How to Parse Json dictonary in swift 4

Question

Hi I have a problem with this Json:

{
    "id": "libMovies",
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "result": {
        "limits": {
            "end": 75,
            "start": 0,
            "total": 1228
        },
        "movies": [{
            "art": {
                "fanart": "myfanart",
                "poster": "myposter"
            },
            "file": "myfile",
            "label": "mylable",
            "movieid": mymovieid,
            "playcount": 0,
            "rating": myrating,
            "thumbnail": "mythumbnail"
        }]
    }
}

When I parse Json in swift 5 with this code

try! JSONDecoder().decode([MyMovie].self, from: data!)

I get this error

Fatal error: 'try!' expression unexpectedly raised an error: Swift.DecodingError.typeMismatch(Swift.Array, Swift.DecodingError.Context(codingPath: [], debugDescription: "Expected to decode Array but found a dictionary instead.", underlyingError: nil)):

How can I solve this?

Answer 1

For the below JSON,

{"id":"libMovies","jsonrpc":"2.0","result":{"limits":{"end":75,"start":0,"total":1228},"movies":[{"art":{"fanart":"myfanart","poster":"myposter"},"file":"myfile","label":"mylable","movieid":"mymovieid","playcount":0,"rating":"myrating","thumbnail":"mythumbnail"}]}}

The Codable models that you need to use,

struct Root: Decodable {
    let id, jsonrpc: String
    let result: Result
}
struct Result: Decodable {
    let limits: Limits
    let movies: [Movie]
}

struct Limits: Decodable {
    let end, start, total: Int
}

struct Movie: Decodable {
    let art: Art
    let file, label, movieid: String
    let playcount: Int
    let rating, thumbnail: String
}
struct Art: Decodable {
    let fanart, poster: String
}

Parse the JSON data like so,

do {
    let response = try JSONDecoder().decode(Root.self, from: data)
    print(response.result.movies.map({"file: \($0.file), label: \($0.label)"}))
} catch {
    print(error)
}

Edit:

To save the movies separately, create a variable of type [Movie],

var movies = [Movie]()

Now, while parsing save the response.result.movies in the above created property,

do {
    let response = try JSONDecoder().decode(Root.self, from: data)
    print(response.result.movies.map({"file: \($0.file), label: \($0.label)"}))
    movies = response.result.movies
} catch {
    print(error)
}