CHCSV Error : unable to allocate memory for length - iphone

Question

I want to parse a .csv file. For this I use the CHCSV Parser. But when I push into the view where the parser should start parsing, the app crashes.
Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSMallocException', reason:
'* -[NSConcreteMutableData appendBytes:length:]: unable to allocate
memory for length (4294967295)'
NSString *filePath = #"http://somewhere.com/test.csv";
NSString *fileContent = [NSString stringWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:filePath] encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:nil];
self.csvParser = [[CHCSVParser alloc] initWithContentsOfCSVFile:fileContent];
Edit:
I'm developing for iOS 6+. Thanks for the great comments and answers. I hope to get the right solution.
Input Stream
It doesn't work. When I want to work with the input stream the app crashes because of the wrong encoding.
Incompatible integer to pointer conversion sending 'int' to
parameter of type 'NSStringEncoding *' (aka 'unsigned int *')
NSData *downloadData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:#"http://example.com/test.csv"]];
NSInputStream *stream = [NSInputStream inputStreamWithData:downloadData];
self.csvParser = [[CHCSVParser alloc] initWithInputStream:stream usedEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding delimiter:#";"];
self.csvParser.delegate = self;
[self.csvParser parse];
CSV-String
NSString *filePath = #"http://example.com/test.csv";
NSString *fileContent = [NSString stringWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:filePath] encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:nil];
self.csvParser = [[CHCSVParser alloc] initWithCSVString:fileContent];
self.csvParser.delegate = self;
[self.csvParser parse];
This parse only (null).

Answer 1

Final Edit: Dave, the author of CHCSVParser, updated his code on github, so this problem should be solved when you use the most recent version. Get it now!
Okay, here we go:
First add the following code in CHCSVParser.m:
In method - (void)_sniffEncoding at the very beginning you have:
uint8_t bytes[CHUNK_SIZE];
NSUInteger readLength = [_stream read:bytes maxLength:CHUNK_SIZE];
[_stringBuffer appendBytes:bytes length:readLength];
[self setTotalBytesRead:[self totalBytesRead] + readLength];
change it to:
uint8_t bytes[CHUNK_SIZE];
NSUInteger readLength = [_stream read:bytes maxLength:CHUNK_SIZE];
if (readLength > CHUNK_SIZE) {
readLength = CHUNK_SIZE;
}
[_stringBuffer appendBytes:bytes length:readLength];
[self setTotalBytesRead:[self totalBytesRead] + readLength];
After that changed I got only null values so I changed the file path (in the sample project it is located in the main(), however I did the parsing in viewDidLoad.
Make sure you copied the file in your bundle directory for that to work!
file = [NSBundle pathForResource:#"Test" ofType:#"scsv" inDirectory:[[NSBundle mainBundle] bundlePath]];
Edit:
When you say you need to download the file you can do following (but notice that this is quick and dirty solution especially on mobile devices)
NSData *downloadData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:#"http://www.yourdomain.tld/Test.scsv"]];
NSInputStream *stream = [NSInputStream inputStreamWithData:downloadData];
The last line is the important one here you need to change.
Hope that solves your issue.
Edit 2:
I've just created a repository with a demo project for you where the code actually works. Perhaps you can find out what you do wrong (or at least different). Here is the link.
Edit 3:
Change
self.csvParser = [[CHCSVParser alloc] initWithInputStream:stream usedEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding delimiter:#";"];
to
self.csvParser = [[CHCSVParser alloc] initWithInputStream:stream usedEncoding:&encoding delimiter:';'];