Store JSON into array - json

Question

I need to store each part of the json into a data structure, maybe Array?
This is what I have when I call Firebase realtime:
ref.observeSingleEvent(of: .value, with: { (snapshot) in
for child in snapshot.children {
let snap = child as! DataSnapshot
let key = snap.key
let value = snap.value
print("######################################################\n\n")
print("key = \(key) value = \(value!)")
}
})
when printed it looks like this:
What would be the best way to accomplish this?
I need to store the title, description and postUrl
EDIT:
If I do this:
let userID = Auth.auth().currentUser?.uid
ref.child("post").child(userID!).observeSingleEvent(of: .value, with: { (snapshot) in
// Get user value
print(snapshot)
}) { (error) in
print(error.localizedDescription)
}
that would give me the snapshot id but not the values because the user is not in that DB, how can I print the snapshots without saying current user?

Answer 1

If you can't for some reason access the snapshot's value parameter as above, you will probably need to manually parse the value string (as it's not proper json). The code below will allow you to initialise the data structure with the value text. This assumes value is a nicely formed string as in the example below. If not you may need to play with it a bit more:
let valueString = """
{
description = dawdled
postUrl = http://darrengillman.com
timestamp = 1572735278831
title = testy
}
"""
struct DataStruct {
let decription: String
let postUrl: URL
let timestamp: Int
let test: String
init?(from value: String) {
let strings = Array(value.components(separatedBy: .newlines).dropLast().dropFirst()).map{$0.components(separatedBy: "=")}.map{$0.dropFirst().first!.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces)}
guard strings.count == 4 else {return nil}
self.decription = strings[0]
self.postUrl = URL(string: strings[1])!
self.timestamp = Int(strings[2]) ?? 0
self.test = strings[3]
}
}
let myData = DataStruct(from: valueString)