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obligao
obligao

Reputation: 3

AFIncrementalStore to sync Core Data with REST API

I was wondering if you have ever used AFIncrementalStore to sync between Core Data and a REST API? And if you so, it is a good approach to use it without the Heroku Core Data Buildpack? I don't like dark magic :P

My Core Data model might not match exactly the REST API.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 564

Answers (1)

teriiehina
teriiehina

Reputation: 4761

AFIncrementalStore works fine with a simple REST API.

You may have to override the representationForResponse method for a fine match with your models but it should be all that is needed (except from the init part of course)

My advice: make an exact match between the API and your CoreData models and then use categories to generate the data the way you want them.

I'm currently doing an e-commerce app and my API send me products with an expiration_date which is a unix timestamp. I save as it is in CoreData and then I have a category on my NSManagedObject Product methods like hoursRemaining, weeksFromNow and so on for an easier display in the UI.

For the relationships, I'm not use those for automatic fetching with AFIncrementalStore so I can't say much.

Upvotes: 2

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