How to Parse Json dictonary in swift 4 - json

Question

Hi I have a problem with this Json:
{
"id": "libMovies",
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"result": {
"limits": {
"end": 75,
"start": 0,
"total": 1228
},
"movies": [{
"art": {
"fanart": "myfanart",
"poster": "myposter"
},
"file": "myfile",
"label": "mylable",
"movieid": mymovieid,
"playcount": 0,
"rating": myrating,
"thumbnail": "mythumbnail"
}]
}
}
When I parse Json in swift 5 with this code
try! JSONDecoder().decode([MyMovie].self, from: data!)
I get this error
Fatal error: 'try!' expression unexpectedly raised an error: Swift.DecodingError.typeMismatch(Swift.Array, Swift.DecodingError.Context(codingPath: [], debugDescription: "Expected to decode Array but found a dictionary instead.", underlyingError: nil)):
How can I solve this?

Answer 1

For the below JSON,
{"id":"libMovies","jsonrpc":"2.0","result":{"limits":{"end":75,"start":0,"total":1228},"movies":[{"art":{"fanart":"myfanart","poster":"myposter"},"file":"myfile","label":"mylable","movieid":"mymovieid","playcount":0,"rating":"myrating","thumbnail":"mythumbnail"}]}}
The Codable models that you need to use,
struct Root: Decodable {
let id, jsonrpc: String
let result: Result
}
struct Result: Decodable {
let limits: Limits
let movies: [Movie]
}
struct Limits: Decodable {
let end, start, total: Int
}
struct Movie: Decodable {
let art: Art
let file, label, movieid: String
let playcount: Int
let rating, thumbnail: String
}
struct Art: Decodable {
let fanart, poster: String
}
Parse the JSON data like so,
do {
let response = try JSONDecoder().decode(Root.self, from: data)
print(response.result.movies.map({"file: \($0.file), label: \($0.label)"}))
} catch {
print(error)
}
Edit:
To save the movies separately, create a variable of type [Movie],
var movies = [Movie]()
Now, while parsing save the response.result.movies in the above created property,
do {
let response = try JSONDecoder().decode(Root.self, from: data)
print(response.result.movies.map({"file: \($0.file), label: \($0.label)"}))
movies = response.result.movies
} catch {
print(error)
}