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iOS Build a Weather App with Swift (Retired) Pulling Data From the Web Fetching JSON Data

matt tripodi
matt tripodi
2,673 Points
Posted by matt tripodi
matt tripodi
2,673 Points

Help with challenge

Can someone please explain how this challenge is done.

Let's assume that the courseURL we created earlier returns some JSON data from Treehouse API. Create a data object to capture this information, and store it in a constant named courseData. Hint: Use the NSData class. You can set options and error to nil.

students_code.swift 
import Foundation
let treehouseBaseURL = NSURL(string: "https://api.teamtreehouse.com/")
let courseURL = NSURL(string: "/course/\(courseID)", relativeToURL: treehouseBaseURL)

2 Answers

agreatdaytocode
agreatdaytocode
24,757 Points 
import Foundation
let treehouseBaseURL = NSURL(string: "https://api.teamtreehouse.com/")
let courseURL = NSURL(string: "/course/\(courseID)", relativeToURL: treehouseBaseURL)
let courseData = NSData(contentsOfURL: courseURL, options: nil, error: nil)
Marlon Henry
Marlon Henry
6,885 Points
Marlon Henry
Marlon Henry
6,885 Points

let courseData: NSData = courseURL