JSONUtilities

Easily load JSON objects and decode them into structs or classes. The json(atKeyPath:) function infers the type from the constant or variable definition to decode meaning no casting is needed. Both string keys and keypaths (keys separated by dots .) are supported when decoding JSON.

• Check out the Example.playground inside the JSONUtilities.xcodeproj for a working example

CocoaPods:

Add the line pod 'JSONUtilities' to your Podfile.

Carthage:

Add the line github "lucianomarisi/JSONUtilities" to your Cartfile.

Manual:

Add the files inside the Sources folder into your Xcode project.

Swift Package Manager:

Add the line .Package(url: "https://github.com/lucianomarisi/JSONUtilities", majorVersion: 3) to your Package.swift.

• Int
• Double
• Float
• String
• Bool
• [String: AnyObject]
• RawRepresentable enums

• [Int]
• [Double]
• [Float]
• [String]
• [Bool]
• [[String: AnyObject]]
• [RawRepresentable]

e.g. if MyClass and MyStruct conform to JSONObjectConvertible protocol

• MyClass
• [MyClass]
• MyStruct
• [MyStruct]

• [JSONKey: JSONRawType]
• [JSONKey: JSONObjectConvertible]
• [JSONKey: JSONPrimitiveConvertible]
• [JSONKey: RawRepresentable]

String already conforms to JSONKey. It's also easy to make enum keys by just making them conform to JSONKey which requires a var key: String { get }, and an init?(rawValue: String) which RawRepresentable already conforms to e.g:

enum MyEnum: String, JSONKey {
	case one
	case two
	
	var key: String {
		return rawValue
	}
}

When decoding arrays or dictionaries an invalidItemBehaviour parameter can be passed which controls what happens when an error occurs while decoding child items

• .remove this will simply remove the item from the array or dictionary. This is the default
• .fail if any of the children encounter an error the whole array or dictionary decoding will fail. For optional properties this means the array or dictionary will return nil, and for non optional properties it will throw an error
• .value(T) Provide an alternative value
• .custom((DecodingError) -> InvalidItemBehaviour) Lets you specify the behaviour based on the specific DecodingError

Each json(atKeyPath:) function takes a KeyPath. This is an enum with 2 cases:

• key(String) - this does a single key lookup
• keyPath([String]) - this does a nested key lookup

KeyPath can be initialized with a string literal. When doing so, if there are any . it will be treated as a keypath instead of a simple key.

When providing keyPaths, an int allows lookup up a value in an array by index. eg: "myArray.1" string literal will look for the key myArray and then the 2nd item if that value is an array (indices are 0 based)

let filename = "myjsonfile"
let dictionary: [String: AnyObject] = try JSONDictionary.from(filename: filename)

let data: Data = ...
let dictionary: [String: AnyObject] = try JSONDictionary.from(jsonData: data)

Consider a JSON object that represents a person:

{
  "name" : "John Doe",
  "age" : 24,
  "weight" : 72.4
}

let jsonDictionary = try JSONDictionary.from(filename: "person.json")
let name: String = try jsonDictionary.json(atKeyPath: "name")
let age: Int = try jsonDictionary.json(atKeyPath: "age")
let weight: Int = try jsonDictionary.json(atKeyPath: "weight")
let profession: String? = jsonDictionary.json(atKeyPath: "profession") // Optional decoding

struct Person { //OR class Person {

  let name: String
  let age: Int
  let weight: Double
  let profession: String?

  init(jsonDictionary: JSONDictionary) throws {
    name = try jsonDictionary.json(atKeyPath: "name")
    age = try jsonDictionary.json(atKeyPath: "age")
    weight = try jsonDictionary.json(atKeyPath: "weight")
    profession = jsonDictionary.json(atKeyPath: "profession")
  }

}

Consider a company JSON object:

{
    "name" : "Working name LTD.",
    "employees": [
        {
            "name": "John Doe",
            "age": 24,
            "weight": 72.4
        },
        {
            "name": "Jane Doe",
            "age": 22,
            "weight": 70.1
        }
    ]
}

The Company struct can decode an array of Person structs/classes by making Person conform to the JSONObjectConvertible protocol

struct Company {
  let name: String
  let employees: [Person]

  init(jsonDictionary: JSONDictionary) throws {
    name = try jsonDictionary.json(atKeyPath: "name")
    employees = try jsonDictionary.json(atKeyPath: "employees")
  }
}

Any type can extend the JSONPrimitiveConvertible protocol in order to allow decoding. For example extending URL: Note that this extension come out of the box :

extension URL: JSONPrimitiveConvertible {

  public typealias JSONType = String

  public static func from(jsonValue: String) -> Self? {
    return self.init(string: jsonValue)
  }

}

let urlDictionary = ["url": "www.google.com"]
let url: URL = try! urlDictionary.json(atKeyPath: "url") // www.google.com

It's also possible to have an array of JSONPrimitiveConvertible values, for example:

let urlsDictionary = ["urls": ["www.google.com", "www.yahoo.com"]]
let urls: [URL] = try! urlsDictionary.json(atKeyPath: "urls") // [www.google.com, www.yahoo.com]