swift decode json dictionary api call [duplicate] - json

I am trying to parse the below JSON response, which has multiple dynamic keys,
{
"Nagaland": {
"districtData": {
"Dimapur": {
"confirmed": 1,
"lastupdatedtime": "",
"delta": {
"confirmed": 0
}
}
}
},
"Meghalaya": {
"districtData": {
"East Khasi Hills": {
"confirmed": 1,
"lastupdatedtime": "",
"delta": {
"confirmed": 0
}
}
}
}
}
I have written my Codable struct like below,,
struct IndianStateListModel: Codable {
// MARK: Properties
let state: [String: StateData]
}
struct StateData: Codable {
// MARK: Properties
var districtData: Inner?
/// Mapping Key Enum
private enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
case districtData
}
}
struct Inner: Codable {
// MARK: Properties
let districts: [String: DistrictData]
}
struct DistrictData: Codable {
// MARK: Properties
var confirmed: Int?
var lastupdatedtime: String?
var delta: DailyConfirmedData?
/// Mapping Key Enum
private enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
case confirmed, lastupdatedtime, delta
}
}
struct DailyConfirmedData: Codable {
// MARK: Properties
var confirmed: Int?
/// Mapping Key Enum
private enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
case confirmed
}
}
It's called as,
let summary = try JSONDecoder().decode(IndianStateListModel.self, from: data)
But its returning nil
P.S.: related question regarding decodable Swift Codable with dynamic keys
Any solution, would be great, Thanks in advance

The Codable models that you must use to parse the above JSON data should be like,
Models:
struct StateData: Codable {
var districtData: [String:DistrictData]?
}
struct DistrictData: Codable {
var confirmed: Int?
var lastupdatedtime: String?
var delta: DailyConfirmedData?
}
struct DailyConfirmedData: Codable {
var confirmed: Int?
}
Parsing:
let summary = try JSONDecoder().decode([String:StateData].self, from: data)
Note: There is no need to explicitly create enum CodingKeys if the JSON keys exactly match the properties of the Codable type.

The fundamental issue is that IndianStateListModel has a property called states. But no such key appears in your JSON. I’d suggest parsing it with singleValueContainer. E.g. perhaps:
struct States: Decodable {
typealias StateName = String
let states: [StateName: Districts]
init(from decoder: Decoder) throws {
let container = try decoder.singleValueContainer()
states = try container.decode([StateName: Districts].self)
}
}
struct Districts: Decodable {
typealias DistrictName = String
var districts: [DistrictName: DistrictData]
enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
case districts = "districtData"
}
}
struct DistrictData: Decodable {
var confirmed: Int
var lastupdatedtime: String
var delta: DailyConfirmedData
}
struct DailyConfirmedData: Decodable {
var confirmed: Int?
}
And
do {
let result = try JSONDecoder().decode(States.self, from: data)
print(result)
} catch {
print(error)
}

Related

Swift JSON object with name of something/Integer

I'm using TMDB api and fetching tv show seasons, but seasons I get back are not inside array, but as objects with names: season/1, season/2. I need to be able to parse tv show with any number of seasons
Is there a way I can convert this to array without worring about how many seasons does the show have?
struct Result: Codable {
var season1: Season?
var season2: Season?
var id: Int?
enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
case season1
case season2
case id
}
}
struct Season: Codable {
var id: Int?
enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
case id
}
}
{
"id" : 1234,
"season/1": {
"id": 1234
},
"season/2": {
"id": 12345
}
}
EDIT:
Found a solution in dynamic coding keys
private struct DynamicCodingKeys: CodingKey {
var stringValue: String
init?(stringValue: String) {
self.stringValue = stringValue
}
var intValue: Int?
init?(intValue: Int) {
return nil
}
}
init(from decoder: Decoder) throws {
let container = try decoder.container(keyedBy: DynamicCodingKeys.self)
var tempArray = [TestSeason]()
for key in container.allKeys {
if key.stringValue.contains("season/") {
let decodedObject = try container.decode(TestSeason.self, forKey: DynamicCodingKeys(stringValue: key.stringValue)!)
tempArray.append(decodedObject)
} else {
print("does not contain season \(key.stringValue)")
}
}
season = tempArray
}
You're getting back a Dictionary, which you can access directly without using your Results struct. The dictionary probably provides a more flexible way of accessing the data than an array, but can also easily be converted to an Array.
As you haven't stated how you'd like the output, the below will convert them to an array of tuples, where each tuple is (season, id)
let data = json.data(using: .utf8)!
let decoder = JSONDecoder()
do {
let results = try decoder.decode([String:Season].self, from: data)
.map{($0.key, $0.value.id )}
print(results) // [("season/2", 12345), ("season/1", 1234)]
} catch {
print(error)
}
Edit: You also don't need the CodingKeys in Season as it can be inferred from the properties. All you need is
struct Season: Codable {
let id: Int
}

parsing nested JSON in Swift 5

Can't figure out how to build the struct for this nested JSON. I'm so close but missing something..
I'm trying to verify I'm loading correctly... the first two work great the nested data fails
print(json.pagination.items) // this works
print(json.releases[3].date_added) // this works
print(json.releases[3].basicInformation?.year) //NOT WORKING, returns nil
here is the struct in built
struct Response: Codable {
let pagination: MyResult
let releases: [MyReleases]
}
struct MyResult: Codable {
var page: Int
var per_page: Int
var items: Int
}
struct MyReleases: Codable {
var date_added: String
let basicInformation: BasicInformation?
}
struct BasicInformation: Codable {
let title: String
let year: Int
enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
case title, year
}
}
My JSON is
{
"pagination":{
"page":1,
"pages":2,
"per_page":50,
"items":81,
"urls":{
"last":"https://api.discogs.com/users/douglasbrown/collection/folders/0/releases?page=2&per_page=50",
"next":"https://api.discogs.com/users/douglasbrown/collection/folders/0/releases?page=2&per_page=50"
}
},
"releases":[
{
"id":9393649,
"instance_id":656332897,
"date_added":"2021-03-28T10:54:09-07:00",
"rating":2,
"basic_information":{
"id":9393649,
"master_id":353625,
"master_url":"https://api.discogs.com/masters/353625",
"resource_url":"https://api.discogs.com/releases/9393649",
"thumb":"",
"cover_image":"",
"title":"Ten Summoner's Tales",
"year":2016
}
}
]
}
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm so close but missing something... :(
First of all
json.releases[3].date_added
doesn't work with the given JSON, it will crash because there is only one release.
In MyReleases you have to add CodingKeys to map the snake_case name(s)
struct MyReleases: Codable {
var dateAdded: String
let basicInformation: BasicInformation?
private enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
case basicInformation = "basic_information", dateAdded = "date_added"
}
}
or add the .convertFromSnakeCase key decoding strategy.
You can even decode dateAdded as Date with the .iso8601 date decoding strategy.

Swift Codable Dictionary

I'm having an issue getting codable going. Any help would greatly appreciated. I have the following in my playground
Sample from my JSON file. It has many more elements, reduced it a smaller subset.
{
"metadata" : {
"generated" : {
"timestamp" : 1549331723,
"date" : "2019-02-04 20:55:23"
}
},
"data" : {
"CA" : {
"country-id" : 25000,
"country-iso" : "CA",
"country-eng" : "Canada",
"country-fra" : "Canada",
"date-published" : {
"timestamp" : 1544561785,
"date" : "2018-12-11 15:56:25",
"asp" : "2018-12-11T15:56:25.4141468-05:00"
}
},
"BM" : {
"country-id" : 31000,
"country-iso" : "BM",
"country-eng" : "Bermuda",
"country-fra" : "Bermudes",
"date-published" : {
"timestamp" : 1547226095,
"date" : "2019-01-11 12:01:35",
"asp" : "2019-01-11T12:01:35.4748399-05:00"
}
}
}
}
From The quicktype app. It generated a dictionary for Datum. The way the json is structured, the country abbreviation doesn't have a tag.
import Foundation
// MARK: - Welcome
struct Welcome: Codable {
let metadata: Metadata?
let data: [String: Datum]?
}
// MARK: - Datum
struct Datum: Codable {
let countryID: Int?
let countryISO, countryEng, countryFra: String?
let datePublished: DatePublished?
enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
case countryID = "country-id"
case countryISO = "country-iso"
case countryEng = "country-eng"
case countryFra = "country-fra"
case datePublished = "date-published"
}
}
// MARK: - DatePublished
struct DatePublished: Codable {
var timestamp: Int
var date, asp: String
}
// MARK: - Metadata
struct Metadata: Codable {
var generated: Generated
}
// MARK: - Generated
struct Generated: Codable {
var timestamp: Int
var date: String
}
// MARK: - Encode/decode helpers
class JSONNull: Codable, Hashable {
public static func == (lhs: JSONNull, rhs: JSONNull) -> Bool {
return true
}
public var hashValue: Int {
return 0
}
public func hash(into hasher: inout Hasher) {
// No-op
}
public init() {}
public required init(from decoder: Decoder) throws {
let container = try decoder.singleValueContainer()
if !container.decodeNil() {
throw DecodingError.typeMismatch(JSONNull.self, DecodingError.Context(codingPath: decoder.codingPath, debugDescription: "Wrong type for JSONNull"))
}
}
public func encode(to encoder: Encoder) throws {
var container = encoder.singleValueContainer()
try container.encodeNil()
}
}
From my code, I can load the json file, I'm not sure how to process the data here with the dictionary, and the country not having a name for the country abbreviation.
guard let url = Bundle.main.url(forResource: "data", withExtension: "json") else { return 0 }
let jsonData = try Data(contentsOf: url)
Note: This is a follow up to my earlier question: Swift Codable Parsing keyNotFound
Your data models are already defined correctly (however, I'd suggest some name changes and removing mutability/optionality from the properties).
Once you've parsed the JSON, there's no need to keep the Dictionary, since the keys are actually part of the value under the country-iso key.
So once you decoded your Root object, I would suggest simply keeping root.data.values, which gives you Array<CountryData>, which you can handle easily afterwards.
struct Root: Codable {
let data: [String: CountryData]
}
struct CountryData: Codable {
let countryID: Int
let countryISO, countryEng, countryFra: String
let datePublished: DatePublished
enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
case countryID = "country-id"
case countryISO = "country-iso"
case countryEng = "country-eng"
case countryFra = "country-fra"
case datePublished = "date-published"
}
}
// MARK: - DatePublished
struct DatePublished: Codable {
let timestamp: Int
let date, asp: String
}
do {
let root = try JSONDecoder().decode(Root.self, from: countryJson.data(using: .utf8)!)
let countries = root.data.values
print(countries)
} catch {
error
}

JSONSerializer for different json object

I have different type of dataset in the given json.
Courses json
{"name" : "University of Florida",
"data": {"GivenCourse" :{"name" : "Introduction to Computer Science", "tuition": 3000}},
"type" : "Courses" }
Professors json
{"name" : "University of Florida",
"data": {"Professor" :{"name" : "Dr.Francis Tudeluv", "age" :53}},
"type" : "Professor" }
I could able to write two structs, one is for Professor and the other one is Courses. However, as you see there are several common elements in the json object except the data. How that could be better handled?
Courses Struct is as follows:
struct Courses: Codable {
let name: String
let data: DataClass
let type: String
}
// MARK: - DataClass
struct DataClass: Codable {
let givenCourse: GivenCourse
enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
case givenCourse = "GivenCourse"
}
}
// MARK: - GivenCourse
struct GivenCourse: Codable {
let name: String
let tuition: Int
}
Professors Class
// MARK: - Welcome
struct Welcome: Codable {
let name: String
let data: DataClass
let type: String
}
// MARK: - DataClass
struct DataClass: Codable {
let professor: Professor
enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
case professor = "Professor"
}
}
// MARK: - Professor
struct Professor: Codable {
let name: String
let age: Int
}
My suggestion is to declare DataClass as enum with associated types
enum DataClass {
case course(Course), professor(Professor)
}
and Type as decodable enum
enum Type : String, Decodable {
case courses = "Courses", professor = "Professor"
}
Then implement init(from decoder and decode the different types depending on the type value. The keys GivenCourse and Professor are ignored.
struct Root: Decodable {
let name: String
let data: DataClass
let type: Type
private enum CodingKeys : String, CodingKey { case name, data, type }
init(from decoder : Decoder) throws {
let container = try decoder.container(keyedBy: CodingKeys.self)
self.name = try container.decode(String.self, forKey: .name)
self.type = try container.decode(Type.self, forKey: .type)
switch type {
case .courses: let courseData = try container.decode([String:Course].self, forKey: .data)
data = .course(courseData.values.first!)
case .professor: let professorData = try container.decode([String:Professor].self, forKey: .data)
data = .professor(professorData.values.first!)
}
}
}
// MARK: - Professor
struct Professor: Decodable {
let name: String
let age: Int
}
// MARK: - Course
struct Course: Decodable {
let name: String
let tuition: Int
}
let jsonString = """
{"name" : "University of Florida",
"data": {"GivenCourse" :{"name" : "Introduction to Computer Science", "tuition": 3000}},
"type" : "Courses" }
"""
let data = Data(jsonString.utf8)
do {
let result = try JSONDecoder().decode(Root.self, from: data)
print(result)
} catch {
print(error)
}
If the possible types of "data" will remain fairly small, I would just use optionals for each possible type as concrete members of DataClass, with the CodingKeys fully specified, like so:
struct Professor: Codable {
let name: String
let age: Int
}
struct GivenCourse: Codable {
let name: String
let tuition: Int
}
struct DataClass: Codable {
var professor: Professor?
var givenCourse: GivenCourse?
enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
case givenCourse = "GivenCourse"
case professor = "Professor"
}
}
struct SchoolData: Codable {
let name: String
let data: DataClass
}
This will correctly parse the two JSON samples you have, leaving the unused type nil in the DataClass. You could add some computed variables to DataClass if you like for convenient semantics, for example
var isProfessor: Bool {
get {
return nil != self.professor
}
}
This structure also lets you handle the case (if it's possible) of a record having both course and professor data - the DataClass will be able to parse both in one JSON record if it finds it.
Using generic and manual encode/decode:
struct MyDataContainer<T: Codable>: Codable {
let name: String
let data: T
let type: String
}
struct Professor: Codable {
let name: String
let age: Int
}
enum DataKind {
case unknown
case professor(Professor)
case givenCourse(GivenCourse)
}
struct GivenCourse: Codable {
let name: String
let tuition: Int
}
// MARK: - DataClass
struct DataClass: Codable {
let dataKind: DataKind
enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
case professor = "Professor"
case givenCourse = "GivenCourse"
}
public init(from decoder: Decoder) throws {
let values = try decoder.container(keyedBy: CodingKeys.self)
if values.contains(.givenCourse) {
let course = try values.decode(GivenCourse.self, forKey: .givenCourse)
dataKind = .givenCourse(course)
} else if values.contains(.professor) {
let professor = try values.decode(Professor.self, forKey: .professor)
dataKind = .professor(professor)
} else {
dataKind = .unknown
}
}
func encode(to encoder: Encoder) throws {
var container = encoder.container(keyedBy: CodingKeys.self)
switch dataKind {
case .givenCourse(let course):
try container.encode(course, forKey: .givenCourse)
case .professor(let professor):
try container.encode(professor, forKey: .professor)
case .unknown: break
}
}
}
MyDataContainer<DataClass>
You can simply include both Optional givenCourse and professor models in your DataClass. Each possible model will be decoded thanks to the Codable protocol.
Edit DataClass:
struct DataClass: Codable {
let givenCourse: GivenCourse?
let professor: Professor?
enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
case givenCourse = "GivenCourse"
case professor = "Professor"
}
}
Use/Debug:
let decodedData = try! JSONDecoder().decode(Response.self, from: jsonData)
if decodedData.type == "Professor" {
print(decodedData.data.professor)
} else if decodedData.type == "Courses" {
print(decodedData.data.givenCourse)
}

Swift, How to Parse/Decode the JSON using Decodable and Codable, When key are unknow/dynamic

Below is my JSON, and I am not able to decode(using CodingKeys)
The data within the regions key is a Dictionary ("IN-WB", "IN-DL" & so on....), as the keys are dynamic, it can be changed more or less.
Please help me parsing the same using Decodable and Codable.
All the data should be within the single model.
{
"provider_code": "AIIN",
"name": "Jio India",
"regions": [
{
"IN-WB": "West Bengal"
},
{
"IN-DL": "Delhi NCR"
},
{
"IN-TN": "Tamil Nadu"
},
{
"IN": "India"
}
]
}
Just use a Dictionary for the regions.
struct Locations: Codable {
let providerCode: String
let name: String
let regions: [[String: String]]
enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
case providerCode = "provider_code"
case name, regions
}
}
You cannot create a specific model for the regions as you wont know the property names
One of possible approach, without using dictionary. But still we have to found key at first )
I like this style as we can use Regions from beginning.
// example data.
let string = "{\"provider_code\":\"AIIN\",\"name\":\"Jio India\",\"regions\":[{\"IN-WB\":\"West Bengal\"},{\"IN-DL\":\"Delhi NCR\"},{\"IN-TN\":\"Tamil Nadu\"},{\"IN\":\"India\"}]}"
let data = string.data(using: .utf8)!
// little helper
struct DynamicGlobalKey: CodingKey {
var stringValue: String
init?(stringValue: String) {
self.stringValue = stringValue
}
var intValue: Int? { return nil }
init?(intValue: Int) { return nil }
}
// model
struct Location: Decodable {
let providerCode: String
let name: String
let regions: [Region]
}
extension Location {
struct Region: Decodable {
let key: String
let name: String
init(from decoder: Decoder) throws {
let container = try decoder.container(keyedBy: DynamicGlobalKey.self)
key = container.allKeys.first!.stringValue
name = try container.decode(String.self, forKey: container.allKeys.first!)
}
}
}
// example of decoding.
let decoder = JSONDecoder()
decoder.keyDecodingStrategy = .convertFromSnakeCase
let location = try decoder.decode(Location.self, from: data)