How to grab data from an API using Swift 4 and Alamofire - ios

Question

I'm trying to get data from an API with no documentation.
My code is
let URL_MAIN = "http://evarsity.srmuniv.ac.in/srmswi/usermanager/youLogin.jsp"
let URL_ATTENDANCE = "http://evarsity.srmuniv.ac.in/srmswi/resource/StudentDetailsResources.jsp?resourceid=7"
let URL_TIMETABLE = "http://evarsity.srmuniv.ac.in/srmswi/resource/StudentDetailsResources.jsp?resourceid=5"
func getData(url: String) {
Alamofire.request(url, method: .get)
.responseData { response in
if response.result.isSuccess {
print("Sucess! Got the data")
guard let data = response.result.value else { return }
print(data)
} else {
print("Error: \(String(describing: response.result.error))")
}
}
I am getting the response as 51406 bytes.
I need to get the actual data in either JSON or some other format. Here is the api link for python
https://github.com/arjunmahishi/srm-erp-api/blob/master/erp.py

Answer 1

Convert your responseData to a dictionary using the function i provided below and then parse the data accordingly.Here, i m getting a JSON response in the form of a dictionary.
let strResponse = "\(responseString.value!)"
let arr = strResponse.components(separatedBy: "\n")
let dict = convertStringToDictionary(str:(arr.last ?? "")!)
self.Message = dict?["message"] as! String
let responseStatus = dict?["status"] as! NSString
public func convertStringToDictionary(str:String) -> [String: Any]? {
if let data = str.data(using: .utf8) {
do {
return try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data, options: []) as? [String: Any]
} catch {
print(error.localizedDescription)
}
}
return nil
}