JSON File Format issue

Question

I have been grappling with JSON for a couple of days and realised I am making a basic error. When I have a JSON file like below my code just below it works perfectly:

{"team": [
        {
        "name": "Manchester United FC",
        "code": "MUFC"
        },
        {
        "name": "Swansea City",
        "code": "SWA"
        }
        ]
}

Code that works with above JSON file:

func jsonParsing()
{
    let path: NSString = NSBundle.mainBundle().pathForResource("teams", ofType: "json")!

    var data : NSData = NSData(contentsOfFile: path, options: NSDataReadingOptions.DataReadingMapped, error: nil)!

    var dict: NSDictionary!=NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(data, options: NSJSONReadingOptions.MutableContainers, error: nil) as NSDictionary


    for var i = 0 ; i < (dict.valueForKey("team") as NSArray).count ; i++
    {
        arrDict.addObject((dict.valueForKey("team") as NSArray) .objectAtIndex(i))
    }



}

However, when my JSON file does not have quote marks for the titles as per below it causes a "fatal error: unexpectedly found nil while unwrapping an Optional value" issue:

{team: [
        {
        name: "Manchester United FC",
        code: "MUFC"
        },
        {
        name: "Swansea City",
        code: "SWA"
        }
        ]
}

So, you may ask why don't I simply use quotes so it works? Well, I am getting the JSON information from a website so have to use that format. For full details on the original file format checkout:

http://api.football-data.org/alpha/soccerseasons/354/teams

So, is there a simple setting I can use so it uses my JSON file without the need for all the double quotes?

Many thanks in advance, Alan.

Answer 1

Those quotes are must for JSON to work. http://www.w3schools.com/json/json_syntax.asp

Answer 2

The following seems to work:

{
    //let path: NSString = NSBundle.mainBundle().pathForResource("teams", ofType: "json")!

    //var data : NSData = NSData(contentsOfFile: path, options: NSDataReadingOptions.DataReadingMapped, error: nil)!

let url2 = NSURL(string: "http://api.football-data.org/alpha/soccerseasons/354/teams")

let data = NSData(contentsOfURL: url2!)

var dict = NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(data!, options: nil, error: nil) as NSDictionary

    // var dict: NSDictionary!=NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(data, options: NSJSONReadingOptions.MutableContainers, error: nil) as NSDictionary


    for var i = 0 ; i < (dict.valueForKey("teams") as NSArray).count ; i++
    {
        arrDict.addObject((dict.valueForKey("teams") as NSArray) .objectAtIndex(i))
    }



}

But now I am even more confused as everyone says the original file is not vaild :/ Thoughts anyone?