After casting json data to [[String: AnyObject]] it seems to be empty - why?

Question

I'm calling my webservice with alamofire and trying to parse the json result.

My code looks like this:

Alamofire.request("\(serverURL)/users/\(username)/hashtags")
        .validate()
        .responseJSON { response in
switch response.result {
            case .success:
                DispatchQueue.main.async(execute: {
                print(response.result.value!)

                if let jsonData = response.result.value as? [[String: AnyObject]] {
                        print("this is not printed")

The first print returns:

{
    hashtags =     (
        test,
        elo
    );
}

and the 2nd one is not printed at all - the code is never executed. Why?

When I call my webservice in the browser I'm getting:

{"hashtags":["test","test2"]}

Answer 1

The JSON structure you are trying to convert is a dictionary not an array. You are trying to convert the response to an array of dictionary and that's why it is failing.

You need to use:

if let jsonData = response.result.value as? [String: AnyObject]
{
   // Handle data
}