How to access specific data in a JSON response in Swift

Question

I have this JSON response when I run my swift program.

{
"success": true,
"info": "Groups",
"data": {
    "groups": "[{\"id\":1,\"name\":\"test\",\"user_id\":1,\"active\":null,\"public\":true,\"image_file_name\":null,\"image_content_type\":null,\"image_file_size\":null,\"image_updated_at\":null,\"created_at\":\"2017-10-15T20:40:13.671+01:00\",\"updated_at\":\"2017-10-15T20:40:13.671+01:00\",\"hashtag\":null},{\"id\":4,\"name\":\"test_again\",\"user_id\":1,\"active\":null,\"public\":false,\"image_file_name\":null,\"image_content_type\":null,\"image_file_size\":null,\"image_updated_at\":null,\"created_at\":\"2018-01-16T18:17:06.575+00:00\",\"updated_at\":\"2018-01-16T18:17:06.575+00:00\",\"hashtag\":null}]"
}

However I want to access the information contained inside of "groups", specifically the id and name of the groups. Is there any easy way to do this?

groups corresponds to a string, and not a JSON array. (because its enclosed in quotes) Extract the string, and then parse it as an array. — Sam
– Sam, Commented Jan 27, 2018 at 20:35
Just so you know, if you control the backend or the service in anyway or can approach the person responsible for it; ask them to not send it as a string. It breaks all conventions. — Sam
– Sam, Commented Jan 27, 2018 at 21:04
I actually do have access to the backend but I didn't write it myself and it's in rails so I wouldn't know how to go about changing it. If i were to change it would I send everything inside the string as nested responses instead? — B-Brennan
– B-Brennan, Commented Jan 27, 2018 at 21:44

Shehata Gamal · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-27 20:50:31Z

1

let dic  = response["data"] as! [String:Any]

let groups = dic["groups"] as! String

then parse groups with jsonSerialization

and

let id  = data["id"]

edited Jan 27, 2018 at 20:50

answered Jan 27, 2018 at 20:39

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