how to read data from json in swift2 - json

Question

I am trying to read email from a json file in swift(2.2) which is:
{ "employees" : [
{
"name": "sudhanshu",
"email": "sudhanshu.bharti#digitalavenues.com",
"password": "password"
"profilePic": ""
},
{
"name": "prokriti",
"email": "prokriti.roy#digitalavenues.com",
"password": "password#123",
"profilePic": ""
}
]}
But i am getting error " Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=3840 "Unescaped control character around character 128." UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=Unescaped control character around character 128.}" i have seen earlier posts but unable to find where exactly problem is??
if let path = NSBundle.mainBundle().pathForResource("Employees", ofType: "json") {
if let data = NSData(contentsOfFile: path) {
do {
let jsonResult: NSDictionary = try NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(data, options: NSJSONReadingOptions.MutableContainers) as! NSDictionary
if let error = jsonResult["error"] {
print("Error is: \(error)")
} else {
if let person = jsonResult["email"] {
print(person) // dictionary[#"quotables"]
}
}
} catch let error as NSError {
print("Error is: \(error)")
}
}
}
Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

"password": "password”
should be
"password": "password"
You have an invalid ” character instead of a ".
Update
Now that you've fixed your invalid character, you can access your data. But you're trying to cast as an NSDictionary something that's actually an array, if I believe the JSON excerpt you showed us.
So you should do something like this instead in your do:
if let jsonResult = try NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(data, options: []) as? [[String: String]] {
for jsonDictionary in jsonResult {
if let person = jsonDictionary["email"] {
print(person)
}
}
}
Update and fix
if let jsonResult = try NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(data, options: []) as? [String: AnyObject] {
if let employees = jsonResult["Employees"] as? [[String:String]] {
for employee in employees {
if let person = employee["email"] {
print(person)
}
}
}
}

Answer 2

You are trying to access directly email key from the dictionary. while you need to first access array from the key "employees" & then you need to get value from "email" key.
if let path = NSBundle.mainBundle().pathForResource("Employees", ofType: "json") {
if let data = NSData(contentsOfFile: path) {
do {
let jsonResult: NSDictionary = try NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(data, options: NSJSONReadingOptions.MutableContainers) as! NSDictionary
if let error = jsonResult["error"] {
print("Error is: \(error)")
} else {
let person = jsonResult["employees"] as! NSArray
for i in 0..<person.count
{
let dict = person.objectAtIndex(i) as! NSDictionary
let strEmail = dict["email"] as! String
print(strEmail)
}
}
} catch let error as NSError {
print("Error is: \(error)")
}
}