Editing an NSMutableDictionary sub-dictionary - objective-c

I have some NSMutableDictionary that is made from Json file.
NSMutableDictionary *result=//from json string
than , i need to edit that result ,which is built like :
{
slots = (
{
capacity = 1;
slot = sybIWQGDWw;
taken = (
"11:45-12:45",
"12:45-17:45"
);
},
{
capacity = 1;
slot = WNySjEZAmU;
taken = (
"12:00-13:00",
"13:00-18:00"
);
}
);
}
To get array of all fields i have :
NSMutableArray *slots=[result objectForKey:#"slots"];
than i get all dictionaries with :
for(NSMutableDictionary *dic in slots)
[dic setObject:#"1" forKey:#"slot"];//crash probably because i edit in for loop
Now i get crash when trying to change a field in the for loop.
How can i change a certain field ?
EDIT
This is how i make the dictionary from json (which is than mutable copy to result! )
-(NSDictionary*)getDictionaryForJsonWithString:(NSString*)string
{
NSString *dataString=string;
NSData *myData=[dataString dataUsingEncoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];
NSError *error;
NSDictionary *dataDic = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:myData options:kNilOptions error:&error];
//NSLog(#"getDictionaryForJsonWithString: data is: %#",dataDic);
return dataDic;
}
NSMutableDictionary *result=[[self getDictionaryForJsonWithString:json] mutableCopy];

When you create the dictionary from JSON, you need to set the option to create mutable instances, and it should probably be for both containers and leaves:
option: NSJSONReadingMutableContainers | NSJSONReadingMutableLeaves

NSMutableArray *slots=[[result objectForKey:#"slots"] mutableCopy];

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NSDictionary writeToFile fails while objects are valid, permission is 0k

Why NSDictionary cannot be written?? I have checked the content of the dictionary: all the instances are of NSString and NSNumber. I checked permissions: a text file with the same name at the same path is written well. Of course, my dictionary is not empty.
NSString *file = ...
NSDictionary *dict = ...
// check dictionary keys
BOOL wrong = NO;
for (id num in [dict allKeys]) {
if (![num isKindOfClass:[NSNumber class]]) {
wrong = YES;
break;
}
}
if (wrong) {
NSLog(#"First");
}
// check dictionary values
wrong = NO;
for (id num in [dict allValues]) {
if (![num isKindOfClass:[NSString class]]) {
wrong = YES;
break;
}
}
if (wrong) {
NSLog(#"Second");
}
if (![dict writeToFile:file atomically:YES]) {
// 0k, let's try to create a text file
NSLog(#"Names writing error!");
[#"Something here... .. ." writeToFile:file atomically:YES encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:nil];
}
Output: "Names writing error!"
Text file is created successfully.
Writing out a dictionary creates a property list, and according to the documentation all keys in a property list must be strings.
... and although NSDictionary and CFDictionary objects allow their keys to
be objects of any type, if the keys are not string objects, the
collections are not property-list objects.
NSNumber objects as keys are not supported.
As #vadian points out, you cannot write plist with numeric keys. But you can use NSKeyedArchiver:
NSURL *documents = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] URLForDirectory:NSDocumentDirectory inDomain:NSUserDomainMask appropriateForURL:nil create:false error:nil];
NSURL *fileURL = [documents URLByAppendingPathComponent:#"test.plist"];
// this will not work
NSDictionary *dictionary = #{#1: #"foo", #2: #"bar"};
BOOL success = [dictionary writeToFile:fileURL.path atomically:true];
NSLog(#"plist %#", success ? #"success" : #"failure");
// this will
fileURL = [documents URLByAppendingPathComponent:#"test.bplist"];
success = [NSKeyedArchiver archiveRootObject:dictionary toFile:fileURL.path];
NSLog(#"archive %#", success ? #"success" : #"failure");
And you can read it back with NSKeyedUnarchiver:
// to read it back
NSDictionary *dictionary2 = [NSKeyedUnarchiver unarchiveObjectWithFile:fileURL.path];
NSLog(#"dictionary2 = %#", dictionary2);
Note, you can do this with any class that conforms (and properly implements) NSCoding. Fortunately, NSDictionary conforms already. You have to make sure that any objects inside the dictionary, also conform (both NSString and NSNumber do). If you had a custom object in your dictionary, you'd have to make it properly conform yourself.
This is all described in the Archives and Serializations Programming Guide.

JSON Parsing Error (blank response)

Here's my code, when I run it, I get: "2014-10-26 19:02:09.153 App[27372:1281902] Price: (
)".
I was wondering why, no errors are being passed through and it honestly confuses me.
(I'm getting a blank response for "omc_usd_price")
#try
{
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:#"https://omnicha.in/api?method=getinfo"];
NSData *data=[NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:url];
NSError *error;
NSMutableDictionary *JSONStuff= [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:data options: NSJSONReadingMutableContainers error: &error];
NSLog(#"%#",JSONStuff);
NSMutableArray * OMCArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc]init];
NSArray * responseArr = JSONStuff[#"omc_usd_price"];
for(NSDictionary * dict in responseArr)
{
[OMCArray addObject:[dict valueForKey:#"omc_usd_price"]];
}
NSLog(#"Price: %# test", OMCArray); // Here you get the Referance data
}
#catch (NSException *exception) {
NSLog(#"%#", exception);
}
#finally {
}
EDIT:
Tried this, I don't think I did this right either!
NSMutableArray * OMCArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc]init];
NSMutableArray * OMCArray2 = [[NSMutableArray alloc]init];
NSArray * responseArr = JSONStuff[#"response"];
NSArray * responseArr2 = JSONStuff[#"omc_usd_price"];
for(NSDictionary * dict in responseArr)
{
[OMCArray addObject:[dict valueForKey:#"response"]];
for(NSDictionary * dict2 in responseArr2)
{
[OMCArray addObject:[dict2 valueForKey:#"omc_usd_price"]];
}
}
NSLog(#"Price: %# test", OMCArray2); // Here you get the Referance data
Here is the JSONStuff dictionary:
{
"error":false,
"response":{
"block_count":96136,
"difficulty":12.18364177,
"netmhps":234.652099,
"seconds_since_block":694,
"avg_block_time":196.533,
"total_mined_omc":6426691.6,
"omc_btc_price":7.0e-6,
"omc_usd_price":0.0025,
"market_cap":15833.5909
}
}
As you can see, there is no entry in the dictionary named "omc_usd_price". There is a entry by that name in the dictionary name "response", but you didn't ask for that.
If you want to get omc_usd_price, as mentioned on your code, then you need to parse 2 dictionaries.
You must first parse the dictionary with the key response, and this will give you a new dictionary.
Then in this new dictionary you must parse/look for the key omc_usd_price.
Also, you're not getting an array back, but a double or float or even a string.

Filtering Parsed JSON in Objective-C

I'm trying to take out the "lasttradeprice" in https://www.allcrypt.com/api.php?method=singlemarketdata&marketid=672 but I can't seem to figure out how to grab the "lasttradeprice" piece.
How would I 'filter' the "price" out? None of the other information is relevant.
Current Code:
NSURL * url=[NSURL URLWithString:#"https://www.allcrypt.com/api.php?method=singlemarketdata&marketid=672"]; // pass your URL Here.
NSData * data=[NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:url];
NSError * error;
NSMutableDictionary * json = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:data options: NSJSONReadingMutableContainers error: &error];
NSLog(#"%#",json);
NSMutableArray * referanceArray=[[NSMutableArray alloc]init];
NSMutableArray * periodArray=[[NSMutableArray alloc]init];
NSArray * responseArr = json[#"lasttradeprice"];
for(NSDictionary * dict in responseArr)
{
[referanceArray addObject:[dict valueForKey:#"lasttradeprice"]];
[periodArray addObject:[dict valueForKey:#"lasttradeprice"]];
}
NSLog(#"%#",referanceArray);
NSLog(#"%#",periodArray);
NOTE: Keep in mind I've never worked with JSON before so please keep your answers dumbed down a tad.
Key value coding provides an easy way to dig through that data. Use the key path for the values you want. For example, it looks like you could get the array of recent trades using the path "return.markets.OMC.recenttrades" like this (assuming your code to get the json dictionary):
NSArray *trades = [json valueForKeyPath:#"return.markets.OMC.recenttrades"];
That's a lot more concise than having to dig down one level at a time.
The value returned for a given key by an array is the array of values returned by the array's members for that key. In other words, you can do this:
NSArray *recentprices = [trades valueForKey:#"price"];
And since that's just the next step in the key path, you can combine the two operations above into one:
NSArray *recentprices = [json valueforKeyPath:#"return.markets.OMC.recenttrades.price"];
The only down side here is that there's no real error checking -- either the data matches your expectations and you get back your array of prices, or it doesn't match at some level and you get nil. That's fine in some cases, not so much in others.
Putting that together with the relevant part of your code, we get:
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:#"https://www.allcrypt.com/api.php?method=singlemarketdata&marketid=672"];
NSData *data = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:url];
NSError *error = nil;
NSMutableDictionary *json = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:data options: NSJSONReadingMutableContainers error:&error];
NSArray *recentprices = [json valueforKeyPath:#"return.markets.OMC.recenttrades.price"];
Update: I just noticed that you want the "lasttradeprice", not the array of prices. Given that, the key path to use is simply #"return.markets.OMC.lasttradeprice", and the value you'll get back will be a string. So replace the last line above with:
NSString *lastTradePrice = [json valueforKeyPath:#"return.markets.OMC.lasttradeprice"];
The value you want is buried a few dictionaries deep. One general idea might be to dig recursively, something like this:
- (BOOL)isCollection:(id)object {
return [object isKindOfClass:[NSArray self]] || [object isKindOfClass:[NSDictionary self]];
}
- (void)valuesForDeepKey:(id)key in:(id)collection results:(NSMutableArray *)results {
if ([collection isKindOfClass:[NSDictionary self]]) {
NSDictionary *dictionary = (NSDictionary *)collection;
if (dictionary[key]) [results addObject:dictionary[key]];
for (id deeperKey in [dictionary allKeys]) {
if ([self isCollection:dictionary[deeperKey]]) {
[self valuesForDeepKey:key in:dictionary[deeperKey] results:results];
}
}
} else if ([collection isKindOfClass:[NSArray self]]) {
NSArray *array = (NSArray *)collection;
for (id object in array) {
if ([self isCollection:object]) {
[self valuesForDeepKey:key in:object results:results];
}
}
}
}
Then call it like this:
NSMutableArray *a = [NSMutableArray array];
[self valuesForDeepKey:#"lasttradeprice" in:json results:a];
NSLog(#"%#", a);

Importing JSON objects into NSArray

Trying to parse this JSON object in objective-C and creating an NSArray with these objects.
The first value is a counter and is specific for the object. All other values are unique.
{ "myData": [
["1","1","110","dollar","8.0","2.8","0.1","11.6"],
["2","1","110","euro","4.0","3.2","1.5","4.4"],
["3","1","120","rupier","6.0","2.9","1.3","10.8"],
["4","1","120","dinero","4.0","3.3","1.5","4.4"],
["5","2","130","drahmer","8.0","2.9","1.3","11.2"],
] }
Tried this code:
NSDictionary* json = [NSJSONSerialization
JSONObjectWithData:myData
options:kNilOptions
error:&error];
NSArray *currencyInformation = [json objectForKey:#"myData"];
But the objects are not there. Though the count of the array is 5.
Each object in the array is an array itself, so:
NSDictionary* json = [NSJSONSerialization
JSONObjectWithData:myData
options:kNilOptions
error:&error];
NSArray *currencyInformation = [json objectForKey:#"myData"];
for (NSArray *info in currencyInformation) {
// Then access each "column" with [info objectAtIndex:0,1,2,3,...]
}
In this data structure you would need to access things by index e.g
for (NSArray *currency in currencyInformation) {
NSLog(#"Currency: %#", [currency objectAtIndex:3]);
}
If you want to access things by key then you would need to change your JSON to use an array of objects instead of an array of arrays. Something like this:
{
"myData": [
{
"primaryKey" : 1,
"currency" : "dollar",
<other keys + values>...
},
]
}
In which case you could now do something like:
for (NSDictionary *currency in currencyInformation) {
NSLog(#"Currency: %#", [currency valueForKey:#"currency"]);
}

Getting Null values when accessing JSON data from Objective C

I have the following JSON data trying to parse in Objective C - my code is returning nulls for the lower level object values - userid, FirstName and LastName
The complete JSON is:
{
"members" :
[
{"member" : {"userid":"1","FirstName":"ramesh","LastName":"babu"}},
{"member" : {"userid":"2","FirstName":"ramesh2","LastName":"babu2"}},
{"member" : {"userid":"3","FirstName":"ramesh3","LastName":"babu3"}}
]
}
My code is:
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
dispatch_async(kBgQueue, ^{
NSData* data = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL: kLatestKivaLoansURL];
[self performSelectorOnMainThread:#selector(fetchedData:) withObject:data waitUntilDone:YES];
});
}
- (void)fetchedData:(NSData *)responseData {
//parse out the json data
NSError* error;
NSDictionary* json = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:responseData //1
options:kNilOptions
error:&error];
NSArray* members = [json objectForKey:#"members"]; //2
NSString *text1 = [json description];
jsonSummary.text = text1;
NSEnumerator *e = [members objectEnumerator];
NSArray *keys = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:#"userid", #"FirstName", #"LastName", nil];
NSDictionary * member;
while (member = (NSDictionary *)[e nextObject]) {
// do something with object
// Iterate it
text1 = [member description];
NSLog(#"MEMBER ROW DATA%#", text1);
for (id key in keys) {
text1 = [member description];
NSLog(#"key: %# value:%# ", key, [member objectForKey:key]);
}
}
}
Any help would be appreciated!!
According to the sample JSON data, the "members" array contains dictionaries that each have a single key "member". The "member" key's value contains the dictionary with the lower level member data.
Your code assumes that the dictionaries with the lower level values are the array elements but they're not.
You need to first get to the "member" key value and then get the lower level values.
Changing this line:
NSLog(#"key: %# value:%# ", key, [member objectForKey:key]);
to:
NSLog(#"key: %# value:%# ", key,
[[member objectForKey:#"member"] objectForKey:key]);
should do it though I'd change the variable names a bit to make it less confusing.