The returned data of the above api is in json format

The returned data of the above API is in JSON format. Here is a sample result:
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loans: (
{
activity = Retail;
"basket_amount" = 0;
"bonus_credit_eligibility" = 0;
"borrower_count" = 1;
description = {
languages = (
fr,
en
);
};
"funded_amount" = 0;
id = 734117;
image = {
id = 1641389;
"template_id" = 1;
};
"lender_count" = 0;
"loan_amount" = 750;
location = {
country = Senegal;
"country_code" = SN;
geo = {
level = country;
pairs = "14 -14";
type = point;
};
};
name = "Mar\U00e8me";
"partner_id" = 108;
"planned_expiration_date" = "2016-08-05T09:20:02Z";
"posted_date" = "2016-07-06T09:20:02Z";
sector = Retail;
status = fundraising;
use = "to buy fabric to resell";
},
....
....
)
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You will learn how to use the
NSJSONSerialization
class to convert the JSON formatted
data into objects. It's unbelievably simple. You'll see what I mean in a while.
To keep you focused on learning the JSON implementation, you can first download the
project template from . I
have already created the skeleton of the app for you. It is a simple table-based app that
displays a list of loans provided by Kiva.org. The project template includes a pre-built
storyboard and custom classes for the table view controller and prototype cell. If you run
the template, it should result in an empty table app.
Figure 4.1. Kiva Loan Project Template - Storyboard
Creating JSON Data Model
We will first create a class to model a loan. It's not required for loading JSON but the best
practice is to create a separate class (or structure) for storing the data model. The
Loan
class represents the loan information in the KivaLoan app and is used to store the loan
information returned by Kiva.org. To keep things simple, we won't use all the returned
data of a loan. Instead, the app will just display the following fields of a loan:
Name of the loan applicant
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name = "Mar\U00e8me" ;
Country of the loan applicant
location = {
country = Senegal;
"country_code" = SN;
geo = {
level = country;
pairs = "14 -14" ;
type = point;
};
};
How the loan will be used
use = "to buy fabric to resell" ;
Amount
"loan_amount" = 750 ;
These fields are good enough for filling up the labels in the table view. Now create a new
class file using the Swift File template. Name it
Loan.swift
and declare the
Loan
structure like this:
struct Loan {
var name: String = ""
var country: String = ""
var use: String = ""
var amount: Int = 0
}
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JSON supports a few basic data types including number, String, Boolean, Array, and
Objects (an associated array with key and value pairs).
For the loan fields, the loan amount is stored as a numeric value in the JSON-formatted
data. This is why we declared the
amount
property with the type
Int
. For the rest of the
fields, they are declared with the type
String
.