Convert Json string to Json object in Swift 4
The problem is that you thought your jsonString is a dictionary. It's not.
It's an array of dictionaries. In raw json strings, arrays begin with [
and dictionaries begin with {
.
I used your json string with below code :
let string = "[{\"form_id\":3465,\"canonical_name\":\"df_SAWERQ\",\"form_name\":\"Activity 4 with Images\",\"form_desc\":null}]"let data = string.data(using: .utf8)!do { if let jsonArray = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data, options : .allowFragments) as? [Dictionary<String,Any>] { print(jsonArray) // use the json here } else { print("bad json") }} catch let error as NSError { print(error)}
and I am getting the output :
[["form_desc": <null>, "form_name": Activity 4 with Images, "canonical_name": df_SAWERQ, "form_id": 3465]]
Using JSONSerialization
always felt unSwifty and unwieldy, but it is even more so with the arrival of Codable
in Swift 4. If you wield a [String:Any]
in front of a simple struct
it will ... hurt. Check out this in a Playground:
import Cocoalet data = "[{\"form_id\":3465,\"canonical_name\":\"df_SAWERQ\",\"form_name\":\"Activity 4 with Images\",\"form_desc\":null}]".data(using: .utf8)!struct Form: Codable { let id: Int let name: String let description: String? private enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey { case id = "form_id" case name = "form_name" case description = "form_desc" }}do { let f = try JSONDecoder().decode([Form].self, from: data) print(f) print(f[0])} catch { print(error)}
With minimal effort handling this will feel a whole lot more comfortable. And you are given a lot more information if your JSON does not parse properly.
I tried the solutions here, and as? [String:AnyObject] worked for me:
do{ if let json = stringToParse.data(using: String.Encoding.utf8){ if let jsonData = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: json, options: .allowFragments) as? [String:AnyObject]{ let id = jsonData["id"] as! String ... } }}catch { print(error.localizedDescription)}