Populate tableview with external database values in swift - arrays

Question

I have a tablecell to work with and I can populate it when I use a written array (like values = [""]) so I know it is working.
But I am using json with swiftyjson to get my info in my table, which is part of a right slideout page I made with mmdrawer. When I println the json output I get all the info I need, but it is not being taken to the table or other variables/arrays.
How do I make this code work?
import UIKit
class RightSideViewController: UIViewController, UITableViewDataSource, UITableViewDelegate {
var songname = [String]()
var menuImage = [String]()
override func viewWillAppear(animated: Bool) {
super.viewWillAppear(animated)
self.navigationController?.navigationBarHidden = true
}
override func prefersStatusBarHidden() -> Bool {
return true
}
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
getmusiclist()
}
func getmusiclist(){
let search:NSString = "music" as NSString
let url = NSURL(string:"http://xxxxxx/music-manager.php")
let cachePolicy = NSURLRequestCachePolicy.ReloadIgnoringLocalCacheData
var request = NSMutableURLRequest(URL: url!, cachePolicy: cachePolicy, timeoutInterval: 2.0)
request.HTTPMethod = "POST"
// set Content-Type in HTTP header
let boundaryConstant = "----------V2ymHFg03esomerandomstuffhbqgZCaKO6jy";
let contentType = "multipart/form-data; boundary=" + boundaryConstant
NSURLProtocol.setProperty(contentType, forKey: "Content-Type", inRequest: request)
// set data
var dataString = "search=\(search)"
let requestBodyData = (dataString as NSString).dataUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding)
request.HTTPBody = requestBodyData
// set content length
//NSURLProtocol.setProperty(requestBodyData.length, forKey: "Content-Length", inRequest: request)
var response: NSURLResponse? = nil
var error: NSError? = nil
let dataReply = NSURLConnection.sendSynchronousRequest(request, returningResponse:&response, error:&error)
var results = NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(dataReply!, options: nil, error: &error) as! NSDictionary
var jsonOutput = JSON(data: dataReply!)
println(jsonOutput)
let musicListArray = jsonOutput.arrayValue
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), {
for playlist in musicListArray
{
let trackname = playlist["track_name"].stringValue
println("trackName: \(trackname)")
self.songname.append(trackname)
}
/* dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(),{
self.tableView.reloadData()
})*/
})
}
override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
func numberOfSectionsInTableView(tableView: UITableView) -> Int {
return 1
}
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int{
return songname.count;
}
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell{
var mycell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("playerCell", forIndexPath: indexPath) as! MusicTableViewCell
mycell.artistLabel?.text = songname[indexPath.row]
return mycell
}
}
Eventually I would also like to take the name, genre and streaming url and have avplayer play it - will that be something I can add to this code?

Answer 1

the problem with in the part that i forgot to add the uitableview outlet in the uiviewcontroller. I have added it and now the error is gone. I still have to figure out why i am not getting anything but it seems that i am nu getting the data from the jsonOutput.arrayvalue.