Swift code can not find the symbol of the data

Question

I am new to swift . I am trying to convert json into model by using swift . I am using generic functions to complete the functions . Here is the structure of the json .

Here is the model I created based on jason .

 import Foundation

// MARK: - Welcome
struct Welcome: Codable {
    let photos: [Photo]
}

// MARK: - Photo
struct Photo: Codable {
    let id, sol: Int
    let camera: Camera
    let imgSrc: String
    let earthDate: String
    let rover: Rover

    enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
        case id, sol, camera
        case imgSrc = "img_src"
        case earthDate = "earth_date"
        case rover
    }
}

// MARK: - Camera
struct Camera: Codable {
    let id: Int
    let name: String
    let roverID: Int
    let fullName: String

    enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
        case id, name
        case roverID = "rover_id"
        case fullName = "full_name"
    }
}

// MARK: - Rover
struct Rover: Codable {
    let id: Int
    let name, landingDate, launchDate, status: String

    enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
        case id, name
        case landingDate = "landing_date"
        case launchDate = "launch_date"
        case status
    }
}

Here is the code in generic function.

func getModel<Model: Codable>(_ type: Model.Type, from url: String, completion: @escaping (Result<Model, NetworkError>) -> ()) {
        
        guard let url = URL(string: url) else {
            completion(.failure(.badURL))
            return
        }
        
        URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: url) { data, response, error in
            if let error = error {
                completion(.failure(.other(error)))
                return
            }
            
            if let data = data {
                do {
                    let response = try JSONDecoder().decode(type, from: data)
                    completion(.success(response))
                } catch let error {
                    completion(.failure(.other(error)))
                }
            }
        }
        .resume()
        
    }

I am trying to call this function form controller but it is showing the error Value of type 'Post' has no member 'data'

Here is the code to call the function.

class ViewModel {
    
  private   let networkManager  = NetworkManager()
    
    private var rovers  = [Post]()
    
    func getStories (){
        networkManager
            .getModel(Post.self, from: NetworkURLs.baseURL) {[weak self]result in
                
                switch result{
        
                case .success(let response):
                    self?.rovers = response.data.camera.map{$0.data} **// error on this line** 
                case .failure( let error):
                    print( error.localizedDescription)
                }
            }
        
    }

Answer 1

Your struct of type Post does not have a member called "data", indeed. You seem to be assuming, that your response object is of type Photo - but the error message is telling you, that it is of type Post, which only holds an array of Photo objects.

Try something like:

response.photos[0] to get the first Photo object out of the array - if there is one. Then, assuming you got one response.photos[0].data gives you a Camera object already - you seem to be calling via the type, instead of the member name. So in case you want to go one step further and access a Rover object, you need to do: response.photos[0].data.data

I see, that you want to extract several Rovers, supposedly one from each Post, but this will clash with your initial rovers variable being assigned a type of an array of Posts - this means you have to change it to [Rover]. I'm not sure if the map-function is actually suitable for what you want to do here. Using a loop, iterating through the Posts and appending Rover objects to the Rover array would be the "manual" way to do it.

Hope this helps.

Edit: because you have edited your model mid-question, I can't see where "Post" has gone now. My reply might only fit the way the original question was posted.