Consuming API endpoints inside of a Dictionary of arrays - Swift 4 - json

Question

I know the question sounds weird but I don't know another way to ask this, first of all, I am playing with the Pokemon API and I am new in swift. what is my problem I am parsing the data to show Pokemon information but the endpoint to show pokemon comes like this:
https://pokeapi.co/api/v2/pokemon/
{
"count": 949,
"previous": null,
"results": [
{
"url": "https://pokeapi.co/api/v2/pokemon/1/",
"name": "bulbasaur"
},
{
"url": "https://pokeapi.co/api/v2/pokemon/2/",
"name": "ivysaur"
},
{
"url": "https://pokeapi.co/api/v2/pokemon/3/",
"name": "venusaur"
},
With a name and other URL to see more about a specific pokemon. I could get the dictionary of array and I can show the pokemon name but I don't know how to get the other data that is in the other endpoint.
This is my code for now:
#IBAction func generatePokemon(_ sender: Any) {
// TODO: Improve API request
let apiUrl = URL(string: "https://pokeapi.co/api/v2/pokemon")
let request = URLRequest(url: apiUrl!)
// Request to Pokemon API
let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { (data, response, error) in
if error == nil {
// Optional binding to get data
if let data = data {
let parsedResult: [String:AnyObject]!
do {
parsedResult = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data, options: .allowFragments) as! [String:AnyObject]
if let resultDictonary = parsedResult["results"] as? [[String:AnyObject]] {
print(resultDictonary[0])
}
} catch {
print("Error in parse json")
}
}
}
}
task.resume()
}
So I am not sure if I need to create another function to get the data of that endpoint and then call that inside my generatePokemon function so I can fill the view with more information? or what is the best way to consume that data.
Here is my repo too if someone wanna see it I have a branch there where I am doing all this first network request.
Github
Thank for your time guys!

Answer 1

Hey I did something like what you need here is my repo:
https://bitbucket.org/pokemonred/pokedexgr2/
Check for the branch pokedexSebas, if you have any questions let me know.
I'm using alamofire to perform the requests.
In the repo you have to take a look into two clases, the first one is: SBBackendManager and SebasObjectMapper.
In the SBBackendManager I have these 2 methods:
func getAllPokemon () { // This will retrieve all pokemon
let url = "https://pokeapi.co/api/v2/pokemon"
Alamofire.request(url).responseObject { (response: DataResponse<SPokemonApiResponse>) in
let pokemonResponse = response.result.value
if let sPokeArray = pokemonResponse?.resultados {
contador = sPokeArray.count
}
}
}
func getPokemon(_ url:String){ // This will retrieve a single pokemon
Alamofire.request(url).responseObject { (response: DataResponse<SPokemon>) in
let spokemon = response.result.value
pokemonArray += [spokemon!]
contador = contador! - 1
}
}
And on SebasObjectMapper I have this:
class SPokemonApiResponse:Mappable{
var resultados:[SPokemonResult]?
required init?(map: Map) { }
func mapping(map: Map) {
resultados <- map["results"]
}
}
class SPokemonResult:Mappable {
var url:String? {
didSet { // HERE: every time a result is added to the array will trigger the get a single pokemon method
let bm = SBackendManager()
bm.getPokemon(url!)
}
}
required init(map:Map) {}
func mapping(map: Map) {
url <- map["url"]
}
}