How to detect and handle HTTP error codes in UIWebView?

user_176031 0
Viewed 33716

I want to inform user when HTTP error 404 etc is received. How can I detect that? I've already tried to implement 

- (void)webView:(UIWebView *)webView didFailLoadWithError:(NSError *)error

but it is not called when I receive 404 error.

nserror uiwebview objective-c iphone ios
9 Answers

You could capture the URLRequest here:

- (BOOL)webView:(UIWebView *)webView shouldStartLoadWithRequest:(NSURLRequest *)request navigationType:(UIWebViewNavigationType)navigationType

and hand the request over to the delegate and return no. Then in the received response call from NSURLConnection cancel the connection and if everything is fine (check response) load the urlrequest once more in the webview. Make sure to return YES in the above call when loading the urlrequest again.

Not very elegant, but it might work.

user_1951860

You're mis-interpreting what -didFailLoadWithError is for. Technically, the request succeeded. It was able to hit the server and find that the file you're requesting doesn't exist (i.e. 404). The -didFailLoadWithError method will get called if the server doesn't exist, for example. Your server exists. The file doesn't. The web view is not going to interpret errors in the content. The purpose of -didFailLoadWithError from the UIWebViewDelegate Apple Docs is:

Sent if a web view failed to load content.

From the Wikipedia article on HTTP 404:

The 404 or Not Found error message is a HTTP standard response code indicating that the client was able to communicate with the server but the server could not find what was requested. 404 errors should not be confused with "server not found" or similar errors, in which a connection to the destination server could not be made at all.

In all likelihood you'll have to parse the response text for a 404 which you could obtain with an NSURLConnection/NSURLRequest combination rather than a web view.

Best Regards,

user_715090

I am new to iOS and Swift development, and needed to find a way to accomplish this as well, using WKWebView (not UI). I was fortunate enough to run across this site that gave me the following answer, which works perfectly for my needs. It might help passers-by that are looking for the same answer I was.

Using this function (from WKNavigationDelegate):

func webView(_ webView: WKWebView, decidePolicyFor navigationResponse: WKNavigationResponse, decisionHandler: @escaping (WKNavigationResponsePolicy) -> Void)

You can create custom responses based on the HTTP response, like so: 

func webView(_ webView: WKWebView, decidePolicyFor navigationResponse: WKNavigationResponse, decisionHandler: @escaping (WKNavigationResponsePolicy) -> Void) {

    // get the statuscode
    guard let statusCode = (navigationResponse.response as? HTTPURLResponse)?.statusCode
    else {
        decisionHandler(.allow)
        return
    }

    // respond or pass-through however you like
    switch statusCode {
    case 400..<500:
        webView.loadHTMLString("<html><body><h1>You shall not pass!</h1></body></html>", baseURL: nil)
    case 500..<600:
        webView.loadHTMLString("<html><body><h1>Sorry, our fault.</h1></body></html>", baseURL: nil)
    default:
        print("all might be well")
    }

    decisionHandler(.allow)
}
user_24522080
Related