iOS Swift POST param and body - ios

Question

I'm trying to POST a key parameter and a JSON dictionary body to an API but for some reason it won't work.
Here's my work so far.
#IBAction func POST(_ sender: Any) {
let url = URL(string: "http://apilink.com/updateProfile&=param")!
let jsonObject = ["FName":"Tarik",
"LName":"Salama"]
let jsonData = try! JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: jsonObject, options: [])
var request = URLRequest(url: url)
request.httpMethod = "post"
request.setValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
request.addValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Accept")
request.httpBody = jsonData
let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { (data, response, error) in
if let error = error {
print("error:", error)
return
}
do {
guard let data = data else { return }
guard let json = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data, options: []) as? [String: AnyObject] else { return }
print("json:", json)
} catch {
print("error:", error)
}
}
task.resume()
}
I get this error when I click the POST button:
error: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=3840 "JSON text did not start with array or object and option to allow fragments not set." UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=JSON text did not start with array or object and option to allow fragments not set.}
What am I doing wrong?
I tried changing some stuff around after I checked some other threads like putting the parameter and the data dictionary into a key:value dictionary but the API responded and said that the data is invalid which means the whole thing was sent in an incorrect format.
Note: I'm not allowed to use 3rd party libraries like Alamofire and the API link is working fine as shown in the screenshot.

Answer 1

you can check the problem by printing the response data
do {
guard let data = data else { return }
print(String(data: data, encoding: .utf8) ?? "No Conversion") //Print Here
guard let json = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data, options: []) as? [String: AnyObject] else { return }
print("json:", json)
} catch {
print("error:", error)
}
look at the 'Print Here' line. I believe the response is not a valid json so when you try to parse the data to JSOn it always ends up in catch block.