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AlamofireObjectMapper

Build Status CocoaPods Carthage compatible

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:

import AlamofireObjectMapper

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:

import ObjectMapper

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: BaseMappable>(queue: DispatchQueue? = nil, keyPath: String? = nil, mapToObject object: T? = nil, context: MapContext? = nil, completionHandler: @escaping (DataResponse<T>) -> Void) -> Self

The responseObject function has 4 optional parameters and a required completionHandler:

Easy Mapping of Nested Objects

AlamofireObjectMapper supports dot notation within keys for easy mapping of nested objects. Given the following JSON String:

"distance" : {
     "text" : "102 ft",
     "value" : 31
}

You can access the nested objects as follows:

func mapping(map: Map) {
    distance <- map["distance.value"]
}

See complete documentation

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', '~> 5.2'

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

github "tristanhimmelman/AlamofireObjectMapper" ~> 5.2