How to retrieve specific value of key in json? - ios

Question

this is my json content.
[
{
"sha":"30eae8a47d0203ac81699d8fc2ab2632de2d0bba",
"commit":{
"author":{
"name":"Madhura Bhave",
"email":"mbhave#pivotal.io",
"date":"2017-03-23T23:14:32Z"
},
"committer":{
"name":"Madhura Bhave",
"email":"mbhave#pivotal.io",
"date":"2017-03-23T23:14:32Z"
},
"message":"Merge branch '1.5.x'",
}
}
]
and this is my main.i just want to retrieve key value from message and name,email,date from committer dictionary.i got stuck how to do that.
NSMutableArray *CommitArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
for (NSDictionary *CommitDictionary in CommitJson) {
CommitDict *commitDictObj = [[CommitDict alloc] init];
commitDictObj.message = [CommitDictionary objectForKey:#"message"];
for (NSDictionary *CommitterDictionary in [CommitDictionary objectForKey:#"committer"]) {
Committer *author = [[Committer alloc] init];
author.name = [CommitterDictionary objectForKey:#"name"];
author.email = [CommitterDictionary objectForKey:#"email"];
author.date = [CommitterDictionary objectForKey:#"date"];
}
[CommitArray addObject:commitDictObj];
}
for (int i =0 ; i < [CommitArray count] ; i++){
CommitDict *commitDictObj = [CommitArray objectAtIndex:i];
NSLog(#"Commit Message: %#", commitDictObj.message);
}
return 0;
}
}
i try fetch the json and display it value of message,name,email and date.how can i log the value of message, name, email and date?

Answer 1

Your array contains a dictionary, and that dictionary contains the commit dictionary, not the commit dictionary directly. Replace that part of your code:
for (NSDictionary *CommitDictionary in CommitJson) {
CommitDict *commitDictObj = [[CommitDict alloc] init];
With that:
for (NSDictionary *shaCommitDictionary in CommitJson) {
CommitDict *commitDictObj = [[CommitDict alloc] init];
NSDictionary *CommitDictionary = [shaCommitDictionary objectForKey:#"commit"];

Answer 2

(1) Convert JSON to NSDictionary
NSData *jsonData= ... // Assume you got the data already loaded
NSError *error = nil;
NSDictionary *dictionary = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:data options:kNilOptions error:&error];
(2) Access the dictionary values (fast enumeration available by now!!
NSString *message = dictionary[#"message"];
NSDictionary *author = dictionary[#"author"];
NSString *name = author[#"author"];
NSString *email = author[#"author"];
NSString *date = author[#"author"];
// OR:
// NSString *name = dictionary[#"author"][#"author"];
// NSString *email = dictionary[#"author"][#"author"];
// NSString *date = dictionary[#"author"][#"author"];
And thats it. I think the tricky thing is to get the JSON Data to the NSDictionary?
See here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/30561781/464016