Trying to get an API / URL to show in my UILabel text? - swift

Question

I am try to get my UILabel text to equal the url text I am not getting any errors but it just is not doing anything not sure what I am doing wrong?
let tasks = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: url!) { (data, response, error) in
if error != nil {
print("error")
} else {
if let content = data {
do {
let Json = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: content, options: JSONSerialization.ReadingOptions.mutableContainers) as AnyObject
if let data = Json as? NSString {
DispatchQueue.main.async {
self.myLabel.text = "\(data)"
}
}
} catch {
}
}
}
}
tasks.resume()

Answer 1

Your API Response is not String , It's Dictionary Dictionary in json is {}
API Response:
{
quote: "Travel is the most private of pleasures. There is no greater bore than the travel bore. We do not in the least want to hear what he has seen in Hong Kong.",
author: "Vita Sackville-West",
cat: "travel"
}
so you will not pass this condition at this line if let data = Json as? NSString because data is Dictionary not String
Correct solution :
let tasks = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: URL(string: "https://talaikis.com/api/quotes/random/")!) { (data, response, error) in
if error != nil {
print("error")
} else {
if let content = data {
do {
let Json = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: content, options: JSONSerialization.ReadingOptions.mutableContainers) as AnyObject
if let data = Json as? [AnyHashable:Any] {
if let quote = data["quote"] as? String {
print(quote)
}
if let author = data["author"] as? String {
print(author)
}
if let cat = data["cat"] as? String {
print(cat)
}
DispatchQueue.main.async {
self.myLabel.text = "\(quote)"
}
}
} catch {
}
}
}
}
tasks.resume()
}