Thanks for the help in advance.
I'm working on an API call in SwiftUI for the first time. I've got a portion of the data back by using structs/decodable. And I use enums to access each layer. However, the API that I'm using uses the current date as a key, and I'm struggling to access that layer of data without using a string literal. Any Ideas?
Here's what I have.
struct NEObjects: Decodable {
let fromToday: [NEObject]
enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
case fromToday = "2021-02-16"
}
}
I have the current date stored in the user defaults. But if I do something like
let date = UserDefaults.standard.string(forKey: "current_date")
case fromToday = date
Then I get an error saying "Raw value for enum case must be a literal"
Im' not sure how else I can access this layer because I'm new to swiftUI.
Here is the full data model for reference:
import Foundation
let date = UserDefaults.standard.string(forKey: "current_date")
struct NEOData: Decodable {
let elementCount: Int
let neObjects: NEObjects
enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
case elementCount = "element_count"
case neObjects = "near_earth_objects"
}
}
struct NEObjects: Decodable {
let fromToday: [NEObject]
enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
case fromToday = "2021-02-15"
}
}
struct NEObject: Decodable {
let name: String
let absoluteMagnitude: Double
let diameter: Diameter
let isHazardous: Bool
let closeApproachData: [CloseApproachData]
let isSentry: Bool
enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
case name = "name"
case absoluteMagnitude = "absolute_magnitude_h"
case diameter = "estimated_diameter"
case isHazardous = "is_potentially_hazardous_asteroid"
case closeApproachData = "close_approach_data"
case isSentry = "is_sentry_object"
}
}
struct Diameter: Decodable {
let kilometers: Kilometers
let meters: Meters
let miles: Miles
let feet: Feet
}
struct CloseApproachData: Decodable {
let velocity: Velocity
let missDistance: MissDistance
let date: String
enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
case velocity = "relative_velocity"
case missDistance = "miss_distance"
case date = "close_approach_date"
}
}
struct Velocity: Decodable {
let mph: String
let kph: String
enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
case mph = "miles_per_hour"
case kph = "kilometers_per_hour"
}
}
struct MissDistance: Decodable {
let kilometers: String
let miles: String
}
struct Kilometers: Decodable {
let min: Double
let max: Double
enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
case min = "estimated_diameter_min"
case max = "estimated_diameter_max"
}
}
struct Meters: Decodable {
let min: Double
let max: Double
enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
case min = "estimated_diameter_min"
case max = "estimated_diameter_max"
}
}
struct Miles: Decodable {
let min: Double
let max: Double
enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
case min = "estimated_diameter_min"
case max = "estimated_diameter_max"
}
}
struct Feet: Decodable {
let min: Double
let max: Double
enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
case min = "estimated_diameter_min"
case max = "estimated_diameter_max"
}
}
Without seeing the JSON, I'm just guessing you want your NEObjects
struct to look like this:
struct NEObjects: Decodable {
let objectsByDay : [String : NEObject]
}
This would decode JSON that looks like this:
{
"2021-02-16" : [
{ ... a bunch of your custom objects ... }
]
}