Simple and clean way to convert JSON string to Object in Swift

Question

I have been searching for days to convert a fairly simple JSON string to an object type in Swift but with no avail.

Here is the code for web service call:

Answer 1

For Swift 4, i wrote this extension using the Codable protocol:

struct Business: Codable {
    var id: Int
    var name: String
}

extension String {

    func parse(to type: D.Type) -> D? where D: Decodable {

        let data: Data = self.data(using: .utf8)!

        let decoder = JSONDecoder()

        do {
            let _object = try decoder.decode(type, from: data)
            return _object

        } catch {
            return nil
        }
    }
}

var jsonString = "[\n" +
    "{\n" +
    "\"id\":72,\n" +
    "\"name\":\"Batata Cremosa\",\n" +
    "},\n" +
    "{\n" +
    "\"id\":183,\n" +
    "\"name\":\"Caldeirada de Peixes\",\n" +
    "},\n" +
    "{\n" +
    "\"id\":76,\n" +
    "\"name\":\"Batata com Cebola e Ervas\",\n" +
    "},\n" +
    "{\n" +
    "\"id\":56,\n" +
    "\"name\":\"Arroz de forma\",\n" +
"}]"

let businesses = jsonString.parse(to: [Business].self)