I have a problem with JSON. I searched through Internet, but didn't found any solution that worked for me.
For better working I saved the answer (JSON) of the server in a *.json file. The JSON is looking like this (short version):
{"data":"[{\"id\":38,\"name\":\"Anton\"},{\"id\":160,\"name\":\"Christopher Eth\"}]"}
I want to parse the Array, which is sent in "data" as a String. I am trying to get the String out of "data" and pass the String again in the NSJSONSerialization.
Is that the right way?
guard let path = NSBundle.mainBundle().pathForResource("names", ofType: "json") else {
print("Error finding File")
return
}
do {
let data:NSData? = NSData(contentsOfFile: path)
if let jsonResult =
try NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(data!, options: NSJSONReadingOptions.MutableContainers) as? NSDictionary {
let result = jsonResult["data"]
if(result == nil){
print("error")
}else{
//How can I convert the result! to an Stream to pass it to the JSONSerialization???
let stream = NSInputStream(/*result!*/)
let resultArray = try NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithStream(stream: stream, options: NSJSONReadingOptions.MutableContainers) as? NSArray{
//Do something with array
}
}catch let error as NSError{
print("Error: \(error)")
return
}
NSStream
is not needed, just convert the JSON string into NSData
and call JSONObjectWithData
a second time.
guard let url = NSBundle.mainBundle().URLForResource("names", withExtension: "json"), jsonData = NSData(contentsOfURL: url) else {
print("Error finding File")
return
}
do {
let names = try NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(jsonData, options: []) as! [String:AnyObject]
if let jsonResult = names["data"] {
let nameData = jsonResult.dataUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding)!
let resultArray = try NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(nameData, options: .MutableContainers) as! [[String:AnyObject]]
for item in resultArray {
print(item["name"]!, item["id"]!)
}
} else {
print("error")
}
} catch let error as NSError {
print(error)
}