Finishing the completion handler that fetches JSON from web, SWIFT [duplicate] - json

Question

I am currently trying to download, parse and print JSON from an URL.
So far I got to this point:
1) A class (JSONImport.swift), which handles my import:
var data = NSMutableData();
let url = NSURL(string:"http://headers.jsontest.com");
var session = NSURLSession.sharedSession();
var jsonError:NSError?;
var response : NSURLResponse?;
func startConnection(){
let task:NSURLSessionDataTask = session.dataTaskWithURL(url!, completionHandler:apiHandler)
task.resume();
self.apiHandler(data,response: response,error: jsonError);
}
func apiHandler(data:NSData?, response:NSURLResponse?, error:NSError?)
{
do{
let jsonData : NSDictionary = try NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(data!, options: NSJSONReadingOptions.MutableContainers) as! NSDictionary;
print(jsonData);
}
catch{
print("API error: \(error)");
}
}
My problem is, that the data in
do{
let jsonData : NSDictionary = try NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(data!, options: NSJSONReadingOptions.MutableContainers) as! NSDictionary;
print(jsonData);
}
remains empty.
When I debug,the connection starts successfully, with the given url as a parameter. But my jsonData variable doesn't get printed. Instead the catch block throws the error, stating that there is no data in my variable:
API error: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=3840 "No value."
Can someone please help me with this?
What am I missing?
Thank you all very much in advance!
[Edited after switching from NSURL Connection to NSURLSession]

Answer 1

Here's an example on how to use NSURLSession with a very convenient "completion handler".
This function contains the network call and has the "completion handler" (a callback for when the data will be available):
func getDataFrom(urlString: String, completion: (data: NSData)->()) {
if let url = NSURL(string: urlString) {
let session = NSURLSession.sharedSession()
let task = session.dataTaskWithURL(url) { (data, response, error) in
// print(response)
if let data = data {
completion(data: data)
} else {
print(error?.localizedDescription)
}
}
task.resume()
} else {
// URL is invalid
}
}
You can use it like this, inside a new function, with a "trailing closure":
func apiManager() {
getDataFrom("http://headers.jsontest.com") { (data) in
do {
let json = try NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(data, options: [])
if let jsonDict = json as? NSDictionary {
print(jsonDict)
} else {
// JSON data wasn't a dictionary
}
}
catch let error as NSError {
print("API error: \(error.debugDescription)")
}
}
}