Upload image to form in webview, without displaying image picker - iphone

Question

I am trying to fill up a web form and submit data without letting the user see the web form itself. I have tried using AFNetworking to do HTTP POST in the background, but I bumped into a problem which I couldn't solve and decided to try something else.
This time, I have a UIWebView which is hidden in the background. I then edit the text in the respective fields using Javascript in the webViewDidFinishLoad:webView as follows:
NSMutableDictionary *params = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];
[params setObject:nameField.text forKey:#"name"];
[params setObject:emailField.text forKey:#"email"];
[params setObject:titleField.text forKey:#"title"];
[params setObject:dateString forKey:#"link"];
[params setObject:descriptionTV.text forKey:#"content"];
[params setObject:tag forKey:#"tags"];
[params enumerateKeysAndObjectsUsingBlock:^(id key, id object, BOOL *stop) {
NSLog(#"%# = %#", key, object);
NSString *javascriptString = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"document.getElementById('%#').value = '%#'",key,object];
[webView stringByEvaluatingJavaScriptFromString:javascriptString];
}];
Is there any way I could do the same, but for uploading images/files?

Answer 1

You should use an NSHTTPRequest to POST the image to the form directly. There is no need to use a UIWebView, hidden or otherwise. See this answer for an example of how to implement this. Here is another example of this.