I use an API that is getting cut off soon, and I need to still use it.
Its the ESPN API, and I just use it to get a list of teams, so its fine if it becomes static.
So right now I hit the API, but when they turn the API off I'll need to have the Teams still available in my app.
Below is the JSON, how would I get this into my app in a smart way? (I used Restkit, and list the items from the API in their respective tableView controller).
Request URI: http://api.espn.com/v1/sports/?apikey=abcdefg
Response Body (enough to get an idea):
{
"sports": [{
"name": "baseball",
"id": 1,
"uid": "s:1",
"links": {
"api": {
"sports": {
"href": "http://api.espn.com/v1/sports/baseball"
},
"news": {
"href": "http://api.espn.com/v1/sports/baseball/news"
},
"notes": {
"href": "http://api.espn.com/v1/sports/baseball/news/notes"
},
"headlines": {
"href": "http://api.espn.com/v1/sports/baseball/news/headlines"
},
"events": {
"href": "http://api.espn.com/v1/sports/baseball/events"
}
}
},
"leagues": [{
"name": "Major League Baseball",
"abbreviation": "mlb",
"id": 10,
"uid": "s:1~l:10",
"groupId": 9,
"shortName": "MLB",
"season": {
"year": 2014,
"type": 2,
"description": "regular",
"startDate": "2014-03-21T07:00:00Z",
"endDate": "2014-09-30T06:59:59Z"
},
"week": {
"number": 22,
"startDate": "2014-08-15T07:00:00Z",
"endDate": "2014-08-22T06:59:00Z"
}
}, {
"name": "Men's College Baseball",
"abbreviation": "college-baseball",
"id": 14,
"groupId": 14,
"shortName": "NCAA Men's Baseball"
}]
}, {
"name": "basketball",
"id": 40,
"uid": "s:40",
"links": {
"api": {
"sports": {
"href": "http://api.espn.com/v1/sports/basketball"
},
"news": {
"href": "http://api.espn.com/v1/sports/basketball/news"
},
"notes": {
"href": "http://api.espn.com/v1/sports/basketball/news/notes"
},
"headlines": {
"href": "http://api.espn.com/v1/sports/basketball/news/headlines"
},
"events": {
"href": "http://api.espn.com/v1/sports/basketball/events"
}
}
},
"leagues": [{
"name": "National Basketball Assoc.",
"abbreviation": "nba",
"id": 46,
"uid": "s:40~l:46",
"groupId": 7,
"shortName": "NBA",
"season": {
"year": 2014,
"type": 4,
"description": "offseason",
"startDate": "2014-07-01T07:00:00Z",
"endDate": "2014-10-04T06:59:59Z"
},
"week": {
"number": 10,
"startDate": "2014-06-21T07:00:00Z",
"endDate": "2014-06-30T06:59:00Z"
}
}, {
"name": "Women's National Basketball Assoc.",
"abbreviation": "wnba",
"id": 59,
"uid": "s:40~l:59",
"groupId": 3,
"shortName": "WNBA",
"season": {
"year": 2014,
"type": 3,
"description": "post",
"startDate": "2014-08-18T07:00:00Z",
"endDate": "2014-10-21T06:59:59Z"
},
"week": {
"number": 3,
"startDate": "2012-10-09T07:00:00Z",
"endDate": "2012-10-16T06:59:00Z"
}
}, {
"name": "NCAA Basketball",
"abbreviation": "mens-college-basketball",
"id": 41,
"uid": "s:40~l:41",
"groupId": 52,
"shortName": "NCAA Basketball",
"season": {
"year": 2015,
"type": 1,
"description": "pre",
"startDate": "2014-07-01T07:00:00Z",
"endDate": "2014-11-07T07:59:59Z"
},
"week": {
"number": 4,
"startDate": "2014-04-07T07:00:00Z",
"endDate": "2014-04-14T06:59:00Z"
}
}, {
"name": "NCAA Women's Basketball",
"abbreviation": "womens-college-basketball",
"id": 54,
"uid": "s:40~l:54",
"groupId": 52,
"shortName": "NCAA Women's Basketball",
"season": {
"year": 2015,
"type": 1,
"description": "pre",
"startDate": "2014-07-01T07:00:00Z",
"endDate": "2014-11-07T07:59:59Z"
},
"week": {
"number": 4,
"startDate": "2014-04-07T07:00:00Z",
"endDate": "2014-04-14T06:59:00Z"
}
}]
}, {
"name": "football",
"id": 20,
"uid": "s:20",
"links": {
"api": {
"sports": {
"href": "http://api.espn.com/v1/sports/football"
},
"news": {
"href": "http://api.espn.com/v1/sports/football/news"
},
"notes": {
"href": "http://api.espn.com/v1/sports/football/news/notes"
},
"headlines": {
"href": "http://api.espn.com/v1/sports/football/news/headlines"
},
"events": {
"href": "http://api.espn.com/v1/sports/football/events"
}
}
},
"leagues": [{
"name": "National Football League",
"abbreviation": "nfl",
"id": 28,
"uid": "s:20~l:28",
"groupId": 9,
"shortName": "NFL",
"season": {
"year": 2014,
"type": 1,
"description": "pre",
"startDate": "2014-07-30T07:00:00Z",
"endDate": "2014-09-03T06:59:59Z"
},
"week": {
"number": 4,
"startDate": "2014-08-20T07:00:00Z",
"endDate": "2014-08-27T06:59:00Z",
"text": "Week 3"
}
}, {
"name": "NCAA Football",
"abbreviation": "college-football",
"id": 23,
"uid": "s:20~l:23",
"groupId": 99,
"shortName": "NCAA Football",
"season": {
"year": 2014,
"type": 2,
"description": "regular",
"startDate": "2014-07-20T07:00:00Z",
"endDate": "2014-12-16T07:59:59Z"
},
"week": {
"number": 1,
"startDate": "2014-08-19T07:00:00Z",
"endDate": "2014-09-02T06:59:00Z",
"text": "Week 1"
}
}]
}, {
"name": "hockey",
"id": 70,
"uid": "s:70",
"links": {
"api": {
"sports": {
"href": "http://api.espn.com/v1/sports/hockey"
},
"news": {
"href": "http://api.espn.com/v1/sports/hockey/news"
},
"notes": {
"href": "http://api.espn.com/v1/sports/hockey/news/notes"
},
"headlines": {
"href": "http://api.espn.com/v1/sports/hockey/news/headlines"
},
"events": {
"href": "http://api.espn.com/v1/sports/hockey/events"
}
}
},
"leagues": [{
"name": "National Hockey League",
"abbreviation": "nhl",
"id": 90,
"uid": "s:70~l:90",
"groupId": 9,
"shortName": "NHL",
"season": {
"year": 2014,
"type": 4,
"description": "offseason",
"startDate": "2014-06-23T07:00:00Z",
"endDate": "2014-09-01T06:59:59Z"
},
The view controller sequence is Sports --> Leagues --> Teams So if you pick "Basketball" ---> "NBA --> "Miami Heat".
Will post any extra code as needed.
If you want the JSON to ship with your app, put a JSON file in your Xcode project and put your JSON in it. To access it, do this
NSString *JSONFilePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"file" ofType:@"json"];
and then use NSJSONSerialization as @HotLicks pointed out
NSData *JSONData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:JSONFilePath];
NSDictionary *JSONDictionary = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:JSONData options:kNilOptions error:nil];