Parsing my SWIFT Dictionary - ios

Question

I am querying a JSON database of zombies and it returns them as a Dictionary. I don't know how to mutate it with SWIFT 3
Here's the query::
func getZombieAttackGroupFromDatabase () {
ref?.child("Attacker Group").child((self.userParty?.leadID)!).observeSingleEvent(of: .value, with: { (snapshot) in
// Get data
print("PULLING DATA")
if let value = snapshot.value as? NSDictionary{
// break data into an Array of Zombie Structs
// print(value)
for zombieID in value.allKeys {
print(value[zombieID])
let thisZombieID = zombieID
let thisZombieGroup = value[zombieID]["Group"]
}
} else {
}
// ...
}) { (error) in
print(error.localizedDescription)
}
}
this part: let thisZombieGroup = value[zombieID]["Group"] isn't being recognized. How do I access group? If i get that, i can modify to the other components.
Here's the return :
{
"-KrNSmv64Ia32g5nw1L9" = {
Group = 15;
Health = 250;
"Is Undead" = true;
Location = 1;
Number = 0;
};
"-KrNSmv64Ia32g5nw1LA" = {
Group = 11;
Health = 250;
"Is Undead" = true;
Location = 5;
Number = 1;
};
"-KrNSmv64Ia32g5nw1LB" = {
Group = 2;
Health = 250;
"Is Undead" = true;
Location = 3;
Number = 2;
};
"-KrNSmv776r9eO6t7CY0" = {
Group = 14;
Health = 250;
"Is Undead" = true;
Location = 0;
Number = 3;
};
"-KrNSmv776r9eO6t7CY1" = {
Group = 0;
Health = 250;
"Is Undead" = true;
Location = 4;
Number = 4;
};
}
As you can see, each of the Structs has a parent that is an automatically generated ID. I don't know how to access it.
How can I access each element from item 1? I need the parent auto-key "-KrNSmv64Ia32g5nw1L9" and each child value.
"-KrNSmv64Ia32g5nw1L9" = {
Group = 15;
Health = 250;
"Is Undead" = true;
Location = 1;
Number = 0;

Answer 1

Cast value to a proper Swift dictionary, not NSDictionary.
if let value = snapshot.value as? [String:Any].
You just have to iterate through the keys of the dictionaries, get the embedded dictionary using the key value and then parse the "zombie data".
for key in value.keys {
if let zombieData = value[key] as? [String:Any] {
zombieData
if let group = zombieData["Group"] as? Int, let health = zombieData["Health"] as? Int, let isUndead = zombieData["Is Undead"] as? Bool, let location = zombieData["Location"] as? Int, let number = zombieData["Number"] as? Int {
//use the parsed data
}
}
}

Answer 2

Try this:
for zombieID in value.allKeys {
print(value[zombieID])
let thisZombieID = zombieID
if let zombieValues = value[zombieID] as? [String:Any] {
let thisZombieGroup = zombieValues["Group"] as? Int
}
}

Answer 3

First, Thank you so much to Woof and David. It was a combination of both of your ideas that got it to work.
func getZombieAttackGroupFromDatabase () {
ref?.child("Attacker Group").child((self.userParty?.leadID)!).observeSingleEvent(of: .value, with: { (snapshot) in
// Get data
print("PULLING DATA")
if let value = snapshot.value as? [String:Any]{
// break data into an Array of Zombie Structs
for zombieID in value.keys {
let thisZombieID = zombieID
print(thisZombieID)
let zombieValues = value[zombieID] as? [String:Any]
let thisZombieGroup = zombieValues?["Group"] as! String
print(thisZombieGroup)
}
} else {
}
// ...
}) { (error) in
print(error.localizedDescription)
}
}
}