How do I make an enum Decodable in Swift?

enum PostType: Decodable {

    init(from decoder: Decoder) throws {

        // What do i put here?
    }

    case Image
    enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
        case image
    }
}

What do i put to complete this? Also, lets say i changed the case to this:

case image(value: Int)

How do I make this conform to Decodable?

Here is my full code (which does not work)

let jsonData = """
{
    "count": 4
}
""".data(using: .utf8)!
        
        do {
            let decoder = JSONDecoder()
            let response = try decoder.decode(PostType.self, from: jsonData)
            
            print(response)
        } catch {
            print(error)
        }
    }
}

enum PostType: Int, Codable {
    case count = 4
}

Also, how will it handle an enum like this?

enum PostType: Decodable {
    case count(number: Int)
}

It's pretty easy, just use String or Int raw values which are implicitly assigned.

enum PostType: Int, Codable {
    case image, blob
}

image is encoded to 0 and blob to 1

Or

enum PostType: String, Codable {
    case image, blob
}

image is encoded to "image" and blob to "blob"

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This is a simple example how to use it:

enum PostType : Int, Codable {
    case count = 4
}

struct Post : Codable {
    var type : PostType
}

let jsonString = "{\"type\": 4}"

let jsonData = Data(jsonString.utf8)

do {
    let decoded = try JSONDecoder().decode(Post.self, from: jsonData)
    print("decoded:", decoded.type)
} catch {
    print(error)
}

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Update

In iOS 13.3+ and macOS 15.1+ it's allowed to en-/decode fragments – single JSON values which are not wrapped in a collection type

let jsonString = "4"

let jsonData = Data(jsonString.utf8)
do {
    let decoded = try JSONDecoder().decode(PostType.self, from: jsonData)
    print("decoded:", decoded) // -> decoded: count
} catch {
    print(error)
}

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In Swift 5.5+ it's even possible to en-/decode enums with associated values without any extra code. The values are mapped to a dictionary and a parameter label must be specified for each associated value

enum Rotation: Codable {
    case zAxis(angle: Double, speed: Int)
}

let jsonString = #"{"zAxis":{"angle":90,"speed":5}}"#

let jsonData = Data(jsonString.utf8)
do {
    let decoded = try JSONDecoder().decode(Rotation.self, from: jsonData)
    print("decoded:", decoded)
} catch {
    print(error)
}