I'm very lost parsing the following response from an AF
request – let json = result as! NSDictionary
– in Swift:
{
errors = (
);
get = statistics;
parameters = {
country = germany;
};
response = (
{
cases = {
"1M_pop" = 14303;
active = 317167;
critical = 4179;
new = "+15161";
recovered = 863300;
total = 1200006;
};
continent = Europe;
country = Germany;
day = "2020-12-08";
deaths = {
"1M_pop" = 233;
new = "+380";
total = 19539;
};
population = 83900328;
tests = {
"1M_pop" = 347331;
total = 29141172;
};
time = "2020-12-08T09:15:08+00:00";
}
);
results = 1;
}
Any idea how to get the actual case numbers, i.e. for example the number of new
cases?
So far I have tried the following (error throwing) approach:
if let responseDict = result as? NSDictionary {
if let data = responseDict.value(forKey: "response") as?
[NSDictionary] {
// Get case numbers
guard let cases = data[0]["cases"] else { return }
guard let casesPerOneMil = cases[0] as! Int else { return }
print(casesPerOneMil)
}
}
Basically don't use NS...
collection types in Swift at all, use native types.
And don't use value(forKey
, use key subscription.
And you have to conditional downcast Any
to the expected concrete type.
There is another mistake: The object for cases
is a dictionary, note the {}
and you have to get the value for casesPerOneMil
with key subscription, too
if let responseDict = result as? [String:Any],
let dataArray = responseDict["response"] as? [[String:Any]],
let firstDataItem = dataArray.first {
// Get case numbers
guard let cases = firstDataItem["cases"] as? [String:Any] else { return }
guard let casesPerOneMil = cases["1M_pop"] as? Int else { return }
print(casesPerOneMil)
}
}