Swift Compact Map returning empty - ios

Question

Hi I am trying to learn RXSwift and First time I came across these concepts like Maps and Compact Maps.
I am able to get the response, but this line always returns empty.
objects.compactMap(DummyUser.init)
fileprivate let Users = Variable<[DummyUser]>([])
fileprivate let bag = DisposeBag()
response
.filter { response, _ in
return 200..<300 ~= response.statusCode
}
.map { _, data -> [[String: Any]] in
guard (try? JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data, options: [])) != nil else {
return []
}
let json = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data, options: []) as? [String : Any]
// print(json!["results"])
return json!["results"] as! [[String : Any]]
}
.filter { objects in
return objects.count > 0
}
.map { objects in
// objects.forEach{print($0["name"]!)}
let names = objects.map { $0["name"]!}
print(names)
return objects.compactMap(DummyUser.init)
}
.subscribe(onNext: { [weak self] newEvents in
self?.processEvents(newEvents)
})
.disposed(by: bag)
func processEvents(_ newEvents: [DummyUser]) {
var updatedEvents = newEvents + Users.value
if updatedEvents.count > 50 {
updatedEvents = Array<DummyUser>(updatedEvents.prefix(upTo: 50))
}
Users.value = updatedEvents
DispatchQueue.main.async {
self.MianUsertable.reloadData()
}
// refreshControl?.endRefreshing()
let eventsArray = updatedEvents.map{ $0.dictionary } as NSArray
eventsArray.write(to: userFileURL, atomically: true)
}
My Json Response is Here
https://randomuser.me/api/?results=5
DummyUser Class
import Foundation
typealias AnyDict = [String: Any]
class DummyUser {
let gender: String
let name: AnyDict
let dob: String
let picture: AnyDict
init?(dictionary: AnyDict) {
guard let Dgender = dictionary["gender"] as? String,
let Dname = dictionary["name"] as? AnyDict,
let birthdata = dictionary["dob"] as? AnyDict,
let Ddob = birthdata["dob"] as? String,
let Dpicture = dictionary["picture"] as? AnyDict
else {
return nil
}
gender = Dgender
name = Dname
dob = Ddob
picture = Dpicture
}
var dictionary: AnyDict {
return [
"user": ["name" : name, "gender": gender, "dob": dob],
"picture" : ["userImage": picture]
]
}
}

Answer 1

In your DummyUser model you are using failable initializer, so in case of wrong dictionary provided to init method it will return nil.
compactMap automatically automatically filters nil's and that's the reason why your output is empty.
Looking at this piece of code:
let names = objects.map { $0["name"]!}
return objects.compactMap(DummyUser.init)
I would debug this variable called names because it probably has wrong input for the DummyUser initializer. It should be dictionary containing all of your DummyUser parameters. You can also debug your failable initializer to see which of the parameter is missing.