I'm trying to create a structure for the following json object using swift decodable.
{
"template": [
{
"id": 8,
"question": "Favorite Color?",
"category": "Color",
"section": "Favorite Colors",
"is_active": 1,
},
[
{
"id": 14,
"question_id": 8,
"option_name": "Red",
"is_active": 1,
},
{
"id": 16,
"question_id": 8,
"option_name": "Orange",
"is_active": 1,
}
],
{
"id": 9,
"question": "What cars do you drive?",
"category": "Cars",
"section": "Favorite Cars",
"is_active": 1,
},
[
{
"id": 15,
"question_id": 9,
"option_name": "Toyota",
"is_active": 1,
},
{
"id": 18,
"question_id": 9,
"option_name": "Honda",
"is_active": 1,
},
{
"id": 19,
"question_id": 9,
"option_name": "BMW",
"is_active": 1,
}
]
]
}
I have some like:
public struct GameTemplate:Decodable {
question:String?
}
public struct Game:Decodable {
let template[GameTemplate]
}
For some reason when i tried to parse it doesn't work i get an error stating that struct is not a dictionary. I have tried casting the struct value but that didn't work either at this point just need to get a nice and clean json object after is decoded.
your JSON format is not consistent.
Just take the first category of color :
{
"template": [
{
"id": 8,
"question": "Favorite Color?",
"category": "Color",
"section": "Favorite Colors",
"is_active": 1,
},
[
{
"id": 14,
"question_id": 8,
"option_name": "Red",
"is_active": 1,
},
{
"id": 16,
"question_id": 8,
"option_name": "Orange",
"is_active": 1,
}
],
]
}
The template is an array having dictionary on 0 index and array on 1 index.
It is decodable in a different way but that's an extra effort.
If possible make the JSON data consistent and club categories in one index of array as :
{
"template": [
{
"id": 8,
"question": "Favorite Color?",
"category": "Color",
"section": "Favorite Colors",
"is_active": 1,
"subCategory": [
{
"id": 14,
"question_id": 8,
"option_name": "Red",
"is_active": 1,
},
{
"id": 16,
"question_id": 8,
"option_name": "Orange",
"is_active": 1,
}
]
}
]
}
and the same way club the different category of cars.
It will be easy for you to decode as:
public struct GameTemplate:Decodable {
question: String?
subCategory: [SubCategory]
}
public struct SubCategory:Decodable {
option_name: String?
}
public struct Game:Decodable {
let template: [GameTemplate]
}
Hope you get it what I am trying to explain.