Change local data json to remote data json - ios

Question

I have working codes with local sample_data.son but I want to use remote sample_data.json. It's working but I didn't find true way. My code below.
- (void)generateData
{
dispatch_async( dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, 0), ^{
// Add code here to do background processing
//
//
NSError* err = nil;
data = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
companyData = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
NSString* dataPath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"sample_data" ofType:#"json"];
NSArray* contents = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:[NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:dataPath] options:kNilOptions error:&err];
dispatch_async( dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
// Add code here to update the UI/send notifications based on the
// results of the background processing
[contents enumerateObjectsUsingBlock:^(id obj, NSUInteger idx, BOOL *stop) {
[data addObject:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:[[obj objectForKey:#"first_name"] stringByAppendingString:[NSString stringWithFormat:#" %#", [obj objectForKey:#"last_name"]]], #"DisplayText", [obj objectForKey:#"email"], #"DisplaySubText",obj,#"CustomObject", nil]];
[companyData addObject:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:[obj objectForKey:#"company_name"], #"DisplayText", [obj objectForKey:#"address"], #"DisplaySubText",obj,#"CustomObject", nil]];
}];
});
});
}
#pragma mark MPGTextField Delegate Methods
- (NSArray *)dataForPopoverInTextField:(MPGTextField *)textField
{
if ([textField isEqual:self.name]) {
return data;
}
else if ([textField isEqual:self.companyName]){
return companyData;
}
else{
return nil;
}
}
- (BOOL)textFieldShouldSelect:(MPGTextField *)textField
{
return YES;
}
- (void)textField:(MPGTextField *)textField didEndEditingWithSelection:(NSDictionary *)result
{
//A selection was made - either by the user or by the textfield. Check if its a selection from the data provided or a NEW entry.
if ([[result objectForKey:#"CustomObject"] isKindOfClass:[NSString class]] && [[result objectForKey:#"CustomObject"] isEqualToString:#"NEW"]) {
//New Entry
[self.nameStatus setHidden:NO];
}
else{
//Selection from provided data
if ([textField isEqual:self.name]) {
[self.nameStatus setHidden:YES];
[self.web setText:[[result objectForKey:#"CustomObject"] objectForKey:#"web"]];
[self.email setText:[[result objectForKey:#"CustomObject"] objectForKey:#"email"]];
[self.phone1 setText:[[result objectForKey:#"CustomObject"] objectForKey:#"phone1"]];
[self.phone2 setText:[[result objectForKey:#"CustomObject"] objectForKey:#"phone2"]];
}
[self.address setText:[[result objectForKey:#"CustomObject"] objectForKey:#"address"]];
[self.state setText:[[result objectForKey:#"CustomObject"] objectForKey:#"state"]];
[self.zip setText:[[result objectForKey:#"CustomObject"] objectForKey:#"zip"]];
[self.companyName setText:[[result objectForKey:#"CustomObject"] objectForKey:#"company_name"]];
}
}
I need only change to local parsing code to remote parsing code.
Also you can see original project with local json here
https://github.com/gaurvw/MPGTextField

Answer 1

Not an answer, an example of cleaner code as an answer for formatting.
Original:
[data addObject:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:[[obj objectForKey:#"first_name"] stringByAppendingString:[NSString stringWithFormat:#" %#", [obj objectForKey:#"last_name"]]], #"DisplayText", [obj objectForKey:#"email"], #"DisplaySubText",obj,#"CustomObject", nil]];
Re-formatted:
NSString *fullName = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%# %#", obj[#"first_name"], obj[#"last_name"]];
[data addObject: #{
#"DisplayText" : fullName,
#"DisplaySubText" : obj[#"email"],
#"CustomObject" : obj
}];