How to handle empty response using Alamofire and Combine?

Question

I am making a post request, which has an empty response

AF.request(URL(string: "some url")!, method: .post, parameters: parameters, encoding: URLEncoding.default, headers: nil)
    .validate()
    .publishDecodable(type: T.self)
    .value()
    .eraseToAnyPublisher()

where T is

struct EmptyResponse: Codable {}

and I am having this error "Response could not be serialized, input data was nil or zero length." How do I handle a post request with an empty response using Alamofire and Combine?

Answer 1

Found answer somewhere else but it's useful here. Made empty object like that:

struct EmptyEntity: Codable, EmptyResponse {
    
    static func emptyValue() -> EmptyEntity {
        return EmptyEntity.init()
    }
}

And return publisher like so:

-> AnyPublisher<EmptyEntity, AFError>

Answer 2

AF.request(UrlUtils.base_url, method: .post, parameters: params, encoding: URLEncoding.default, headers: nil).responseJSON { (response:AFDataResponse<Any>) in
                switch(response.result) {
                case .success(_):
                    // this case handles http response code 200, so it will be a successful response
                    break
                case .failure(_): 
                    break
                }
            }