gistfile1.m

+(NSDictionary *)dictionaryFromJsonWebService:(NSString *)urlString {
    if (!urlString) return [NSDictionary dictionary];
    NSDictionary *dict = nil;
	NSError *err;
    
    // Make the web service request
	NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:urlString]; 	
	NSHTTPURLResponse* urlResponse = nil;
	NSMutableURLRequest *req = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:url
                                                       cachePolicy:NSURLRequestReloadIgnoringLocalCacheData 
                                                   timeoutInterval:UPDATE_TIMEOUT_INTERVAL];	
	NSData *responseData = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:req
												 returningResponse:&urlResponse 
															 error:&err];  
	NSString *responseString = [[[NSString alloc] initWithData:responseData 
                                                      encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding] autorelease];    
    [self logRequest:urlString withResponseCode:[urlResponse statusCode]];
	// Convert the JSON response to a dictionary
    if ([urlResponse statusCode] != 200) {
        // A 0 status code occurs with flaky network connections so ignore it
        if ([urlResponse statusCode] != 0) [FlurryAPI logError:@"Background - Error in dictionaryFromJsonWebService" 
                                                       message:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"status code %i for url %@", [urlResponse statusCode], urlString]
                                                         error:err];
	} else if(responseString != nil && ![responseString isEqualToString:@""]) {        
        SBJsonParser *parser = [[[SBJsonParser alloc] init] autorelease];
        dict = [parser objectWithString:responseString];        
    } 
    return dict;
}