Get item out of array in Swift - json

Question

I'm very new to Swift and have spent several hours just trying to pull the photo_url key out of a JSON response.
I'm using this for the reading the JSON:
let jsonDictionary = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data, options: .mutableContainers)
Then:
if let eventsDictionary = jsonDictionary {
let upcomingEvents = UpcomingEvents(eventsDictionary: eventsDictionary)
completion(upcomingEvents)
} else {
completion(nil)
}
Here is my (failed) attempt to pull out the key:
init(eventsDictionary: [String : Any]) {
//photoUrl = eventsDictionary[EventKeys.photoUrl] as? String
let groups: NSArray = eventsDictionary["groups"] as! NSArray
let url: String = groups[0]
print("THIS IS YOUR RETURNED PHOTO URL--\(url)--END OF RETURNED PHOTO URL")
}
I changed "[String: Any]" to [String: AnyObject] and now i get this...

Answer 1

There are problems casting Any to NSArray. Just make your Init method taking [String:AnyObject]. But, better use Array instead of NSArray here

Answer 2

Try to get url use following code.
let firstObj = groups[0] as! [String: String] // use if let to unwrap is better
let url = firstObj["photo_url"]

Answer 3

To get "photo_url" from the json file in your photo,
it looks like this:
init(eventsDictionary: [String : Any]) {
if let groups = eventsDictionary["groups"] as? [NSDictionary]{
/*
// Get All URL
var urls : [String] = []
for group in groups{
if let url = group.value(forKey: "photo_url"){
urls.append(url)
}
}
*/
// Groups[0] url
let url: String = groups[0].value(forKey: "photo_url") as! String
print("THIS IS YOUR RETURNED PHOTO URL--\(url)--END OF RETURNED PHOTO URL")
}
}

Answer 4

You need to read json as `[String: Any].
if let eventsDictionary = json as? [String: Any] {
let upcomingEvents = UpcomingEvents(eventsDictionary: eventsDictionary)
completion(upcomingEvents)
}
Then, init your UpcomingEvents model like this
init(eventsDictionary: [String : Any]) {
let groups: NSArray = eventsDictionary["groups"] as! NSArray
let group1 = groups[0] as! NSDictionary
let photoURL = group1["photo_url"] as! String
print(photoURL)
}