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 iOS 10 & Swift 3, using Alamofire & Gloss:

Alamofire.request("http://localhost:8080/category/en").responseJSON { response in

if let data = response.data {

    if let categories = [Category].from(data: response.data) {

        self.categories = categories

        self.categoryCollectionView.reloadData()
    } else {

        print("Casting error")
    }
  } else {

    print("Data is null")
  }
}

and here is the Category class

import Gloss

struct Category: Decodable {

    let categoryId: Int?
    let name: String?
    let image: String?

    init?(json: JSON) {
        self.categoryId = "categoryId" <~~ json
        self.name = "name" <~~ json
        self.image = "image" <~~ json
    }
}

IMO, this is by far the most elegant solution.