Converting all Realm Objects to Dictionary at once - ios

Question

I am using Realm and I have an extension that I use to convert my Realm model into a Dictionary , but I do not know how to convert all my Realm models at once. I want to know how do I convert all the realm Objects at once and in one place, so that I can send that dictionary to a API.
Here are my Realm Object Models and the extension I use:
class OrderItemList: Object {
dynamic var dateCreated = NSDate()
let orderItems = List<OrderItem>()
}
class OrderItem: Object {
dynamic var name = " "
dynamic var amount = 0
dynamic var internalUnique = Int()
dynamic var isCompleted = false
}
Extension:
extension Object {
func toDictionary() -> NSDictionary {
let properties = self.objectSchema.properties.map { $0.name }
let dictionary = self.dictionaryWithValuesForKeys(properties)
let mutabledic = NSMutableDictionary()
mutabledic.setValuesForKeysWithDictionary(dictionary)
for prop in self.objectSchema.properties as [Property]! {
// find lists
if let nestedObject = self[prop.name] as? Object {
mutabledic.setValue(nestedObject.toDictionary(), forKey: prop.name)
} else if let nestedListObject = self[prop.name] as? ListBase {
var objects = [AnyObject]()
for index in 0..<nestedListObject._rlmArray.count {
let object = nestedListObject._rlmArray[index] as AnyObject
objects.append(object.toDictionary())
}
mutabledic.setObject(objects, forKey: prop.name)
}
}
return mutabledic
}
}

Answer 1

Unfortunately, there's no magic bullet for converting a batch of Realm objects to a dictionary. You'll need to query for the objects you want, and then loop through each one to produce a serialized version of it.
let realm = try! Realm()
var objectDictionaries = [NSDictionary]()
let allObjects = realm.objects(OrderItemList.self)
for object in allObjects {
let dictionary = object.toDictionary()
objectDictionaries.append(dictionary)
}
I hope that answered your question!