I want to parse a JSON file using Unbox library. The JSON is an array of dictionary array. How can we do that? I tried using keypath and all but unable to parse it. I need array of section.
I tried with single hierarchy and able to parse it.
Library used:https://github.com/JohnSundell/Unbox
{
"content": [
{
"section": [
{
"title": "Test1"
},
{
"title": "Test2"
}
]
},
{
"section": [
{
"title": "Test1"
},
{
"title": "Test2"
}
]
}
]
}
struct Data : Unboxable {
let title: String
init(title: String) {
self.title = title
}
init(unboxer: Unboxer) throws {
self.title = try unboxer.unbox(key: "title")
}
}
let dataArray : Data = try unbox(data: Data(contentsOf: url!))
You will need some nested struct
s to hold all of the data available. The minimal data structure is something like:
struct MyData: Unboxable {
let content: [Content]
init(unboxer: Unboxer) throws {
content = try unboxer.unbox(key: "content")
}
// Nested structure for holding `Content` type
struct Content: Unboxable {
let section: [Section]
init(unboxer: Unboxer) throws {
section = try unboxer.unbox(key: "section")
}
// Nested structure for holding `Section` type
struct Section: Unboxable {
let title: String
init(unboxer: Unboxer) throws {
title = try unboxer.unbox(key: "title")
}
}
}
}
The example json and parsing strategy:
// Eventually, this is the data you maybe got from any server response
let jsonData = """
{
"content": [{
"section": [{
"title": "Test1"
},
{
"title": "Test2"
}
]
},
{
"section": [{
"title": "Test3"
},
{
"title": "Test4"
}
]
}
]
}
""".data(using: .utf8)!
// Now parse this
do {
let myData = try unbox(data: jsonData) as MyData
print(myData.content[0].section[0].title) //Test1
print(myData.content[0].section[1].title) //Test2
print(myData.content[1].section[0].title) //Test3
print(myData.content[1].section[1].title) //Test4
} catch {
print(error)
}
If you aren't bound to the Swift version, there is even more simpler way to achieve this:
// Your data structure goes this
struct MyData: Codable {
let content: [Content]
struct Content: Codable {
let section: [Section]
struct Section: Codable {
let title: String
}
}
}
// That's it
// Now you can parse the data like this:
do {
let myData = try JSONDecoder().decode(MyData.self, from: jsonData)
print(myData.content[0].section[0].title) //Test1
print(myData.content[0].section[1].title) //Test2
print(myData.content[1].section[0].title) //Test3
print(myData.content[1].section[1].title) //Test4
} catch {
print(error)
}