null)

What I am trying to get to is the ending date for a subscription. I have now gotten the receipt as a string, something like:

MIIZyAYJKoZIhvcNAQcCoIIZuTCCGbUCAQExCzAJBgUrDgMCGgUAMIIJaQYJKoZIhv.....

How do I get the end date for the subscription?

The receipt is encoded. You must decode it. You can do that yourself (it's complicated) or send it to the Apple servers for decoding. This is all explained here:

https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/releasenotes/General/ValidateAppStoreReceipt/Introduction.html

I now have the receipts and can examine them. Thank you very much.