debugDescription: “Expected to decode Array but found a dictionary instead.”, underlyingError: nil)

Question

I want to load an online json file into my application, but I am running into this error:

typeMismatch(Swift.Array, Swift.DecodingError.Context(codi

Answer 1

Correct Answer is done previously from my two friends

but you have to do it better i will provide solution for you to make code more clean and will give you array of Dates

here is your model with codable

   import Foundation

struct Initial: Codable {
    let copyright: String
    let totalItems: Int
    let totalEvents: Int
    let totalGames: Int
    let totalMatches: Int
    let wait: Int
    let dates: [Dates]
}

struct Dates: Codable {
    let date: String
    let totalItems: Int
    let totalEvents: Int
    let totalGames: Int
    let totalMatches: Int
    let games: [Game]
}

struct Game: Codable {
    let gamePk: Int
    let link: String
    let gameType: String
    let season: String
    let gameDate: String
    let status: Status
    let teams: Team
    let venue: Venue
    let content: Content
}

struct Status: Codable {
    let abstractGameState: String
    let codedGameState: Int
    let detailedState: String
    let statusCode: Int
    let startTimeTBD: Bool
}

struct Team: Codable {
    let away: Away
    let home: Home
}

struct Away: Codable {
    let leagueRecord: LeagueRecord
    let score: Int
    let team: TeamInfo
}

struct Home: Codable {
    let leagueRecord: LeagueRecord
    let score: Int
    let team: TeamInfo
}

struct LeagueRecord: Codable {
    let wins: Int
    let losses: Int
    let type: String
}

struct TeamInfo: Codable {
    let id: Int
    let name: String
    let link: String
}

struct Venue: Codable {
    let name: String
    let link: String
}

struct Content: Codable {
    let link: String
}

// MARK: Convenience initializers

extension Initial {
    init(data: Data) throws {
        self = try JSONDecoder().decode(Initial.self, from: data)
    }

}

And Here is Controller Will make solution more easy

class ViewController: UIViewController {
    var todaysGamesURL: URL = URL(string: "https://statsapi.web.nhl.com/api/v1/schedule")!

    var gameData: Initial?
    let activityIndicator = UIActivityIndicatorView(activityIndicatorStyle: .gray)





    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        self.loadTodaysGames()

    }

        func loadTodaysGames(){
    print("load Games")
    let todaysGamesDatatask = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: todaysGamesURL, completionHandler: dataLoaded)
    todaysGamesDatatask.resume()
}
func dataLoaded(data:Data?,response:URLResponse?,error:Error?){
    if let detailData = data {
        if  let inital = try? Initial.init(data: detailData){
           print(inital.dates)
        }else{
             // print("Initial")
        }
    }else{
        print(error!)
    }
}

}