Put values parsed from JSONResponse to global array swift 3 - ios

Question

How to use values globally parsed from JSONResponse. So, far able to extract the array from JSONResponse, but after that trying to put that array in an global array, not getting how to declare global array. somehow managed to do that but now not able to extract values index wise from that array. Please guide.
Code tried now:
if (JSONResponse["status"].intValue == 1)
{
if let fetchedImages = JSONResponse["data"].arrayObject {
self.arrResponseReceived = fetchedImages
}
print("self.arrResponseReceived", self.arrResponseReceived)
}
else
{
CommonMethodsClass.showAlertMessage(vc: self, titleStr: "Error!", messageStr: strMsg)
}
Code tried earlier:
arrResponseReceived = JSONResponse["data"].arrayValue
Global variable declared for array is:
var arrResponseReceived : [Any] = []
Data to parse is:
{
data = (
{
AverageRating = 4;
Image = "<null>";
IsActive = 1;
Latitude = "28.567806";
Longitude = "77.3236273";
SalonAddress = " Sec-58, India";
SalonEmail = "vy.chan#th-rce.com";
SalonID = 1;
SalonImage = "";
SalonMobile = 9999888877;
SalonName = Affinity;
SalonPhone = 9999888877;
TimeIntervalminutes = 20;
},
{
AverageRating = 5;
Image = "<null>";
IsActive = 1;
Latitude = "";
Longitude = "";
SalonAddress = "Mall, India";
SalonEmail = "rad#th-rce.com";
SalonID = 3;
SalonImage = "";
SalonMobile = 9999888877;
SalonName = Looks;
SalonPhone = 9999888877;
TimeIntervalminutes = 30;
}
);
message = "";
status = 1;
}

Answer 1

You should definite the Class of what is inside of JSONResponse["data"].arrayValue, or how Xcode knows it.
If you want to get an data array which is made of Dictionary , here is how I cheated it out.
func getDatas(from json: Any?) -> [Dictionary] {
guard let json = json as? NSDictionary, let entries = json.value(forKeyPath: "data") as? [NSDictionary] else {
return []
}
return entries.flatMap { entry in
guard let dictionary = entry as? NSDictionary else {
return nil
}
return dictionary
}
}
you call it as such
self.arrResponseReceived = getDatas(from: json)
NSDictionary has the method value(forKeyPath:) that is near magic. Calling json.value(forKeyPath: "data") returns an array of dictionaries. Each dictionary is an "entry" object in the json. Next, I map each entry which returns a dictionary.
If this is something more than a quick solution, then I would consider adding SwiftyJSON to your project.
func getDatas(from json: Any?) -> [Dicitonary] {
return JSON(json)["data"].arrayValue.flatMap { entry in
guard let dictionary = entry as? NSDictionary else {
return nil
}
return dictionary
}
}