如何在 Swift [45] 可解码协议中解码 JSON 字典类型的属性

Question

Let's say I have Customer data type which contains a metadata property that can contains any JSON dictionary in the customer object

struct Customer {
  let id: String
  let email: String
  let metadata: [String: Any]
}

---

{  
  "object": "customer",
  "id": "4yq6txdpfadhbaqnwp3",
  "email": "john.doe@example.com",
  "metadata": {
    "link_id": "linked-id",
    "buy_count": 4
  }
}

The metadata property can be any arbitrary JSON map object.

Before I can cast the property from a deserialized JSON from NSJSONDeserialization but with the new Swift 4 Decodable protocol, I still can't think of a way to do that.

Do anyone know how to achieve this in Swift 4 with Decodable protocol?

Answer 1

With some inspiration from this gist I found, I wrote some extensions for UnkeyedDecodingContainer and KeyedDecodingContainer . You can find a link to my gist here . By using this code you can now decode any Array<Any> or Dictionary<String, Any> with the familiar syntax:

let dictionary: [String: Any] = try container.decode([String: Any].self, forKey: key)

or

let array: [Any] = try container.decode([Any].self, forKey: key)

Edit: there is one caveat I have found which is decoding an array of dictionaries [[String: Any]] The required syntax is as follows. You'll likely want to throw an error instead of force casting:

let items: [[String: Any]] = try container.decode(Array<Any>.self, forKey: .items) as! [[String: Any]]

EDIT 2: If you simply want to convert an entire file to a dictionary, you are better off sticking with api from JSONSerialization as I have not figured out a way to extend JSONDecoder itself to directly decode a dictionary.

guard let json = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data, options: []) as? [String: Any] else {
  // appropriate error handling
  return
}

The extensions

// Inspired by https://gist.github.com/mbuchetics/c9bc6c22033014aa0c550d3b4324411a

struct JSONCodingKeys: CodingKey {
    var stringValue: String

    init?(stringValue: String) {
        self.stringValue = stringValue
    }

    var intValue: Int?

    init?(intValue: Int) {
        self.init(stringValue: "\(intValue)")
        self.intValue = intValue
    }
}


extension KeyedDecodingContainer {

    func decode(_ type: Dictionary<String, Any>.Type, forKey key: K) throws -> Dictionary<String, Any> {
        let container = try self.nestedContainer(keyedBy: JSONCodingKeys.self, forKey: key)
        return try container.decode(type)
    }

    func decodeIfPresent(_ type: Dictionary<String, Any>.Type, forKey key: K) throws -> Dictionary<String, Any>? {
        guard contains(key) else { 
            return nil
        }
        guard try decodeNil(forKey: key) == false else { 
            return nil 
        }
        return try decode(type, forKey: key)
    }

    func decode(_ type: Array<Any>.Type, forKey key: K) throws -> Array<Any> {
        var container = try self.nestedUnkeyedContainer(forKey: key)
        return try container.decode(type)
    }

    func decodeIfPresent(_ type: Array<Any>.Type, forKey key: K) throws -> Array<Any>? {
        guard contains(key) else {
            return nil
        }
        guard try decodeNil(forKey: key) == false else { 
            return nil 
        }
        return try decode(type, forKey: key)
    }

    func decode(_ type: Dictionary<String, Any>.Type) throws -> Dictionary<String, Any> {
        var dictionary = Dictionary<String, Any>()

        for key in allKeys {
            if let boolValue = try? decode(Bool.self, forKey: key) {
                dictionary[key.stringValue] = boolValue
            } else if let stringValue = try? decode(String.self, forKey: key) {
                dictionary[key.stringValue] = stringValue
            } else if let intValue = try? decode(Int.self, forKey: key) {
                dictionary[key.stringValue] = intValue
            } else if let doubleValue = try? decode(Double.self, forKey: key) {
                dictionary[key.stringValue] = doubleValue
            } else if let nestedDictionary = try? decode(Dictionary<String, Any>.self, forKey: key) {
                dictionary[key.stringValue] = nestedDictionary
            } else if let nestedArray = try? decode(Array<Any>.self, forKey: key) {
                dictionary[key.stringValue] = nestedArray
            }
        }
        return dictionary
    }
}

extension UnkeyedDecodingContainer {

    mutating func decode(_ type: Array<Any>.Type) throws -> Array<Any> {
        var array: [Any] = []
        while isAtEnd == false {
            // See if the current value in the JSON array is `null` first and prevent infite recursion with nested arrays.
            if try decodeNil() {
                continue
            } else if let value = try? decode(Bool.self) {
                array.append(value)
            } else if let value = try? decode(Double.self) {
                array.append(value)
            } else if let value = try? decode(String.self) {
                array.append(value)
            } else if let nestedDictionary = try? decode(Dictionary<String, Any>.self) {
                array.append(nestedDictionary)
            } else if let nestedArray = try? decode(Array<Any>.self) {
                array.append(nestedArray)
            }
        }
        return array
    }

    mutating func decode(_ type: Dictionary<String, Any>.Type) throws -> Dictionary<String, Any> {

        let nestedContainer = try self.nestedContainer(keyedBy: JSONCodingKeys.self)
        return try nestedContainer.decode(type)
    }
}

Answer 2

I have played with this problem, too, and finally wrote a simple library for working with “generic JSON” types . (Where “generic” means “with no structure known in advance”.) Main point is representing the generic JSON with a concrete type:

public enum JSON {
    case string(String)
    case number(Float)
    case object([String:JSON])
    case array([JSON])
    case bool(Bool)
    case null
}

This type can then implement Codable and Equatable .

Answer 3

You can create metadata struct which confirms to Decodable protocol and use JSONDecoder class to create object from data by using decode method like below

let json: [String: Any] = [
    "object": "customer",
    "id": "4yq6txdpfadhbaqnwp3",
    "email": "john.doe@example.com",
    "metadata": [
        "link_id": "linked-id",
        "buy_count": 4
    ]
]

struct Customer: Decodable {
    let object: String
    let id: String
    let email: String
    let metadata: Metadata
}

struct Metadata: Decodable {
    let link_id: String
    let buy_count: Int
}

let data = try JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: json, options: .prettyPrinted)

let decoder = JSONDecoder()
do {
    let customer = try decoder.decode(Customer.self, from: data)
    print(customer)
} catch {
    print(error.localizedDescription)
}

Answer 4

I came with a slightly different solution.

Let's suppose we have something more than a simple [String: Any] to parse were Any might be an array or a nested dictionary or a dictionary of arrays.

Something like this:

var json = """
{
  "id": 12345,
  "name": "Giuseppe",
  "last_name": "Lanza",
  "age": 31,
  "happy": true,
  "rate": 1.5,
  "classes": ["maths", "phisics"],
  "dogs": [
    {
      "name": "Gala",
      "age": 1
    }, {
      "name": "Aria",
      "age": 3
    }
  ]
}
"""

Well, this is my solution:

public struct AnyDecodable: Decodable {
  public var value: Any

  private struct CodingKeys: CodingKey {
    var stringValue: String
    var intValue: Int?
    init?(intValue: Int) {
      self.stringValue = "\(intValue)"
      self.intValue = intValue
    }
    init?(stringValue: String) { self.stringValue = stringValue }
  }

  public init(from decoder: Decoder) throws {
    if let container = try? decoder.container(keyedBy: CodingKeys.self) {
      var result = [String: Any]()
      try container.allKeys.forEach { (key) throws in
        result[key.stringValue] = try container.decode(AnyDecodable.self, forKey: key).value
      }
      value = result
    } else if var container = try? decoder.unkeyedContainer() {
      var result = [Any]()
      while !container.isAtEnd {
        result.append(try container.decode(AnyDecodable.self).value)
      }
      value = result
    } else if let container = try? decoder.singleValueContainer() {
      if let intVal = try? container.decode(Int.self) {
        value = intVal
      } else if let doubleVal = try? container.decode(Double.self) {
        value = doubleVal
      } else if let boolVal = try? container.decode(Bool.self) {
        value = boolVal
      } else if let stringVal = try? container.decode(String.self) {
        value = stringVal
      } else {
        throw DecodingError.dataCorruptedError(in: container, debugDescription: "the container contains nothing serialisable")
      }
    } else {
      throw DecodingError.dataCorrupted(DecodingError.Context(codingPath: decoder.codingPath, debugDescription: "Could not serialise"))
    }
  }
}

Try it using

let stud = try! JSONDecoder().decode(AnyDecodable.self, from: jsonData).value as! [String: Any]
print(stud)

Answer 5

When I found the old answer, I only tested a simple JSON object case but not an empty one which will cause a runtime exception like @slurmomatic and @zoul found. Sorry for this issue.

So I try another way by having a simple JSONValue protocol, implement the AnyJSONValue type erasure struct and use that type instead of Any . Here's an implementation.

public protocol JSONType: Decodable {
    var jsonValue: Any { get }
}

extension Int: JSONType {
    public var jsonValue: Any { return self }
}
extension String: JSONType {
    public var jsonValue: Any { return self }
}
extension Double: JSONType {
    public var jsonValue: Any { return self }
}
extension Bool: JSONType {
    public var jsonValue: Any { return self }
}

public struct AnyJSONType: JSONType {
    public let jsonValue: Any

    public init(from decoder: Decoder) throws {
        let container = try decoder.singleValueContainer()

        if let intValue = try? container.decode(Int.self) {
            jsonValue = intValue
        } else if let stringValue = try? container.decode(String.self) {
            jsonValue = stringValue
        } else if let boolValue = try? container.decode(Bool.self) {
            jsonValue = boolValue
        } else if let doubleValue = try? container.decode(Double.self) {
            jsonValue = doubleValue
        } else if let doubleValue = try? container.decode(Array<AnyJSONType>.self) {
            jsonValue = doubleValue
        } else if let doubleValue = try? container.decode(Dictionary<String, AnyJSONType>.self) {
            jsonValue = doubleValue
        } else {
            throw DecodingError.typeMismatch(JSONType.self, DecodingError.Context(codingPath: decoder.codingPath, debugDescription: "Unsupported JSON tyep"))
        }
    }
}

And here is how to use it when decoding

metadata = try container.decode ([String: AnyJSONValue].self, forKey: .metadata)

The problem with this issue is that we must call value.jsonValue as? Int value.jsonValue as? Int . We need to wait until Conditional Conformance land in Swift, that would solve this problem or at least help it to be better.

---

[Old Answer]

I post this question on the Apple Developer forum and it turns out it is very easy.

I can do

metadata = try container.decode ([String: Any].self, forKey: .metadata)

in the initializer.

It was my bad to miss that in the first place.

Answer 6

If you use SwiftyJSON to parse JSON, you can update to 4.1.0 which has Codable protocol support. Just declare metadata: JSON and you're all set.

import SwiftyJSON

struct Customer {
  let id: String
  let email: String
  let metadata: JSON
}

Answer 7

You might have a look at BeyovaJSON

import BeyovaJSON

struct Customer: Codable {
  let id: String
  let email: String
  let metadata: JToken
}

//create a customer instance

customer.metadata = ["link_id": "linked-id","buy_count": 4]

let encoder = JSONEncoder()
encoder.outputFormatting = .prettyPrinted 
print(String(bytes: try! encoder.encode(customer), encoding: .utf8)!)

Answer 8

I have made a pod to facilitate the way the decoding + encoding [String: Any] , [Any] . And this provides encode or decode the optional properties, here https://github.com/levantAJ/AnyCodable

pod 'DynamicCodable', '1.0'

How to use it:

import DynamicCodable

struct YourObject: Codable {
    var dict: [String: Any]
    var array: [Any]
    var optionalDict: [String: Any]?
    var optionalArray: [Any]?

    enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
        case dict
        case array
        case optionalDict
        case optionalArray
    }

    init(from decoder: Decoder) throws {
        let values = try decoder.container(keyedBy: CodingKeys.self)
        dict = try values.decode([String: Any].self, forKey: .dict)
        array = try values.decode([Any].self, forKey: .array)
        optionalDict = try values.decodeIfPresent([String: Any].self, forKey: .optionalDict)
        optionalArray = try values.decodeIfPresent([Any].self, forKey: .optionalArray)
    }

    func encode(to encoder: Encoder) throws {
        var container = encoder.container(keyedBy: CodingKeys.self)
        try container.encode(dict, forKey: .dict)
        try container.encode(array, forKey: .array)
        try container.encodeIfPresent(optionalDict, forKey: .optionalDict)
        try container.encodeIfPresent(optionalArray, forKey: .optionalArray)
    }
}

Answer 9

Here is more generic (not only [String: Any] , but [Any] can decoded) and encapsulated approach (separate entity is used for that) inspired by @loudmouth answer.

Using it will look like:

extension Customer: Decodable {
  public init(from decoder: Decoder) throws {
    let selfContainer = try decoder.container(keyedBy: CodingKeys.self)
    id = try selfContainer.decode(.id)
    email = try selfContainer.decode(.email)
    let metadataContainer: JsonContainer = try selfContainer.decode(.metadata)
    guard let metadata = metadataContainer.value as? [String: Any] else {
      let context = DecodingError.Context(codingPath: [CodingKeys.metadata], debugDescription: "Expected '[String: Any]' for 'metadata' key")
      throw DecodingError.typeMismatch([String: Any].self, context)
    }
    self.metadata = metadata
  }

  private enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
    case id, email, metadata
  }
}

JsonContainer is a helper entity we use to wrap decoding JSON data to JSON object (either array or dictionary) without extending *DecodingContainer (so it won't interfere with rare cases when a JSON object is not meant by [String: Any] ).

struct JsonContainer {

  let value: Any
}

extension JsonContainer: Decodable {

  public init(from decoder: Decoder) throws {
    if let keyedContainer = try? decoder.container(keyedBy: Key.self) {
      var dictionary = [String: Any]()
      for key in keyedContainer.allKeys {
        if let value = try? keyedContainer.decode(Bool.self, forKey: key) {
          // Wrapping numeric and boolean types in `NSNumber` is important, so `as? Int64` or `as? Float` casts will work
          dictionary[key.stringValue] = NSNumber(value: value)
        } else if let value = try? keyedContainer.decode(Int64.self, forKey: key) {
          dictionary[key.stringValue] = NSNumber(value: value)
        } else if let value = try? keyedContainer.decode(Double.self, forKey: key) {
          dictionary[key.stringValue] = NSNumber(value: value)
        } else if let value = try? keyedContainer.decode(String.self, forKey: key) {
          dictionary[key.stringValue] = value
        } else if (try? keyedContainer.decodeNil(forKey: key)) ?? false {
          // NOP
        } else if let value = try? keyedContainer.decode(JsonContainer.self, forKey: key) {
          dictionary[key.stringValue] = value.value
        } else {
          throw DecodingError.dataCorruptedError(forKey: key, in: keyedContainer, debugDescription: "Unexpected value for \(key.stringValue) key")
        }
      }
      value = dictionary
    } else if var unkeyedContainer = try? decoder.unkeyedContainer() {
      var array = [Any]()
      while !unkeyedContainer.isAtEnd {
        let container = try unkeyedContainer.decode(JsonContainer.self)
        array.append(container.value)
      }
      value = array
    } else if let singleValueContainer = try? decoder.singleValueContainer() {
      if let value = try? singleValueContainer.decode(Bool.self) {
        self.value = NSNumber(value: value)
      } else if let value = try? singleValueContainer.decode(Int64.self) {
        self.value = NSNumber(value: value)
      } else if let value = try? singleValueContainer.decode(Double.self) {
        self.value = NSNumber(value: value)
      } else if let value = try? singleValueContainer.decode(String.self) {
        self.value = value
      } else if singleValueContainer.decodeNil() {
        value = NSNull()
      } else {
        throw DecodingError.dataCorruptedError(in: singleValueContainer, debugDescription: "Unexpected value")
      }
    } else {
      let context = DecodingError.Context(codingPath: [], debugDescription: "Invalid data format for JSON")
      throw DecodingError.dataCorrupted(context)
    }
  }

  private struct Key: CodingKey {
    var stringValue: String

    init?(stringValue: String) {
      self.stringValue = stringValue
    }

    var intValue: Int?

    init?(intValue: Int) {
      self.init(stringValue: "\(intValue)")
      self.intValue = intValue
    }
  }
}

Note that numberic and boolean types are backed by NSNumber , else something like this won't work:

if customer.metadata["keyForInt"] as? Int64 { // as it always will be nil

Answer 10

decode using decoder and coding keys

public let dataToDecode: [String: AnyDecodable]

enum CodingKeys: CodingKey {
    case dataToDecode
}

init(from decoder: Decoder) throws {
    let container = try decoder.container(keyedBy: CodingKeys.self)
    self.dataToDecode = try container.decode(Dictionary<String, AnyDecodable>.self, forKey: .dataToDecode) 
}    

Answer 11

Details

• Xcode 12.0.1 (12A7300)
• Swift 5.3

Based on Tai Le library

// code from: https://github.com/levantAJ/AnyCodable/blob/master/AnyCodable/DecodingContainer%2BAnyCollection.swift

private
struct AnyCodingKey: CodingKey {
    let stringValue: String
    private (set) var intValue: Int?
    init?(stringValue: String) { self.stringValue = stringValue }
    init?(intValue: Int) {
        self.intValue = intValue
        stringValue = String(intValue)
    }
}

extension KeyedDecodingContainer {

    private
    func decode(_ type: [Any].Type, forKey key: KeyedDecodingContainer<K>.Key) throws -> [Any] {
        var values = try nestedUnkeyedContainer(forKey: key)
        return try values.decode(type)
    }

    private
    func decode(_ type: [String: Any].Type, forKey key: KeyedDecodingContainer<K>.Key) throws -> [String: Any] {
        try nestedContainer(keyedBy: AnyCodingKey.self, forKey: key).decode(type)
    }

    func decode(_ type: [String: Any].Type) throws -> [String: Any] {
        var dictionary: [String: Any] = [:]
        for key in allKeys {
            if try decodeNil(forKey: key) {
                dictionary[key.stringValue] = NSNull()
            } else if let bool = try? decode(Bool.self, forKey: key) {
                dictionary[key.stringValue] = bool
            } else if let string = try? decode(String.self, forKey: key) {
                dictionary[key.stringValue] = string
            } else if let int = try? decode(Int.self, forKey: key) {
                dictionary[key.stringValue] = int
            } else if let double = try? decode(Double.self, forKey: key) {
                dictionary[key.stringValue] = double
            } else if let dict = try? decode([String: Any].self, forKey: key) {
                dictionary[key.stringValue] = dict
            } else if let array = try? decode([Any].self, forKey: key) {
                dictionary[key.stringValue] = array
            }
        }
        return dictionary
    }
}

extension UnkeyedDecodingContainer {
    mutating func decode(_ type: [Any].Type) throws -> [Any] {
        var elements: [Any] = []
        while !isAtEnd {
            if try decodeNil() {
                elements.append(NSNull())
            } else if let int = try? decode(Int.self) {
                elements.append(int)
            } else if let bool = try? decode(Bool.self) {
                elements.append(bool)
            } else if let double = try? decode(Double.self) {
                elements.append(double)
            } else if let string = try? decode(String.self) {
                elements.append(string)
            } else if let values = try? nestedContainer(keyedBy: AnyCodingKey.self),
                let element = try? values.decode([String: Any].self) {
                elements.append(element)
            } else if var values = try? nestedUnkeyedContainer(),
                let element = try? values.decode([Any].self) {
                elements.append(element)
            }
        }
        return elements
    }
}

Solution

struct DecodableDictionary: Decodable {
    typealias Value = [String: Any]
    let dictionary: Value?
    init(from decoder: Decoder) throws {
        dictionary = try? decoder.container(keyedBy: AnyCodingKey.self).decode(Value.self)
    }
}

Usage

struct Model: Decodable {
    let num: Double?
    let flag: Bool?
    let dict: DecodableDictionary?
    let dict2: DecodableDictionary?
    let dict3: DecodableDictionary?
}

let data = try! JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: dictionary)
let object = try JSONDecoder().decode(Model.self, from: data)
print(object.dict?.dictionary)      // prints [String: Any]
print(object.dict2?.dictionary)     // prints nil
print(object.dict3?.dictionary)     // prints nil

Answer 12

I have written an article and repo that helps in adding [String: Any] support for Codable for decoding as well as encoding.

https://medium.com/nerd-for-tech/string-any-support-for-codable-4ba062ce62f2

This improves on decodable aspect and also add encodable support as solution given by in https://stackoverflow.com/a/46049763/9160905

what you will be able to achieve:

json

sample code

Answer 13

This will work

public struct AnyDecodable: Decodable {
    public let value: Any

    public init<T>(_ value: T?) {
        self.value = value ?? ()
    }
}

let contentDecodable = try values.decodeIfPresent(AnyDecodable.self, forKey: .content)

Answer 14

I used some of the answers on this topic to get the simplest solution possible for me. My problem is that I was receiving a [String: Any] type dictionary, but I could very well work with a [String: String] transforming every other Any value in String. So this is my solution:

struct MetadataType: Codable {
    let value: String?

    private init(_ value: String?) {
        self.value = value
    }

    init(from decoder: Decoder) throws {
        let container = try decoder.singleValueContainer()

        if let decodedValue = try? container.decode(Int.self) {
            self.init(String(decodedValue))
        } else if let decodedValue = try? container.decode(Double.self) {
            self.init(String(decodedValue))
        } else if let decodedValue = try? container.decode(Bool.self) {
            self.init(String(decodedValue))
        } else if let decodedValue = try? container.decode(String.self) {
            self.init(decodedValue)
        } else {
            self.init(nil)
        }
    }
}

And when declaring my dictionary, I use

let userInfo: [String: MetadataType]

Answer 15

What you want go against the design of Codable . The idea behind Codable is to provide a mechanism to archive and unarchive data in a type-safe manner. This means you must define the properties and their data types before hand. I can think of 2 solutions to your problem:

1. List all potential metadata keys

Oftentimes, if you reach deep enough into the API's documentation, you will find the full list of all potential metadata keys. Define a Metadata struct, with these keys as optional properties:

struct Customer: Decodable {
    struct Metadata: Decodable {
        var linkId: String?
        var buyCount: Int?
        var somethingElse: Int?

        private enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
            case linkId = "link_id"
            case buyCount = "buy_count"
            case somethingElse = "something_else"
        }
    }

    var object: String
    var id: String
    var email: String
    var metadata: Metadata
}

let customer = try! JSONDecoder().decode(Customer.self, from: jsonData)
print(customer.metadata)

I can see that the Swift designers would have preferred this approach.

---

2. Combine Decodable and JSONSerialization

JSONSerialization offers great dynamism in the trade off for type safety. You can definitely mix it up with Decodable , whose design philosophy is just the opposite:

struct Customer {
    private struct RawCustomer: Decodable {
        var object: String
        var id: String
        var email: String
    }

    var object: String
    var id: String
    var email: String
    var metadata: [String: AnyObject]

    init(jsonData: Data) throws {
        let rawCustomer = try JSONDecoder().decode(RawCustomer.self, from: jsonData)
        object = rawCustomer.object
        id     = rawCustomer.id
        email  = rawCustomer.email

        let jsonObject = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: jsonData)
        if let dict = jsonObject as? [String: AnyObject],
            let metadata = dict["metadata"] as? [String: AnyObject]
        {
            self.metadata = metadata
        } else {
            self.metadata = [String: AnyObject]()
        }
    }
}

let customer = try! Customer(jsonData: jsonData)
print(customer.metadata)

Answer 16

The easiest and suggested way is to create separate model for each dictionary or model that is in JSON .

Here is what I do

//Model for dictionary **Metadata**

struct Metadata: Codable {
    var link_id: String?
    var buy_count: Int?
}  

//Model for dictionary **Customer**

struct Customer: Codable {
   var object: String?
   var id: String?
   var email: String?
   var metadata: Metadata?
}

//Here is our decodable parser that decodes JSON into expected model

struct CustomerParser {
    var customer: Customer?
}

extension CustomerParser: Decodable {

//keys that matches exactly with JSON
enum CustomerKeys: String, CodingKey {
    case object = "object"
    case id = "id"
    case email = "email"
    case metadata = "metadata"
}

init(from decoder: Decoder) throws {
    let container = try decoder.container(keyedBy: CustomerKeys.self) // defining our (keyed) container

    let object: String = try container.decode(String.self, forKey: .object) // extracting the data
    let id: String = try container.decode(String.self, forKey: .id) // extracting the data
    let email: String = try container.decode(String.self, forKey: .email) // extracting the data

   //Here I have used metadata model instead of dictionary [String: Any]
    let metadata: Metadata = try container.decode(Metadata.self, forKey: .metadata) // extracting the data

    self.init(customer: Customer(object: object, id: id, email: email, metadata: metadata))

    }
}

Usage:

  if let url = Bundle.main.url(forResource: "customer-json-file", withExtension: "json") {
        do {
            let jsonData: Data =  try Data(contentsOf: url)
            let parser: CustomerParser = try JSONDecoder().decode(CustomerParser.self, from: jsonData)
            print(parser.customer ?? "null")

        } catch {

        }
    }

**I have used optional to be in safe side while parsing, can be changed as needed.

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extension ViewController {

    func swiftyJson(){
        let url = URL(string: "https://itunes.apple.com/search?term=jack+johnson")
        //let url = URL(string: "http://makani.bitstaging.in/api/business/businesses_list")

        Alamofire.request(url!, method: .get, parameters: nil).responseJSON { response in
            var arrayIndexes = [IndexPath]()
            switch(response.result) {
            case .success(_):

                let data = response.result.value as! [String : Any]

                if let responseData =  Mapper<DataModel>().map(JSON: data) {
                    if responseData.results!.count > 0{
                        self.arrayExploreStylistList = []
                    }
                    for i in 0..<responseData.results!.count{
                        arrayIndexes.append(IndexPath(row: self.arrayExploreStylistList.count + i, section: 0))
                    }
                    self.arrayExploreStylistList.append(contentsOf: responseData.results!)

                    print(arrayIndexes.count)

                }

                //                    if let arrNew = data["results"] as? [[String : Any]]{
                //                        let jobData = Mapper<DataModel>().mapArray(JSONArray: arrNew)
                //                        print(jobData)
                //                        self.datamodel = jobData
                //                    }
                self.tblView.reloadData()
                break

            case .failure(_):
                print(response.result.error as Any)
                break

            }
        }

    }
}