I would like to return the var points from my method getAllPoints()
struct tempPoint: Decodable {
let idPoint:Int
let ptName:String
let ptLat:Double
let ptLong:Double
}
func getAllPoints(){
if let url = URL(string: "[MyWebService.com]") {
URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: url) { data, response, error in
if let data = data {
if let jsonString = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8) {
let jsonData = Data(jsonString.utf8)
do {
let points = try JSONDecoder().decode([tempPoint].self, from: jsonData)
} catch let error {
print(error)
}
print(jsonString)
}
}
}.resume()
}
}
Results that I got when I do print(points)
[
{"idPoint":6,"ptName":"Maison","ptLat":43.72623997050257,"ptLong":2.202591651830584},
{"idPoint":7,"ptName":"Wheelin","ptLat":42.75754326128173,"ptLong":8.137330631668685},
{"idPoint":8,"ptName":"Animoz","ptLat":45.76321863196126,"ptLong":7.137186047202841},
{"idPoint":9,"ptName":"Hesias","ptLat":45.767222865412144,"ptLong":6.132352002277385},
{"idPoint":10,"ptName":"Marcombes","ptLat":45.76018235160473,"ptLong":4.085466264251463},
{"idPoint":11,"ptName":"Leclan","ptLat":48.80950120948317,"ptLong":2.110623123039061},
{"idPoint":12,"ptName":"Cournon Skatepark","ptLat":39.74138613175866,"ptLong":4.2154977334348906}
]
I wonder if this is possible to return these at the end of my method.
I'm gonna use it in a pickerView and to do a CRUD that's why I would like to store them.
Thank You
use completion closure to "return" your points.
Try something like this:
func getAllPoints(completion: #escaping([tempPoint]) -> ()) { // <-- here
if let url = URL(string: "[MyWebService.com]") {
URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: url) { data, response, error in
if let data = data {
do {
let points = try JSONDecoder().decode([tempPoint].self, from: data)
completion(points) // <-- here return the results when done
return
} catch let error {
print(error) // <-- here todo deal with errors
}
}
completion([]) // <-- here todo deal with errors
}.resume()
} else {
completion([]) // <-- here todo deal with errors
}
}
and call the function like this:
getAllPoints() { results in
print("array of points: \(results)")
}
My understanding is that you wanted the api response at the position of calling your function. You can return your response using closures.
The typealias you are seeing in the below code are self defined data types. You can directly add closures in your function but to make it more simple for you I declare those closures with typealias as data types. You can read more about typealias and closures here.
After declaring our own closure types. We need to use them in our function as parameters.
struct TempPoint: Decodable {
let idPoint:Int
let ptName:String
let ptLat:Double
let ptLong:Double
}
typealias ApiResponse = ([TempPoint]) -> Void
typealias ApiError = (Error) -> Void
func getAllPoints(_ completion: #escaping ApiResponse, apiError: #escaping ApiError){
if let url = URL(string: "[MyWebService.com]") {
URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: url) { data, response, error in
if let data = data {
if let jsonString = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8) {
let jsonData = Data(jsonString.utf8)
do {
let points = try JSONDecoder().decode([TempPoint].self, from: jsonData)
completion(points)
} catch let error {
print(error)
apiError(error)
}
print(jsonString)
}
}
}.resume()
}
}
Our function after changes would look like above.
Now here is how we can use this function.
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
getAllPoints { [weak self] (points) in
// you update you UI here, be sure to call in main thread when you are doing UI updates in closures.
print(points)
} apiError: { (error) in
print(error)
}
}
It would be efficient if things are loosely coupled which can be done with Delegate pattern.
protocol TempPointDelegate {
func didUpdatePoints(_ tempPoints: [tempPoint])
func didFailWithError(error: Error)
}
and in tempPoint Struct
struct tempPoint: Decodable {
let idPoint:Int
let ptName:String
let ptLat:Double
let ptLong:Double
}
var delegate: TempPointDelegate?
func getAllPoints(){
if let url = URL(string: "[MyWebService.com]") {
URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: url) { data, response, error in
if let data = data {
if let jsonString = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8) {
let jsonData = Data(jsonString.utf8)
do {
let points = try JSONDecoder().decode([tempPoint].self, from: jsonData)
self.delegate?.didUpdatePoints(points)
return
} catch let error {
self.delegate?.didFailWithError(error)
return
}
}
}
}.resume()
}
}
finally in your ViewController implement tempPointDelegate delegate
class MainViewController: tempPointDelegate{
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
tempPoint.getAllPoints()
}
func didUpdatePoints(_ tempPoints: [tempPoint]) {
DispatchQueue.main.async {
//process the tempPoints here / call the func to handle tempPoints
}
}
func didFailWithError(error: Error) {
//process the error returned here.
}
}
First of all please name structs with starting uppercase letter (TempPoint).
Second of all the conversion to String and back to Data is pointless
In Swift 5.5 you can use async/await
func getAllPoints() async throws -> [TempPoint] {
guard let url = URL(string: "[MyWebService.com]") else { throw URLError(.badURL) }
let (data, _) = try await URLSession.shared.data(from : url)
return try JSONDecoder().decode([TempPoint].self, from: data)
}
And call it
Task {
do {
let points = try await getAllPoints()
} catch {
print(error)
}
}
So basically I want to make a TableList from my REST service. The REST service can be decoded by this code block:
func getAllParkeergarages(_ completion: #escaping ([Parkeergarage]) -> ()) {
if let url = URL(string: "http://localhost:8080/parkeergarages") {
URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: url) { data, response, error in
if let data = data {
do {
let res = try JSONDecoder().decode([Parkeergarage].self, from: data)
print(res)
completion(res)
return
} catch let error {
print(error)
}
}
}.resume()
}
}
By using this codeblock I can print the whole JSON in my terminal:
getAllParkeergarages { (array) in
print(array)
}
To get the data in a TableView I need to have the data in a variable. But here is where I get stuck. I tried some different methodes like:
private var data: [Parkeergarage] = getAllParkeergarages { (array) in
return array
}
but is gives me an error: 'Cannot convert value of type '()' to specified type '[Parkeergarage]'. Can someone help me get the result of the function in the variable?
you should do
private var data: [Parkeergarage] = []
in viewDidLoad
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
getAllParkeergarages { (array) in
self.data = array
self.tableView.reloadData()
}
}
I cannot explain any more.
I'm using swift's DispatchGroup() to help orchestrate a for loop that
finds a document in firesbase
converts the document to a custom object
appends the custom object to an array
With each pass, the function ends up appending each object twice to the array and I can't understand why.
Here is the function...
func getFriends() {
// Initialize the DispatchGroup
let group = DispatchGroup()
// the myFriends array contains documentIDs that I am using to fetch documents from firebase
//
for pid in myFriendObj.myFriends {
group.enter()
_ = Firestore.firestore().collection("Players")
.whereField(FieldPath.documentID(), isEqualTo: pid)
.addSnapshotListener { [self] querySnapshot, error in
if let error = error {
print("Error getting > Players: \(error.localizedDescription)")
return
}
guard let querySnapshot = querySnapshot else { return }
self.players.append(
contentsOf: querySnapshot.documents.compactMap { document in
try? document.data(as: UserProfile.self)
})
group.leave()
}
}
group.notify(queue: DispatchQueue.global(qos: .background)) {
// I'm currently eliminating the dups via this fancy extends method.
self.players = self.players.removeDuplicates()
}
}
:: UPDATE ::
Still no luck on this - i've even removed dispatchgroup and the snapshotlistener callbacks and still this code calls get() twice when an instance of the class is instantiated. Here is the new, more simple code...
class FriendRepository: ObservableObject {
private let store = Firestore.firestore()
private let friendPath: String = "MyFriends"
#Published var friendIDs: [String] = []
var userId = ""
private let authenticationService = AuthenticationService()
private var cancellables: Set<AnyCancellable> = []
init() {
authenticationService.$user
.compactMap { user in
user?.uid
}
.assign(to: \.userId, on: self)
.store(in: &cancellables)
authenticationService.$user
.receive(on: DispatchQueue.main)
.sink { [weak self] _ in
self?.get()
}
.store(in: &cancellables)
}
func get( ) {
store.collection(friendPath).document(userId).getDocument {(document, error) in
let result = Result {
try document?.data(as: Friends.self)
}
switch result {
case .success(let f):
if let f = f {
print("friends:>> \(f.myFriends)")
self.friendIDs = f.myFriends
} else {
print("Document does not exist")
}
case .failure(let error):
print("Error decoding city: \(error)")
}
}
}
When a new instance run init(), I see this in the console... It prints the friends:>> statement twice
friends:>> ["PHyUe6mAc3LodM5guJJU"]
friends:>> ["PHyUe6mAc3LodM5guJJU"]
Each time a change happens in the database, your addSnapshotListener closure gets called with all data that matches the query - even if that data wasn't change since the last call. This typically means that you'll want to empty self.players at the top of the callback, or loop over the documentChanges collection to determine exactly what changed.
func getFriends() {
// this will empty the players array when ever the get friends function gets called.
self.players.removeAll()
// Initialize the DispatchGroup
let group = DispatchGroup()
// the myFriends array contains documentIDs that I am using to fetch documents from firebase
//
for pid in myFriendObj.myFriends {
group.enter()
_ = Firestore.firestore().collection("Players")
.whereField(FieldPath.documentID(), isEqualTo: pid)
.addSnapshotListener { [self] querySnapshot, error in
if let error = error {
print("Error getting > Players: \(error.localizedDescription)")
return
}
guard let querySnapshot = querySnapshot else { return }
self.players.append(
contentsOf: querySnapshot.documents.compactMap { document in
try? document.data(as: UserProfile.self)
})
group.leave()
}
}
}
I have created a utility class in my Swift project that handles all the REST requests and responses. I have built a simple REST API so I can test my code. I have created a class method that needs to return an NSArray but because the API call is async I need to return from the method inside the async call. The problem is the async returns void.
If I were doing this in Node I would use JS promises but I can't figure out a solution that works in Swift.
import Foundation
class Bookshop {
class func getGenres() -> NSArray {
println("Hello inside getGenres")
let urlPath = "http://creative.coventry.ac.uk/~bookshop/v1.1/index.php/genre/list"
println(urlPath)
let url: NSURL = NSURL(string: urlPath)
let session = NSURLSession.sharedSession()
var resultsArray:NSArray!
let task = session.dataTaskWithURL(url, completionHandler: {data, response, error -> Void in
println("Task completed")
if(error) {
println(error.localizedDescription)
}
var err: NSError?
var options:NSJSONReadingOptions = NSJSONReadingOptions.MutableContainers
var jsonResult = NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(data, options: options, error: &err) as NSDictionary
if(err != nil) {
println("JSON Error \(err!.localizedDescription)")
}
//NSLog("jsonResults %#", jsonResult)
let results: NSArray = jsonResult["genres"] as NSArray
NSLog("jsonResults %#", results)
resultsArray = results
return resultsArray // error [anyObject] is not a subType of 'Void'
})
task.resume()
//return "Hello World!"
// I want to return the NSArray...
}
}
You can pass callback, and call callback inside async call
something like:
class func getGenres(completionHandler: (genres: NSArray) -> ()) {
...
let task = session.dataTaskWithURL(url) {
data, response, error in
...
resultsArray = results
completionHandler(genres: resultsArray)
}
...
task.resume()
}
and then call this method:
override func viewDidLoad() {
Bookshop.getGenres {
genres in
println("View Controller: \(genres)")
}
}
Introduced in Swift 5.5 (iOS 15, macOS 12), we would now use the async-await pattern:
func fetchGenres() async throws -> [Genre] {
…
let (data, _) = try await URLSession.shared.dataTask(for: request)
return try JSONDecoder().decode([Genre].self, from: data)
}
And we would call it like:
let genres = try await fetchGenres()
The async-await syntax is far more concise and natural than the traditional completion handler pattern outlined in my original answer, below.
For more information, see Meet async/await in Swift.
The historic pattern is to use completion handlers closure.
For example, we would often use Result:
func fetchGenres(completion: #escaping (Result<[Genre], Error>) -> Void) {
...
URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { data, _, error in
if let error = error {
DispatchQueue.main.async {
completion(.failure(error))
}
return
}
// parse response here
let results = ...
DispatchQueue.main.async {
completion(.success(results))
}
}.resume()
}
And you’d call it like so:
fetchGenres { results in
switch results {
case .failure(let error):
print(error.localizedDescription)
case .success(let genres):
// use `genres` here, e.g. update model and UI
}
}
// but don’t try to use `genres` here, as the above runs asynchronously
Note, above I’m dispatching the completion handler back to the main queue to simplify model and UI updates. Some developers take exception to this practice and either use whatever queue URLSession used or use their own queue (requiring the caller to manually synchronize the results themselves).
But that’s not material here. The key issue is the use of completion handler to specify the block of code to be run when the asynchronous request is done.
Note, above I retired the use of NSArray (we don’t use those bridged Objective-C types any more). I assume that we had a Genre type and we presumably used JSONDecoder, rather than JSONSerialization, to decode it. But this question didn’t have enough information about the underlying JSON to get into the details here, so I omitted that to avoid clouding the core issue, the use of closures as completion handlers.
Swiftz already offers Future, which is the basic building block of a Promise. A Future is a Promise that cannot fail (all terms here are based on the Scala interpretation, where a Promise is a Monad).
https://github.com/maxpow4h/swiftz/blob/master/swiftz/Future.swift
Hopefully will expand to a full Scala-style Promise eventually (I may write it myself at some point; I'm sure other PRs would be welcome; it's not that difficult with Future already in place).
In your particular case, I would probably create a Result<[Book]> (based on Alexandros Salazar's version of Result). Then your method signature would be:
class func fetchGenres() -> Future<Result<[Book]>> {
Notes
I do not recommend prefixing functions with get in Swift. It will break certain kinds of interoperability with ObjC.
I recommend parsing all the way down to a Book object before returning your results as a Future. There are several ways this system can fail, and it's much more convenient if you check for all of those things before wrapping them up into a Future. Getting to [Book] is much better for the rest of your Swift code than handing around an NSArray.
Swift 4.0
For async Request-Response you can use completion handler. See below I have modified the solution with completion handle paradigm.
func getGenres(_ completion: #escaping (NSArray) -> ()) {
let urlPath = "http://creative.coventry.ac.uk/~bookshop/v1.1/index.php/genre/list"
print(urlPath)
guard let url = URL(string: urlPath) else { return }
let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: url) { (data, response, error) in
guard let data = data else { return }
do {
if let jsonResult = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data, options: JSONSerialization.ReadingOptions.mutableContainers) as? NSDictionary {
let results = jsonResult["genres"] as! NSArray
print(results)
completion(results)
}
} catch {
//Catch Error here...
}
}
task.resume()
}
You can call this function as below:
getGenres { (array) in
// Do operation with array
}
Swift 3 version of #Alexey Globchastyy's answer:
class func getGenres(completionHandler: #escaping (genres: NSArray) -> ()) {
...
let task = session.dataTask(with:url) {
data, response, error in
...
resultsArray = results
completionHandler(genres: resultsArray)
}
...
task.resume()
}
Swift 5.5, async/wait-based solution
The original test URL provided by the original poster is no longer functional, so I had to change things a bit. This solution is based on a jokes API I found. That API returns a single joke, but I return it as an array of String ([String]), to keep it as consistent as possible with the original post.
class Bookshop {
class func getGenres() async -> [String] {
print("Hello inside getGenres")
let urlPath = "https://geek-jokes.sameerkumar.website/api?format=json"
print(urlPath)
let url = URL(string: urlPath)!
let session = URLSession.shared
typealias Continuation = CheckedContinuation<[String], Never>
let genres = await withCheckedContinuation { (continuation: Continuation) in
let task = session.dataTask(with: url) { data, response, error in
print("Task completed")
var result: [String] = []
defer {
continuation.resume(returning: result)
}
if let error = error {
print(error.localizedDescription)
return
}
guard let data = data else {
return
}
do {
let jsonResult = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data, options: [.mutableContainers])
print("jsonResult is \(jsonResult)")
if let joke = (jsonResult as? [String: String])?["joke"] {
result = [joke]
}
} catch {
print("JSON Error \(error.localizedDescription)")
print("data was \(String(describing: String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)))")
return
}
}
task.resume()
}
return genres
}
}
async {
let final = await Bookshop.getGenres()
print("Final is \(final)")
}
The withCheckedContinuation is how you made the Swift async function actually run in a separate task/thread.
I hope you're not still stuck on this, but the short answer is that you can't do this in Swift.
An alternative approach would be to return a callback that will provide the data you need as soon as it is ready.
There are 3 ways of creating call back functions namely:
1. Completion handler
2. Notification
3. Delegates
Completion Handler
Inside set of block is executed and returned when source is available, Handler will wait until response comes so that UI can be updated after.
Notification
Bunch of information is triggered over all the app, Listner can retrieve n make use of that info. Async way of getting info through out the project.
Delegates
Set of methods will get triggered when delegate is been called, Source must be provided via methods itself
Swift 5.5:
TL;DR: Swift 5.5 is not yet released(at the time of writing). To use swift 5.5, download swift toolchain development snapshot from here and add compiler flag -Xfrontend -enable-experimental-concurrency. Read more here
This can be achieved easily with async/await feature.
To do so, you should mark your function as async then do the operation inside withUnsafeThrowingContinuation block like following.
class Bookshop {
class func getGenres() async throws -> NSArray {
print("Hello inside getGenres")
let urlPath = "http://creative.coventry.ac.uk/~bookshop/v1.1/index.php/genre/list"
print(urlPath)
let url = URL(string: urlPath)!
let session = URLSession.shared
return try await withUnsafeThrowingContinuation { continuation in
let task = session.dataTask(with: url, completionHandler: {data, response, error -> Void in
print("Task completed")
if(error != nil) {
print(error!.localizedDescription)
continuation.resume(throwing: error!)
return
}
do {
let jsonResult = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data!, options: .mutableContainers) as? [String: Any]
let results: NSArray = jsonResult!["genres"] as! NSArray
continuation.resume(returning: results)
} catch {
continuation.resume(throwing: error)
}
})
task.resume()
}
}
}
And you can call this function like
#asyncHandler
func check() {
do {
let genres = try await Bookshop.getGenres()
print("Result: \(genres)")
} catch {
print("Error: \(error)")
}
}
Keep in mind that, when calling Bookshop.getGenres method, the caller method should be either async or marked as #asyncHandler
self.urlSession.dataTask(with: request, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) in
self.endNetworkActivity()
var responseError: Error? = error
// handle http response status
if let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse {
if httpResponse.statusCode > 299 , httpResponse.statusCode != 422 {
responseError = NSError.errorForHTTPStatus(httpResponse.statusCode)
}
}
var apiResponse: Response
if let _ = responseError {
apiResponse = Response(request, response as? HTTPURLResponse, responseError!)
self.logError(apiResponse.error!, request: request)
// Handle if access token is invalid
if let nsError: NSError = responseError as NSError? , nsError.code == 401 {
DispatchQueue.main.async {
apiResponse = Response(request, response as? HTTPURLResponse, data!)
let message = apiResponse.message()
// Unautorized access
// User logout
return
}
}
else if let nsError: NSError = responseError as NSError? , nsError.code == 503 {
DispatchQueue.main.async {
apiResponse = Response(request, response as? HTTPURLResponse, data!)
let message = apiResponse.message()
// Down time
// Server is currently down due to some maintenance
return
}
}
} else {
apiResponse = Response(request, response as? HTTPURLResponse, data!)
self.logResponse(data!, forRequest: request)
}
self.removeRequestedURL(request.url!)
DispatchQueue.main.async(execute: { () -> Void in
completionHandler(apiResponse)
})
}).resume()
There are mainly 3 ways of achieving callback in swift
Closures/Completion handler
Delegates
Notifications
Observers can also be used to get notified once the async task has been completed.
There are some very generic requirements that would like every good API Manager to satisfy:
will implement a protocol-oriented API Client.
APIClient Initial Interface
protocol APIClient {
func send(_ request: APIRequest,
completion: #escaping (APIResponse?, Error?) -> Void)
}
protocol APIRequest: Encodable {
var resourceName: String { get }
}
protocol APIResponse: Decodable {
}
Now Please check complete api structure
// ******* This is API Call Class *****
public typealias ResultCallback<Value> = (Result<Value, Error>) -> Void
/// Implementation of a generic-based API client
public class APIClient {
private let baseEndpointUrl = URL(string: "irl")!
private let session = URLSession(configuration: .default)
public init() {
}
/// Sends a request to servers, calling the completion method when finished
public func send<T: APIRequest>(_ request: T, completion: #escaping ResultCallback<DataContainer<T.Response>>) {
let endpoint = self.endpoint(for: request)
let task = session.dataTask(with: URLRequest(url: endpoint)) { data, response, error in
if let data = data {
do {
// Decode the top level response, and look up the decoded response to see
// if it's a success or a failure
let apiResponse = try JSONDecoder().decode(APIResponse<T.Response>.self, from: data)
if let dataContainer = apiResponse.data {
completion(.success(dataContainer))
} else if let message = apiResponse.message {
completion(.failure(APIError.server(message: message)))
} else {
completion(.failure(APIError.decoding))
}
} catch {
completion(.failure(error))
}
} else if let error = error {
completion(.failure(error))
}
}
task.resume()
}
/// Encodes a URL based on the given request
/// Everything needed for a public request to api servers is encoded directly in this URL
private func endpoint<T: APIRequest>(for request: T) -> URL {
guard let baseUrl = URL(string: request.resourceName, relativeTo: baseEndpointUrl) else {
fatalError("Bad resourceName: \(request.resourceName)")
}
var components = URLComponents(url: baseUrl, resolvingAgainstBaseURL: true)!
// Common query items needed for all api requests
let timestamp = "\(Date().timeIntervalSince1970)"
let hash = "\(timestamp)"
let commonQueryItems = [
URLQueryItem(name: "ts", value: timestamp),
URLQueryItem(name: "hash", value: hash),
URLQueryItem(name: "apikey", value: "")
]
// Custom query items needed for this specific request
let customQueryItems: [URLQueryItem]
do {
customQueryItems = try URLQueryItemEncoder.encode(request)
} catch {
fatalError("Wrong parameters: \(error)")
}
components.queryItems = commonQueryItems + customQueryItems
// Construct the final URL with all the previous data
return components.url!
}
}
// ****** API Request Encodable Protocol *****
public protocol APIRequest: Encodable {
/// Response (will be wrapped with a DataContainer)
associatedtype Response: Decodable
/// Endpoint for this request (the last part of the URL)
var resourceName: String { get }
}
// ****** This Results type Data Container Struct ******
public struct DataContainer<Results: Decodable>: Decodable {
public let offset: Int
public let limit: Int
public let total: Int
public let count: Int
public let results: Results
}
// ***** API Errro Enum ****
public enum APIError: Error {
case encoding
case decoding
case server(message: String)
}
// ****** API Response Struct ******
public struct APIResponse<Response: Decodable>: Decodable {
/// Whether it was ok or not
public let status: String?
/// Message that usually gives more information about some error
public let message: String?
/// Requested data
public let data: DataContainer<Response>?
}
// ***** URL Query Encoder OR JSON Encoder *****
enum URLQueryItemEncoder {
static func encode<T: Encodable>(_ encodable: T) throws -> [URLQueryItem] {
let parametersData = try JSONEncoder().encode(encodable)
let parameters = try JSONDecoder().decode([String: HTTPParam].self, from: parametersData)
return parameters.map { URLQueryItem(name: $0, value: $1.description) }
}
}
// ****** HTTP Pamater Conversion Enum *****
enum HTTPParam: CustomStringConvertible, Decodable {
case string(String)
case bool(Bool)
case int(Int)
case double(Double)
init(from decoder: Decoder) throws {
let container = try decoder.singleValueContainer()
if let string = try? container.decode(String.self) {
self = .string(string)
} else if let bool = try? container.decode(Bool.self) {
self = .bool(bool)
} else if let int = try? container.decode(Int.self) {
self = .int(int)
} else if let double = try? container.decode(Double.self) {
self = .double(double)
} else {
throw APIError.decoding
}
}
var description: String {
switch self {
case .string(let string):
return string
case .bool(let bool):
return String(describing: bool)
case .int(let int):
return String(describing: int)
case .double(let double):
return String(describing: double)
}
}
}
/// **** This is your API Request Endpoint Method in Struct *****
public struct GetCharacters: APIRequest {
public typealias Response = [MyCharacter]
public var resourceName: String {
return "characters"
}
// Parameters
public let name: String?
public let nameStartsWith: String?
public let limit: Int?
public let offset: Int?
// Note that nil parameters will not be used
public init(name: String? = nil,
nameStartsWith: String? = nil,
limit: Int? = nil,
offset: Int? = nil) {
self.name = name
self.nameStartsWith = nameStartsWith
self.limit = limit
self.offset = offset
}
}
// *** This is Model for Above Api endpoint method ****
public struct MyCharacter: Decodable {
public let id: Int
public let name: String?
public let description: String?
}
// ***** These below line you used to call any api call in your controller or view model ****
func viewDidLoad() {
let apiClient = APIClient()
// A simple request with no parameters
apiClient.send(GetCharacters()) { response in
response.map { dataContainer in
print(dataContainer.results)
}
}
}
This is a small use case that might be helpful:-
func testUrlSession(urlStr:String, completionHandler: #escaping ((String) -> Void)) {
let url = URL(string: urlStr)!
let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: url){(data, response, error) in
guard let data = data else { return }
if let strContent = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8) {
completionHandler(strContent)
}
}
task.resume()
}
While calling the function:-
testUrlSession(urlStr: "YOUR-URL") { (value) in
print("Your string value ::- \(value)")
}
I try to create an Array of UIImages from a URL Array received from a JSON Request to show them afterwards in a UITableView.
But somehow my UIImage Array stays Empty and is not receiving any Data.
The other Arrays for example memeURL are receiving all Data correct but memePics.count stays on 0.
Would be great if someone could show me what i am doing wrong.
Also if for this task there is a better way on how to do it - it would be also appreciated!
Var:
var memePics: [UIImage] = []
Loop to add Images to Array:
while(i < memeURL.count) {
MemeAPI.requestAPIImageFile(url: memeURL[i]) { (image, error) in
guard let image = image else {
print("PIC IS NIL")
return
}
self.memePics.append(image)
i+=1
}
}
RequestAPIImageFile Function:
class func requestAPIImageFile(url: URL, completionHandler: #escaping (UIImage?, Error?) -> Void) {
let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: url) { (data, response, error) in
guard let data = data else {
completionHandler(nil, error)
return}
let downloadedImage = UIImage(data: data)
completionHandler(downloadedImage, nil)
}
task.resume()
}
Add plus line out of callback
self.memePics.append(image)
}
i+=1
and use DispatchGroup to be notified on finish like
let g = DispatchGroup()
memeURL.forEach {
g.enter()
MemeAPI.requestAPIImageFile(url:$0) { (image, error) in
guard let image = image else {
print("PIC IS NIL")
return
}
self.memePics.append(image)
g.leave()
}
}
g.notify(queue:.main) {
print("All done")
}