Need help decoding Json that contains an array - json

Question

I need to do the following :
Define two Swift classes to decode the JSON string
Decode the JSON string to get the objects of the two classes
This is the JSON I have to decode :
{“status":200,"holidays":[{"name":"Thanksgiving","date":"2017-10-09","observed":"2017-10-09","public":false}]}
I have tried creating two classes already and all I get back is nothing when calling the class in the main class
class HolidayItems : Decodable {
let name : String?
let date : String?
let observed: String?
let `public` : Bool?
private enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
case name
case date
case observed
case `public`
}
required init(from decoder:Decoder) throws {
let container = try decoder.container(keyedBy: CodingKeys.self)
name = try container.decode(String.self, forKey: .name)
date = try container.decode(String.self, forKey: .date)
observed = try container.decode(String.self, forKey: .observed)
`public` = try container.decode(Bool.self, forKey: .`public`)
}
} // HolidayItems
class HolidayAPI: Decodable {
let status: HolidayItems
// let holiday :[HolidayItems]
func getHolidayName() -> String {
return status.name ?? "no advice, server problem"
}
func getAdviceNo() -> String {
return status.date ?? ""
}
private enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
case status
case holiday = "items"
}
required init(from decoder:Decoder) throws {
let container = try decoder.container(keyedBy: CodingKeys.self)
status = try container.decode(HolidayItems.self, forKey: .status)
// holiday = try container.decode(HolidayItems.self, forKey: .holiday)
}
}
This is the result I'm suppose to get :
Optional("Thanksgiving")
Optional("2017-10-09")
and I get nothing in return

Answer 1

Your response is on root level just object with status of type Int and one array of another objects
Note
you don't have to implement your custom CodingKey
you don't need custom init with Decoder
you can have struct for your models
you can rename HolidayItems to Holiday
struct HolidayAPI: Decodable {
let status: Int
let holidays: [Holiday]
}
struct Holiday: Decodable {
let name, date, observed: String
let `public`: Bool
}
Then when you need to get certain holiday item, just get certain element of holidays
decodedResponse.holidays[0].name