AlamofireObjectMapper

An extension to Alamofire which automatically converts JSON response data into swift objects using ObjectMapper.

#Usage

Given a URL which returns weather data in the following form:

{
    "location": "Toronto, Canada",    
    "three_day_forecast": [
        { 
            "conditions": "Partly cloudy",
            "day" : "Monday",
            "temperature": 20 
        },
        { 
            "conditions": "Showers",
            "day" : "Tuesday",
            "temperature": 22 
        },
        { 
            "conditions": "Sunny",
            "day" : "Wednesday",
            "temperature": 28 
        }
    ]
}

You can use the extension as the follows:

let URL = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tristanhimmelman/AlamofireObjectMapper/d8bb95982be8a11a2308e779bb9a9707ebe42ede/sample_json"
Alamofire.request(URL).responseObject { (response: DataResponse<WeatherResponse>) in

    let weatherResponse = response.result.value
    print(weatherResponse?.location)
    
    if let threeDayForecast = weatherResponse?.threeDayForecast {
        for forecast in threeDayForecast {
            print(forecast.day)
            print(forecast.temperature)           
        }
    }
}

The WeatherResponse object in the completion handler is a custom object which you define. The only requirement is that the object must conform to ObjectMapper's Mappable protocol. In the above example, the WeatherResponse object looks like the following:

class WeatherResponse: Mappable {
    var location: String?
    var threeDayForecast: [Forecast]?
    
	required init?(map: Map){

	}
    
    func mapping(map: Map) {
        location <- map["location"]
        threeDayForecast <- map["three_day_forecast"]
    }
}

class Forecast: Mappable {
    var day: String?
    var temperature: Int?
    var conditions: String?
    
	required init?(map: Map){

	}
    
    func mapping(map: Map) {
        day <- map["day"]
        temperature <- map["temperature"]
        conditions <- map["conditions"]
    }
}

The extension uses Generics to allow you to create your own custom response objects. Below is the responseObject function definition. Just replace T in the completionHandler with your custom response object and the extension handles the rest:

public func responseObject<T: Mappable>(queue queue: dispatch_queue_t? = nil, keyPath: String? = nil, mapToObject object: T? = nil, completionHandler: DataResponse<T> -> Void) -> Self

The responseObject function has 3 optional parameters and a required completionHandler:

• queue: The queue on which the completion handler is dispatched.
• keyPath: The key path of the JSON where object mapping should be performed
• mapToObject: An object to perform the mapping on to
• completionHandler: A closure to be executed once the request has finished and the data has been mapped by ObjectMapper.

###KeyPath

The keyPath variable is used to drill down into a JSON response and only map the data found at that keyPath. It supports nested values such as data.weather to drill down several levels in a JSON response.

let URL = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tristanhimmelman/AlamofireObjectMapper/2ee8f34d21e8febfdefb2b3a403f18a43818d70a/sample_keypath_json"
let expectation = expectationWithDescription("\(URL)")

Alamofire.request(URL).responseObject(keyPath: "data") { (response: DataResponse<WeatherResponse>) in
    expectation.fulfill()
    
    let weatherResponse = response.result.value
    print(weatherResponse?.location)
    
    if let threeDayForecast = weatherResponse?.threeDayForecast {
        for forecast in threeDayForecast {
            print(forecast.day)
            print(forecast.temperature)           
        }
    }
}

#Array Responses If you have an endpoint that returns data in Array form you can map it with the following function:

public func responseArray<T: Mappable>(queue queue: dispatch_queue_t? = nil, keyPath: String? = nil, completionHandler: DataResponse<[T]> -> Void) -> Self

For example, if your endpoint returns the following:

[
    { 
        "conditions": "Partly cloudy",
        "day" : "Monday",
        "temperature": 20 
    },
    { 
        "conditions": "Showers",
        "day" : "Tuesday",
        "temperature": 22 
    },
    { 
        "conditions": "Sunny",
        "day" : "Wednesday",
        "temperature": 28 
    }
]

You can request and map it as follows:

let URL = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tristanhimmelman/AlamofireObjectMapper/f583be1121dbc5e9b0381b3017718a70c31054f7/sample_array_json"
Alamofire.request(URL).responseArray { (response: DataResponse<[Forecast]>) in

    let forecastArray = response.result.value
    
    if let forecastArray = forecastArray {
        for forecast in forecastArray {
            print(forecast.day)
            print(forecast.temperature)           
        }
    }
}

#Installation AlamofireObjectMapper can be added to your project using CocoaPods by adding the following line to your Podfile:

pod 'AlamofireObjectMapper', '~> 4.0'

If you're using Carthage you can add a dependency on AlamofireObjectMapper by adding it to your Cartfile:

github "tristanhimmelman/AlamofireObjectMapper" ~> 4.0