How to parse data encode received from php in Swift? - php

Question

I receive data from php file with this format:
{"object:value", "object2:value2"...}
{"object:value", "object2:value2"...}
I know how to parse this in Swift2 using next code repeatedly changing separatedBy string:
if let url = NSURL(string: strURL), let data = NSData(contentsOfURL: url) {
let strResult = NSString(data: data, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding)
}
tareas = strResult!.componentsSeparatedByString(",")
But I want parse this more easily. I have read others questions and answers but the format to parse was:
[
{"person": {"name":"Dani","age":"24"}},
{"person": {"name":"ray","age":"70"}}
]
And my data is different. How can I do this more easily?
Thanks!

Answer 1

You can read it as a Array like this
First of all you need to convert your data in valid json like this and then access it
var result: NSArray = NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(data, options: NSJSONReadingOptions.MutableContainers, error: nil) as! NSArray
println("result: \(result)")
Ex.
var str = "[{\"person\": {\"name\":\"Dani\",\"age\":\"24\"}},{\"person\": {\"name\":\"ray\",\"age\":\"70\"}}]"
var data : NSData = str.dataUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding, allowLossyConversion: false)!
var result: NSArray = NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(data, options: NSJSONReadingOptions.MutableContainers, error: nil) as! NSArray
println("Response: \(result)")
println("Oth Object: \(result[0])")
Output
Response: (
{
person = {
age = 24;
name = Dani;
};
},
{
person = {
age = 70;
name = ray;
};
}
)
Oth Object: {
person = {
age = 24;
name = Dani;
};
}

Answer 2

I suggest you to use SwiftyJSON (6k+ stars) library that converts response to JSON object. Something like:
if let url = NSURL(string: strURL), let data = NSData(contentsOfURL: url) {
let json = JSON(data: data!)
}
After that you can easily extract any info from JSON:
for item:JSON in json.arrayValue{
let person = item["person"].dictionaryValue
//...
}
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