Getting array instead of dictionary - json

Question

I did't use third-party files for calling the API, here is the code:
func CallWebService(_ methodType: NSString, methodName: NSString, inputDict: NSDictionary, completion: #escaping (_ result: [String:AnyObject]) -> Void, failure:(_ failurMSG: NSString)->())
{
do {
let data: Data = try JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: inputDict, options: [])
//create request
let tmpString: String = "\(kBaseUrl)\(methodName)"
let urlString :String = tmpString.addingPercentEncoding( withAllowedCharacters: CharacterSet.urlQueryAllowed)!
let urlRequest = NSMutableURLRequest(url: URL(string: urlString)!)
urlRequest.httpMethod = methodType as String
urlRequest.httpBody = data
urlRequest.setValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
let task : URLSessionDataTask! = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: urlRequest as URLRequest, completionHandler: {
(data, response, error) in
if let _ = error
{
DispatchQueue.main.async(execute: {
})
}else{
do {
let dict = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data!, options: .allowFragments) as! [String:AnyObject]
completion(dict)
}catch{
}
}
})
task.resume()
} catch {
DispatchQueue.main.async(execute: {
})
failure("Something goes wrong please try again.")
}
}
While I'm hitting API I got the below response:
["status": success, "category": {
"file_image" = "http://abcds.com/cphp/26/uploads/pdf1.png";
"file_name" = "1 \U0645\U0644\U0641 \U0627\U062e\U062a\U0628\U0627\U0631";
"file_path" = "http://hghg/images/2311201663231Michael20plat20du20jour20correctd.pdf";
id = 2;
"sub_name" = "P12 \U0641\U0631\U0639\U064a\U0629";
}]
This is not the correct format, what am I missing?
I need the output to be:
{"status": success, "category": [
"file_image" = "http://abcds.com/cphp/26/uploads/pdf1.png";
"file_name" = "1 \U0645\U0644\U0641 \U0627\U062e\U062a\U0628\U0627\U0631";
"file_path" = "http://hghg/images/2311201663231Michael20plat20du20jour20correctd.pdf";
id = 2;
"sub_name" = "P12 \U0641\U0631\U0639\U064a\U0629";
]
}

Answer 1

It looks to me like you ARE getting a dictionary.
EDIT:
In fact, the fact that your code is force-casting the JSON data to type [String:AnyObject] proves that the results are a dictionary. If they weren't, the force-cast line would crash:
let dict = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data!,
options: .allowFragments) as! [String:AnyObject]
(The as! [String:AnyObject] part of that line says "I am positive that the value can be cast to the type [String:AnyObject]. Please crash my program if not.)
Try adding this to your code:
print("dict type =" + String(describing:type(of:dict)))
I bet you get
dict type = Dictionary<String:AnyObject>