Getting key value from NSDictionary with GooglePlus class - ios

Question

I have a NSDictionary called itemDict and when printing
NSLog(#"itemDictValues:%#",itemDict);
The output is in this format:
itemDictValues:
GTLPlusPerson 0xab821e0:
{etag:""LTv_6IJISeUQGTVXLjMeOtebkoM/eup2crXcelmpMFKesXWlGkJjCiE"" kind:"plus#person" id:"1145282979128841" objectType:"person" displayName:"FirstName LastName" image:{url} url:"https://plus.google.com/1145282979128841"}
From this I need to extract the values corresponding to id, displayName and url to my NSString variables, in this format
profileId=1145282979128841;
Name=FirstName LastName;
Profilepic=https://plus.google.com/1145282979128841;
How do I go about this?

Answer 1

try this ...
_profileId=(NSString*)((GTLPlusPerson*)itemDict).identifier;
_profileName= (NSString*)((GTLPlusPerson*)itemDict).displayName;
_profileImageURLPath=(NSString*)((GTLPlusPerson*)itemDict).image.url;

Answer 2

You just parse the Dictionary to get your desired information.
NSString *profileId = [itemDict objectForKey:#"id"];
NSString *displayName = [itemDict objectForKey:#"displayName"];
Now that image, I think that's in a dictionary itself. And since you haven't specified what's inside that dictionary, so here's what I think you should do:
NSDictionary *imageDict = [itemDict objectForKey:#"image"];
NSURL *imageURL = [imageDict objectForKey:#"url"];
Then getting the UIImage becomes pretty straightforward :
NSURLRequest *request = [[NSURLRequest alloc] initWithURL:imageURL];
NSData *imageData = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:request returningResponse:nil error:nil];
UIImage *image = [[UIImage alloc] initWithData:imageData];
You should choose the sendAsynchronousRequest method as it happens in the background and doesn't hold up the functionality of your app.

Answer 3

For an NSDictionary
NSString *profileId = itemDict[#"id"]
NSString *name = itemDict[#"displayName"]
NSString *profilePic = itemDict[#"image"][#"url"]
If it is GTLPlusPerson object then access the properties with objective-c dot syntax
NSString *profileId = itemDict.id;
NSString *name = itemDict.displayName;
NSString *profilePic = itemDict.url;
Judging by your log, it appears it is a GTLPlusPerson object and not an NSDictionary

Answer 4

NSArray* peopleList = peopleFeed.items;
NSLog(#"peopleList %# ",peopleList.description);
for (NSArray *dict in peopleFeed.items) {
NSString *peopleStrID=(NSString*)((GTLPlusPerson*)dict).identifier;
NSLog(#"peopleStrID %#",peopleStrID);
NSString *peopleName = (NSString*)((GTLPlusPerson*)dict).displayName;
NSString *peoplePic = (NSString*)((GTLPlusPerson*)dict).image.url;
}

Answer 5

The easiest way is to use the code Google provides:
if ([[GPPSignIn sharedInstance] authentication]) {
// The user is signed in.
GTLQueryPlus *query = [GTLQueryPlus queryForPeopleGetWithUserId:#"me"];
GTLServicePlus* plusService = [[GTLServicePlus alloc] init];
plusService.retryEnabled = YES;
//auth = GTMOAuth2Authentication object from login
[plusService setAuthorizer:auth];
[plusService executeQuery:query
completionHandler:^(GTLServiceTicket *ticket,
GTLPlusPerson *person,
NSError *error) {
if (error) {
GTMLoggerError(#"Error: %#", error);
} else {
// Retrieve the display name and "about me" text
NSString *description = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#\n%#", person.displayName, person.aboutMe];
NSString *imageURL = person.image.url;
}
}];
} else {
//user is logged out
}
}