scout VS SwiftyJSON

I developed a library that is better suited for such cases than plain Decodable. You can specify a path in the data and at the end of the path specify a Decodable type to be instantiated from the data.

Not 100% sure but you might find Scout interesting for your needs

I developed Scout for this exact purpose because I had to find a solution to get a value when the data structure is not known at build time.

If you are ok to use a program, you can use Scout like that: curl [your curl request here] | scout read -f xml "a-valid-date"

For a clear and simple syntax, you can take a look at Scout.

I have been working myself on Scout to work on data when the format is not known at build time (for instance with a generic command line tool). And I have never had the tuple decoding requested. Although this might be useful for some people.

I don’t think you are going to be able to use JSONDecoder to do what you are asking. I see the problem is that you need to create a struct that has all the property names (pokemon names) in it in order to use JSONDecoder (that’s a pain). You need to resort to “parsing” the JSON and constructing your own data model to satisfy your requirements. Something like this might help. https://github.com/SwiftyJSON/SwiftyJSON

Up until now, I've been using SwiftyJSON, although it appears to be unmaintained. Is there an equivalent alternative which functions similarly? Thanks in advance

SwiftyJSON - The better way to deal with JSON data in Swift. Language: Swift.

I second /u/daisnb that if possible, make sure the data is a consistent format and types, but if you’re unable to do that, I think SwiftyJSON can help, as it loosens the strict type requirement of Swift when handling JSON data