create a JSON using swift - ios

Question

let nlp_json_string = "{\"appId\":\"**********\",\"cloud\":true}"
let cmd_json_string = "{\"asr\":\"\",\"id\":\(id),\"name\":\"\(name)\",\"nlp\":\"\(nlp_json_string)\",\"subid\":\(subid)}"
print(cmd_json_string)
log:
{"asr":"","id":260744,"name":"aaaaaa","nlp":"{"appId":"**********","cloud":true}","subid":123743947}
I want to build a JSON like this, but this JSON format is wrong, what should I do,The problem is that the "nlp" key causes the JSON to not be formatted. (note: the type of "nlp" value needs to be a String)， thanks！

Answer 1

You can use the Encodable protocol to convert an object to JSON string or JSON object upto your choice.
Please try to understand the example
//This the the customer structure
struct Customer: Codable {
var name: String?
var id: String?
var account: Account?
}
//This is customer's account structure
struct Account: Codable {
var acId: String?
var openedDate: Date?
}
//Main View Controller.
class ViewController: UIViewController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
//Call this fnctions to initiate the process.
self.makeJson()
}
override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
func makeJson() {
//Make the account object
let accountInfo = Account.init(acId: "100100234", openedDate: Date())
//Make the customer object
let customer = Customer.init(name: "Naresh", id: "dfg-2561", account: accountInfo)
do {
//make data object
let data = try JSONEncoder.init().encode(customer)
//print as JSON String
let jsonString = String.init(data: data, encoding: String.Encoding.utf8)
print(jsonString ?? "Not parsed")
//print as JSON Object
let jsonObject = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data, options: [])
print(jsonObject)
}
catch {
print(error.localizedDescription)
}
}
}
Look at the terminal. This will print the json string & json object both.

Answer 2

The easy way is to create a multiline String:
let myJSON: String = """
{
"id" : 12,
"foo": "bar"
}
"""

Answer 3

First of all take advantage of the new literal string syntax to avoid the confusion of the escaped double quotes.
Second of all please conform to the naming convention that variables are camelCased
Assumed variables :
let name = "Foo"
let id = 1
let subid = 2
The strings look much clearer.
let nlpJsonString = """
{"appId":"**********","cloud":true}
"""
let cmdJsonString = """
{"asr":"","id":\(id),"name":"\(name)","nlp":"\(nlpJsonString)","subid":\(subid)}
"""
As you can see (better now) nlpJsonString is inserted as String (note the wrapping double quotes) so the result is
{"asr":"","id":1,"name":"Foo","nlp":"{"appId":"**********","cloud":true}","subid":2}
If you want to insert nlpJsonString as a dictionary remove the double quotes
let cmdJsonString = """
{"asr":"","id":\(id),"name":"\(name)","nlp":\(nlpJsonString),"subid":\(subid)}
"""
then you get
{"asr":"","id":1,"name":"Foo","nlp":{"appId":"**********","cloud":true},"subid":2}
An alternative is to create dictionaries and serialize them
let name = "Foo"
let id = 1
let subid = 2
let nlpDict : [String:Any] = ["appId":"**********","cloud":true]
let cmdDict : [String:Any] = ["asr":"","id":id,"name":name,"nlp":nlpDict,"subid":subid]
do {
let jsonData = try JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: cmdDict)
let json = String(data: jsonData, encoding: .utf8)!
print(json)
} catch { print("something went wrong", error) }