What I am trying to achieve is perform a URLSession request in swift 3. I am performing this action in a separate function (so as not to write the code separately for GET and POST) and returning the URLSessionDataTask and handling the success and failure in closures. Sort of like this-
let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { (data, uRLResponse, responseError) in
DispatchQueue.main.async {
var httpResponse = uRLResponse as! HTTPURLResponse
if responseError != nil && httpResponse.statusCode == 200{
successHandler(data!)
}else{
if(responseError == nil){
//Trying to achieve something like below 2 lines
//Following line throws an error soo its not possible
//var errorTemp = Error(domain:"", code:httpResponse.statusCode, userInfo:nil)
//failureHandler(errorTemp)
}else{
failureHandler(responseError!)
}
}
}
}
I do not wish to handle the error condition in this function and wish to generate an error using the response code and return this Error to handle it wherever this function is called from. Can anybody tell me how to go about this? Or is this not the "Swift" way to go about handling such situations?
You can create a protocol, conforming to the Swift LocalizedError protocol, with these values:
protocol OurErrorProtocol: LocalizedError {
var title: String? { get }
var code: Int { get }
}
This then enables us to create concrete errors like so:
struct CustomError: OurErrorProtocol {
var title: String?
var code: Int
var errorDescription: String? { return _description }
var failureReason: String? { return _description }
private var _description: String
init(title: String?, description: String, code: Int) {
self.title = title ?? "Error"
self._description = description
self.code = code
}
}