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iOS Build a Weather App with Swift (Retired) Pulling Data From the Web Making a Network Call

Posted by James Lambert
James Lambert
Courses Plus Student 14,477 Points

My api key is correct and all my code is identical. Why am I getting nil?

My code for the stormy app is just returning nil. I have check and rechecked my apiKey. I don't have spaces in the url. I am not crashing. I am just printing out nil.

let baseURL = NSURL(string: "https://api.forecast.io/forecast/\(apiKey)/")

    let forecastURL = NSURL(string:"43.650165,-116.279280", relativeToURL: baseURL)

    let weatherData = NSData(contentsOfURL: forecastURL!, options: nil, error: nil)

    println(weatherData)
James Lambert
James Lambert
Courses Plus Student 14,477 Points

Everyone. It was a network problem. It started working without any changes.

wachter
wachter
1,594 Points
wachter
wachter
1,594 Points

I have the exact same code as you and I am also getting nil. However my network is fully working so that shouldn't be the problem. What could it be?

1 Answer

James Lambert
PLUS
James Lambert
Courses Plus Student 14,477 Points
James Lambert
James Lambert
Courses Plus Student 14,477 Points

I didn't change anything, and it has been working fine now. Can't explain it. I think it had to do with something on their end. I have been testing it for weeks (since I posted this) and it hasn't quit yet. My app is in review right now. I used this tutorial to add a weather feature to an event app I wrote. If your running in the simulator, turn your wifi off and back on and try to run the app. See if it still gets nil.