How to convert JSON to String in ios Swift?

Question

Here is the code for the below Json output:

let params : [[String : AnyObject]]  = [[\"name\" : \"action\", \"value\" : \"pay\" ],[\"name\" : \"cartJsonData\         


        

Answer 1

Try this.

func jsonToString(json: AnyObject){
        do {
          let data1 =  try NSJSONSerialization.dataWithJSONObject(json, options: NSJSONWritingOptions.PrettyPrinted) // first of all convert json to the data
            let convertedString = String(data: data1, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding) // the data will be converted to the string
            print(convertedString) // <-- here is ur string  

        } catch let myJSONError {
            print(myJSONError)
        }

    }

Answer 2

Xcode 11, converted String to NSString is working for me.

func jsonToString(json: AnyObject) -> String{
    do {
        let data1 = try JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: json, options: JSONSerialization.WritingOptions.prettyPrinted)
        let convertedString = String(data: data1, encoding: String.Encoding.utf8) as NSString? ?? ""
        debugPrint(convertedString)
        return convertedString as String
    } catch let myJSONError {
        debugPrint(myJSONError)
        return ""
    }
}

Answer 3

Using the new Encodable based API, you can get the string version of a JSON file using String(init:encoding) initialiser. I ran this in a Playground and the last print statement gave me

json {"year":1961,"month":4}

It seems that the format uses the minimum number of characters by detail.

struct Dob: Codable {
    let year: Int
    let month: Int
}

let dob = Dob(year: 1961, month: 4)
print("dob", dob)

if let dobdata = try? JSONEncoder().encode(dob) {
    print("dobdata base64", dobdata.base64EncodedString())
    if let ddob = try? JSONDecoder().decode(Dob.self, from: dobdata) {
        print("resetored dob", ddob)
    }
    if let json = String(data: dobdata, encoding: .utf8) {
      print("json", json)
    }
}

Answer 4

• Swift 4.x
• xcode 10.x

if you are using Swifty JSON

var stringfyJSOn  = yourJSON.description

For Reference or more information

https://github.com/SwiftyJSON/SwiftyJSON

Answer 5

Swift 4.0

static func stringify(json: Any, prettyPrinted: Bool = false) -> String {
    var options: JSONSerialization.WritingOptions = []
    if prettyPrinted {
      options = JSONSerialization.WritingOptions.prettyPrinted
    }

    do {
      let data = try JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: json, options: options)
      if let string = String(data: data, encoding: String.Encoding.utf8) {
        return string
      }
    } catch {
      print(error)
    }

    return ""
}

Usage

stringify(json: ["message": "Hello."])

Answer 6

Swift (as of December 3, 2020)

func jsonToString(json: AnyObject){
    do {
        let data1 =  try JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: json, options: JSONSerialization.WritingOptions.prettyPrinted) // first of all convert json to the data
        let convertedString = String(data: data1, encoding: String.Encoding.utf8) // the data will be converted to the string
        print(convertedString ?? "defaultvalue")
    } catch let myJSONError {
        print(myJSONError)
    }
    
}