Generic function with Alamofire

Question

I work with iOS app that use Alamofire, I want to write a generic function(s) which used to send and retrieve data from server to a decodable objects, my function was as below :

func pop <T : Codable>  (_ Url: inout String, _ popedList: inout [T]) {
    let url = URL(string:Url)
    Alamofire.request(url!, method: .post).responseJSON { response in
        let result = response.data
        do {
            let data = try JSONDecoder().decode(popedList, from: result!)// get error here
            print(data[0])

            let jsonEncoder = JSONEncoder()
            let jsonData = try! jsonEncoder.encode(data[0])
            let jsonString = String(data: jsonData, encoding: .utf8)
            print("jsonString: \(String(describing: jsonString))")

        } catch let e as NSError {
            print("error : \(e)")
        }
    }
} 

and a function to send an object to server as below:

func push <T : Codable>  (_ Url: inout String, _ pushObject: inout T) {
    let jsonData = try! JSONEncoder().encode(pushObject)
    let jsonString = String(data: jsonData, encoding: .utf8)
    print("jsonString: \(String(describing: jsonString))")

    let url = URL(string:Url)

    Alamofire.request(url!,
                      method: .post,
                      parameters:jsonString)//it's need to creat a Dictionary instate of String
        .validate(statusCode: 200..<300)
        .validate(contentType: ["application/json"])
        .response { response in
            // response handling code
             let result = response.data
            print(response.data)
    }
}

I get an error in first function,

"Cannot invoke 'decode' with an argument list of type '([T], from: Data)'"

and

"Escaping closures can only capture inout parameters explicitly by value"

What is the best way to write these to function as generic?

Answer 1

After a few searches and trying to edit my functions I capable to rewrite my two functions in such away that I get what I need:

 func pop<T: Decodable>(from: URL, decodable: T.Type, completion:@escaping (_ details: [T]) -> Void)
            {
       Alamofire.request(from, method: .post).responseJSON { response in
                let result_ = response.data
                do {
                    let data = try JSONDecoder().decode([T].self, from: result_!)
                    //let data = try JSONDecoder().decode(decodable, from: result_!)// get error here
                    //print(data[0])
                    print("data[0] : \(data[0])")
                    completion(data)
                } catch let e as NSError {
                    print("error : \(e)")
                }
            }
        }

    func push <T : Codable>  (_ Url:  String, _ pushObject:  T)
        {
            let jsonData = try! JSONEncoder().encode(pushObject)
            let jsonString = String(data: jsonData, encoding: .utf8)
            print("jsonString: \(String(describing: jsonString))")

            let url = URL(string:Url)

            Alamofire.request(url!,
                              method: .post,
                              parameters:convertToDictionary(text: jsonString!))//it's need to creat a Dictionary instate of String
                .validate(statusCode: 200..<300)
                .validate(contentType: ["application/json"])
                .response { response in
                    // response handling code
                    print(response.data!)
                    if let jsonData = response.data {
                        let jsonString = String(data: jsonData, encoding: .utf8)
                        print("response.data: \(String(describing: jsonString))")
                    }
            }
        }

        func convertToDictionary(text: String) -> [String: Any]? {
            if let data = text.data(using: .utf8) {
                do {
                    return try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data, options: []) as? [String: Any]
                } catch {
                    print(error.localizedDescription)
                }
            }
            return nil
        }