How can i get authorization to retrieve data from API Swift? - json

Question

I'm trying to retrieve some data from an API, but I got an error: "The given data was not valid JSON ", Status code: 401
I think that is an authentication problem. How can I set the auth credentials to make the GET request?
This is the code for retrieving the data from the JSON.
func loadData()
{
guard let url = URL(string: getUrl) else { return }
URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: url) { data, res, err in
do {
if let data = data {
let result = try JSONDecoder().decode([ItemsModel].self, from: data)
DispatchQueue.main.async {
self.items = result
}
} else {
print(" No Data ")
}
} catch( let error)
{
print(res)
print(String(describing: error))
}
}.resume()
}
This is the code for the view :
struct GetView: View {
#ObservedObject var viewModel = ViewModel()
var body: some View {
NavigationView {
VStack {
List(viewModel.items, id: \.id) { item in
Text(item.year)
}
} .onAppear(perform: {
viewModel.loadData()
})
.navigationTitle("Data")
}
}
}

Answer 1

To handle authentication you must implement a delegate for your URLSession:
func urlSession(_ session: URLSession, didReceive challenge: URLAuthenticationChallenge, completionHandler: #escaping (URLSession.AuthChallengeDisposition, URLCredential?) -> Void) {
completionHandler(.performDefaultHandling, challenge.proposedCredential)
}
However, your 401 error may be due to your code not sending a valid GET request to the server. You probably want to decode the 'res' value to determine the status code:
if let response = res as? HTTPURLResponse {
if response.statusCode != 200 {
// data may be JSON encoded but you should get some for
// statusCode == 401
}
}
Without knowing the kind of service you are connecting to it is hard to speculate if you need a GET or a POST. The URL you use may require a query parameter.

Answer 2

I found the solution. This is the code for Basic Auth :
func loadData() {
//Credentials
let username = ""
let password = ""
let loginString = "\(username):\(password)"
let loginData = loginString.data(using: String.Encoding.utf8)!
let base64LoginString = loginData.base64EncodedString()
//Request
guard let url = URL(string: getUrl) else {return}
var request = URLRequest(url: url)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.setValue("Basic \(base64LoginString)", forHTTPHeaderField: "Authorization")
//Setup Session
let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { (data, response, error) in
do {
if let data = data {
print(String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)!)
let result = try JSONDecoder().decode([ItemsModel].self, from: data)
DispatchQueue.main.async {
self.items = result
}
}
else {
print(" No Data ")
}
} catch( let error)
{
print(String(describing: error))
}
}
task.resume()
}