Swift ui macos #Published nil or Int - swift

Question

I have the following variable, I would like it to take nil as an initial value and then an Int value.
#Published var status: Int = 0
To better understand place all the reference code:
struct ServerMessage: Decodable {
let token: String
}
class Http: ObservableObject {
#Published var status: Int = 0
#Published var authenticated = false
func req(url: String, httpMethod: String, body: [String: String]?) {
guard let url = URL(string: url) else { return }
let httpBody = try! JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: body ?? [])
var request = URLRequest(url: url)
request.httpMethod = httpMethod
request.httpBody = httpBody
request.setValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in
if error != nil {
print("Error: \(String(describing: error))")
return
}
if let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse {
switch httpResponse.statusCode {
case 400: do {
print("Error: 400")
DispatchQueue.main.async {
self.status = 400
}
return
}
case 401: do {
print("Error: 401")
DispatchQueue.main.async {
self.status = 401
}
return
}
default: do {}
}
}
do {
if let data = data {
let results = try JSONDecoder().decode(ServerMessage.self, from: data)
DispatchQueue.main.async {
self.authenticated = true
}
print("Ok.", results)
} else {
print("No data.")
}
} catch {
print("Error:", error)
}
}.resume()
}
}
Use:
self.http.req(
url: "",
httpMethod: "POST",
body: ["email": "", "password": ""]
)

Answer 1

Make it optional (with all following corrections in place of usage)
#Published var status: Int? = nil // << I like explicit initialising
Update: possible variant of usage in View
Text("\(http.status ?? 0)") // << it is Int, so ?? "" is not valid
but probably it is more appropriate (due to no sense to show unknown status field)
if http.status != nil {
Text("\(http.status!)")
}