func sendRequest(theQuestion:NSString) -> NSString
   {
        let url = NSURL(string:"https://example.com/api.php")
        let cachePolicy = NSURLRequestCachePolicy.ReloadIgnoringLocalCacheData
        let request = NSMutableURLRequest(URL: url!, cachePolicy: cachePolicy, timeoutInterval: 8.0)
            request.HTTPMethod = "POST"

        // set Content-Type in HTTP header
        let boundaryConstant = "----------V2ymHFg03esomerandomstuffhbqgZCaKO6jy";
        let contentType = "multipart/form-data; boundary=" + boundaryConstant
        NSURLProtocol.setProperty(contentType, forKey: "Content-Type", inRequest: request)

        var xd = theQuestion as String

        xd = xd.stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString("\", withString: ":backsl:", options: .LiteralSearch, range: nil)
        xd = xd.stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString(""", withString: ":quot:", options: .LiteralSearch, range: nil)

        // set data
        let dataString = xd
        let requestBodyData = (dataString as NSString).dataUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding)
        request.HTTPBody = requestBodyData

        // set content length
        //NSURLProtocol.setProperty(requestBodyData.length, forKey: "Content-Length", inRequest: request)

        var response: NSURLResponse? = nil
        var error: NSError? = nil
        let reply: NSData?
        do {
            reply = try NSURLConnection.sendSynchronousRequest(request, returningResponse:&response)
        } catch let error1 as NSError {
            error = error1
            reply = nil
        }

        if(error != nil)
        {
            return "error"
        }

        let results2 = NSString(data:reply!, encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding)
        var results = results2 as! String

        results = results.stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString("<", withString: "<")
        results = results.stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString(">", withString: ">")
        results = results.stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString(":and:", withString: "&")

    print("nnFrage: (xd)nnAntwort: (results)nn")

    if(results == "notLoggedIn")
    {
        let hand = trafficHandler()

        let defaults = NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults()

        let vers = NSBundle.mainBundle().infoDictionary?["CFBundleShortVersionString"] as! String

        let str1 = "action=login&username=" + defaults.stringForKey("username")! + "&password=" + defaults.stringForKey("password")! + "&version=" + vers

        let answer = hand.sendRequest(str1)

        if(answer == "true" || answer == "newuser")
        {
            let answer2 = hand.sendRequest(theQuestion)
            return answer2 as String
        }
    }

        return results as String
    }