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Harry Tennent
2,275 PointsNSData Error - Making a Network Call
I was working my way through the Weather app tutorial and came across an error where it stated that there was a:
"fatal error: unexpectedly found nil while unwrapping an Optional value (lldb) "
Here is my code:
import UIKit
class ViewController: UIViewController {
private let apiKey = "PRIVATEAPIKEY"
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
let baseURL = NSURL(string: "https://api.forecast.io/\(apiKey)/")
let forecastURL = NSURL(string: "51.112124, -0.736092", relativeToURL: baseURL)
let weatherData = NSData(
contentsOfURL: forecastURL!,
options: nil,
error: nil
)
println(weatherData)
}
override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
}
1 Answer

Pasan Premaratne
Treehouse TeacherWhen defining the forecastURL and passing in the location coordinates as a string, it can't have a space between after the common and the second location point.
So "51.112124,-0.736092"
instead of "51.112124, -0.736092"
.
Harry Tennent
2,275 PointsHarry Tennent
2,275 PointsI did this and it now doesn't have an error but it instead prints "nil" to the console?
Pasan Premaratne
Treehouse TeacherPasan Premaratne
Treehouse TeacherCould you link me to your entire project? Either via github or a zip file.
Harry Tennent
2,275 PointsHarry Tennent
2,275 PointsHere's the link to the zip file:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0b28z3mzqlrthgi/AACiZnEJRv99o0EdX7bN04n5a?dl=0
Pasan Premaratne
Treehouse TeacherPasan Premaratne
Treehouse TeacherHarry Tennent
Your base url is incorrect. It should be
"https://api.forecast.io/forecast/\(apiKey)/"
and not "https://api.forecast.io/\(apiKey)/". You're missing the /forecast/ bit after forecast.io.Harry Tennent
2,275 PointsHarry Tennent
2,275 PointsGreat, that works! Thanks!