How to convert a string into JSON using SwiftyJSON

Question

The string to convert:

[{"description": "Hi","id":2,"img":"hi.png"},{"description": "pet","id":10,"img":"pet.png"},{"description": "Hello! :D","id":12,"img":"hello.png"}]

The code to convert the string:

var json = JSON(stringLiteral: stringJSON)

The string is converted to JSON and when I try to count how many blocks are inside this JSON (expected answer = 3), I get 0.

print(json.count)

Console Output: 0

What am I missing? Help is very appreciated.

Answer 1

Actually, there was a built-in function in SwifyJSON called parse

/**
 Create a JSON from JSON string
- parameter string: Normal json string like '{"a":"b"}'

- returns: The created JSON
*/
public static func parse(string:String) -> JSON {
    return string.dataUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding)
        .flatMap({JSON(data: $0)}) ?? JSON(NSNull())
}

Note that

var json = JSON.parse(stringJSON)

its now changed to

var json = JSON.init(parseJSON:stringJSON)