I want to make an autocomplete with a tableView, for that I have this function :
-(AutocompletionTableView *)autoCompleter
{
if (!_autoCompleter)
{
NSMutableDictionary *options = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithCapacity:2];
[options setValue:[NSNumber numberWithBool:YES] forKey:ACOCaseSensitive];
[options setValue:nil forKey:ACOUseSourceFont];
_autoCompleter = [[AutocompletionTableView alloc] initWithTextField:self.textField inViewController:self withOptions:options];
_autoCompleter.autoCompleteDelegate = self;
_autoCompleter.suggestionsDictionary = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:#"hostel",#"caret",#"carrot",#"house",#"horse", nil];
}
return _autoCompleter;
}
The Problem :
Instead of autocompleting from an Array, I want to autocomplete from a remote JSON file.
Any idea on I how I can do such thing ? A code snippet will be very helpful, as I am a newbie in iOS development.
After making a request to the server using NSURLConnection, you should receive an NSData containing the following data:
["hostel","caret","carrot","house","horse"]
This NSData is something like this:
NSString* data = #"[\"hostel\",\"caret\",\"carrot\",\"house\",\"horse\"]";
NSData* dataReceived = [data dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
So, to convert it into an array, you can call NSJSONSerialization, like this:
NSError *jsonError = nil;
NSArray *responseDictionary = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:dataReceived options:0 error:&jsonError];
if(jsonError == nil)
{
_autoCompleter.suggestionsDictionary = responseArray;
}
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Below is the model for which I have to set the data. I am using array and dictionary to achieve this, Here is the code which I tried. But its giving me the output which is invalid JSON.
One more thing I want to ask is why the log of an array starts and ends with small braces?
Any help would be much appreciated.
Code:
NSDictionary *paramDic = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
parameterName,#"parameterName",
parameterType, #"parameterType",
[NSNumber numberWithBool:parameterSorting],#"parameterSorting",[NSNumber numberWithBool:parameterSorting],
#"parameterOrdering",
nil];
NSMutableArray *paramArray = [NSMutableArray arrayWithObject:paramDic];
NSDictionary *paramData = #{#"rqBody":#{#"catalogName":#"",#"userId":#"", #"parameter":paramArray, #"catalogMode":#""}};
NSData *postData = [NSKeyedArchiver archivedDataWithRootObject:paramData];`
Output:
{"rqBody":{"catalogName":"abcd","userId":"65265hgshg76","parameter":"(
{
parameterName = anandShankar;
parameterOrdering = 1;
parameterSorting = 1;
parameterType = Text;
}
)","catalogMode":"xxxxxx"}}
Desired Output:
{"rqBody":{"catalogName":"abcd","userId":"65265hgshg76","parameter":[{
"parameterName" : "anandShankar",
"parameterOrdering" : 1,
"parameterSorting" : 1,
"parameterType" : "Text"
}],"catalogMode":"xxxxxx"}}
There is nothing wrong in it. in console or log round braces () indicates array. if it is showing round braces then it is array. you will never het [] square braces in console or log.
Update :
NSData *data = [NSJSONSerialization dataWithJSONObject:paramData options:kNilOptions error:nil];
and then send this data to server. it will in your desired json fromat
hope this will help :)
Try this code :
NSDictionary *paramDic = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
#"Object1",#"parameterName",
#"Object2", #"parameterType",
#'Object3',#"parameterSorting",#"Object4",
#"parameterOrdering",
nil];
NSMutableArray *paramArray = [NSMutableArray arrayWithObject:paramDic];
NSDictionary *paramData = #{#"rqBody":#{#"catalogName":#"",#"userId":#"", #"parameter":paramArray, #"catalogMode":#""}};
Add this lines :
NSError * err;
NSData * jsonData = [NSJSONSerialization dataWithJSONObject:paramData options:0 error:&err];
NSString * myString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:jsonData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSLog(#"%#", myString); // it will print valid json
JSON
{
"rqBody":{
"catalogName":"",
"parameter":[
{
"parameterOrdering":"Object4",
"parameterName":"Object1",
"parameterType":"Object2",
"parameterSorting":51
}
],
"userId":"",
"catalogMode":""
}
}
I have this function:
- (void)checkLogin:(NSString *)pLogin andPassword:(NSString*) pPassword {
//Create the data object.
NSMutableDictionary *tLoginAndPasword = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:pLogin,#"Login",pPassword,#"Password", nil];
NSMutableDictionary *tData = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:[_Util serializeDictionary:tLoginAndPasword],#"Data", nil];
//Call the login method.
NSData *tResponse = [_Util getLogin:tData];
if (tResponse != Nil) {
_oLabelErrorLogin.hidden = YES;
[_Util setUser:pLogin andPassword:pPassword];
NSMutableDictionary *tJSONResponse =[NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:tResponse options:kNilOptions error:nil];
NSString *tPayload = [tJSONResponse objectForKey:#"Payload"];
if([[tJSONResponse objectForKey:#"StatusCode"] isEqual: #"424"]) {
//Set global values.
NSData *tPayloadData = [tPayload dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
if ([NSJSONSerialization isValidJSONObject:tPayloadData]) {
_Payload = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:tPayloadData options:kNilOptions error:nil];
_RowCount = _Payload.count;
} else {
NSLog(#"JSON Wrong String %#",tPayload);
}
} else if([[tJSONResponse objectForKey:#"StatusCode"] isEqual: #"200"]){
_Payload = Nil;
}
} else {
//Set global values.
_Payload = Nil;
_oLabelErrorLogin.hidden = NO;
//Clear login data.
_oLogin.text = #"";
_oPassword.text = #"";
[_Util setUser:#"" andPassword:#""];
}
}
The JSON response looks like this:
{
"Payload": "{\"UserName\":\"Marco Uzcátegui\",\"Clients\":[{\"UserProfileId\":4,\"ProfileName\":\"Platform Administrator\",\"ClientName\":\"Smart Hotel Platform\",\"InSession\":true},{\"UserProfileId\":5,\"ProfileName\":\"Administrator\",\"ClientName\":\"La Moncloa de San Lázaro\",\"InSession\":false},{\"UserProfileId\":6,\"ProfileName\":\"Administrator\",\"ClientName\":\"Jardín Tecina\",\"InSession\":false}]}",
"StatusCode": "424",
"StatusDescription": null
}
As you can see, I have a escaped string inside "Payload" that is a correct JSON, so I want to generate another NSMutableDictionary with that string, so I'm doing this:
NSData *tPayloadData = [tPayload dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
if ([NSJSONSerialization isValidJSONObject:tPayloadData]) {
_Payload = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:tPayloadData options:kNilOptions error:nil];
_RowCount = _Payload.count;
} else {
NSLog(#"JSON Wrong String %#",tPayload);
}
So I'm creating an NSData from the NSString and asking if is valid, it always returns false.
I have tried to replace the "\" from the string and is not working.
[tPayload stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:#"\\\"" withString:#""]
I have tried to create a NSMutableDictionary with the string, but the result is not a dictionary.
NSMutableDictionary *tPayload = [tJSONResponse objectForKey:#"Payload"];
I'm kind of lost here.
Any help will be appreciated.
Regards.
The issue is this line
[NSJSONSerialization isValidJSONObject:tPayloadData]
From the documentation of isValidJSONObject
Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether a given object can be
converted to JSON data.
given object means an NSArray or NSDictionary but not NSData
Remove that check and implement the error parameter in JSONObjectWithDataoptions:error:
The method NSJSONSerialization.isValidJSONObject: checks if an object (e.g. a NSDictonary or NSArray instance) can be converted to JSON. It doesn't check if a NSData instance can be converted from JSON. For NSData, it will always return false.
So just call NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData:options: and check the result instead.
Can anybody help me create an NSDictionary format of the following structure:
{
key1 = "value1";
key2 = "value2";
key3 = [
{
key01 = "value01";
key02 = "value02";
},
{
key01 = "value01";
key02 = "value02";
},
{
key01 = "value01";
key02 = "value02";
}
];
}
Try this code it might help you.
NSDictionary *dicationary = #{
#"key1":#"value1",
#"key2":#"value2",
#"key3":#[#{#"key01":#"value01",#"key02":#"value02"},
#{#"key01":#"value01",#"key02":#"value02"},
#{#"key01":#"value01",#"key02":#"value02"}]
};
There is API in obj-c to convert Json to nsdictionary .I guess you should try that :
First convert json to nsdata (assuming you above JSON is in string format)
2.Then you API to convert that to NSDictionary :
NSDictionary *dictionary = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:data options:kNilOptions error:&error];
Just to answer your question about converting that JSON data to NSDictionary, here it is:
(assuming you already got your JSON data)
// add the first 2 VALUES with it's KEYS
NSMutableDictionary *mainDict = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
[mainDict setValue:VALUE1 forKey:KEY1];
[mainDict setValue:VALUE2 forKey:KEY2];
// then for the last KEY, create a mutable array where you will store your sub dictionaries
NSMutableArray *ma = [NSMutableArray array];
NSMutableDictionary *subDict = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
[subDict setValue:SUB_VALUE1 forKey:SUB_KEY1];
[subDict setValue:SUB_VALUE1 forKey:SUB_KEY2];
[ma addObject:subDict];
// then add that array to your main dictionary
[mainDict setValue:ma forKey:KEY3];
// check the output
NSLog(#"mainDict : %#", mainDict);
// SAMPLE DATA - Test this if this is what you want
NSMutableDictionary *mainDict = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
[mainDict setValue:#"value1" forKey:#"key1"];
[mainDict setValue:#"value2" forKey:#"key2"];
NSMutableArray *ma = [NSMutableArray array];
NSMutableDictionary *subDict = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
[subDict setValue:#"subValue1" forKey:#"subKey1"];
[subDict setValue:#"subValue2" forKey:#"subKey2"];
[ma addObject:subDict];
[mainDict setValue:ma forKey:#"key3"];
NSLog(#"mainDict : %#", mainDict);
The following should work for you:
NSString *jsonString = #"{\"ID\":{\"Content\":268,\"type\":\"text\"}}";
NSData *data = [jsonString dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSDictionary *jsonDict = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:data options:0 error:nil];
NSLog(#"%#", jsonDict[#"ID"][#"Content"]);
Will return you:
268
When using JSON.parse(parameter-value) in JavaScript, the adapter invocation is working correctly, however when doing similarly in a native iOS app, it is failing with the following error.
Javascript Adapter Call:
var invocationData = {
adapter : 'TEST_ADAP',
procedure : 'PROC1',
parameters : [JSON.parse(A)],
};
Native Call:
json= // some json value will be come
MyConnect *connectListener = [[MyConnect alloc] initWithController:self];
[[WLClient sharedInstance] wlConnectWithDelegate:connectListener];
WLProcedureInvocationData *myInvocationData = [[WLProcedureInvocationData alloc] initWithAdapterName:#"TEST" procedureName:#"test"];
myInvocationData.parameters = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:json, nil];
for (NSString *str in myInvocationData.parameters) {
NSLog(#"values of account test %#",str);
}
PasswardPage *invokeListener = [[PasswardPage alloc] initWithController:self];
[[WLClient sharedInstance] invokeProcedure:myInvocationData withDelegate:invokeListener];
Your line
myInvocationData.parameters = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:json, nil];
is almost right.
The parameters property should be an NSArray (as you did) but the array must be made of string values - NOT a JSON object.
myInvocationData.parameters = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:#"myValue1", #"myValue2", #"myValue3", nil];
If the data you received is not in this format, you need to first convert it to this format. This is out of the scope of this question.
If you are not sure how to convert your existing format into a valid NSArray, please open a new question (tagged with Objective-C, not worklight).
We can pass JSON as NSString in iOS Native code to invoke adapter
Example
//Created Dictionary
NSMutablec *dict = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc]init];
[dict setObject:#"xyz" forKey:#"Name"];
[dict setObject:#"iOS" forKey:#"Platform"];
//Convert it to JSON Data
NSError *error;
NSData *jsonData = [NSJSONSerialization dataWithJSONObject:dict
options:nil
error:&error];
//JSON Data To NSString
NSString *jsonString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:jsonData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
WLProcedureInvocationData * invocationData = [[WLProcedureInvocationData alloc] initWithAdapterName:#"XYZAdapter" procedureName:#"FunctionXYZ"];
//Passing jsonString (NSString Created out of JSON Data) as array to set Parameters.
[invocationData setParameters:[NSArray arrayWithObject:jsonString]];
[[WLClient sharedInstance] invokeProcedure:invocationData withDelegate:self];
When check self.weatherData, I get nothing even though there is data in "data". Here is my function:
- (void)handleNetworkResponse:(NSData *)myData
{
//NSMutableDictionary *data = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
NSMutableDictionary *data = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];
// now we'll parse our data using NSJSONSerialization
id myJSON = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:myData options:NSJSONReadingMutableContainers error:nil];
// typecast an array and list its contents
NSDictionary *jsonArray = (NSDictionary *)myJSON;
// take a look at all elements in the array
for (id element in jsonArray) {
id key = [element description];
id innerArr = [jsonArray objectForKey:key];
NSDictionary *inner = (NSDictionary *)innerArr;
if ([inner conformsToProtocol:#protocol(NSFastEnumeration)]) {
for(id ele in inner) {
id innerKey = [ele description];
[data setObject:[[inner valueForKey:innerKey] description] forKey:[ele description]];
}
}
else {
[data setObject:[inner description] forKey:[element description]];
}
}
NSLog([data description]);
self.weatherData = data;
}
However when check self.weatherData, I get nothing even though there is data in "data".
Issue was data isn't there when I assign it to the variable from the an asynchronous method :D
all fixed now by adding a delegate call back