Parsing JSON showing nil value

Question

I am parsing the data it gets all the data in dictionary but when i check value using NSLog it showa nil value

SBJsonParser *parser = [[SBJsonParser alloc] init];
NSURLRequest *request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://www.krsconnect.no/community/api.html?method=bareListEventsByCategory&appid=620&category-selected=350&counties-selected=Vest-Agder,Aust-Agder"]];
NSData *response = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:request returningResponse:nil error:nil];
NSString *json_string = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:response encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSDictionary *object = [parser objectWithString:json_string error:nil];
//appDelegate.books = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithCapacity:0];

appDelegate.books1 = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];


NSArray *results = [parser objectWithString:json_string error:nil];
for (int i=0; i<[results count]; i++) {
    Book1  *aBook = [[Book1 alloc] initWithDictionary:[results objectAtIndex:i]];
    [appDelegate.books1 addObject:aBook];
    Book1 *mybook=[appDelegate.books1 objectAtIndex:i];
    NSString*test=mybook.location;
    NSLog(test);
}

Dicionary parsing

 - (id)initWithDictionary:(NSDictionary*) dict {

    self.date = [dict valueForKey:@"date"];
    self.location =  [dict valueForKey:@"location"];
    self.municipality = [dict valueForKey:@"municipality"];
    self.title =  [dict valueForKey:@"title"];

    return self;

 }

How are you setting the `location` property from the dictionary? — Deepak Danduprolu, Jul 23 '11 at 06:34
I am assuming that the `NSLog(test);` part is showing `nil`. That would imply `results` and `Book1` instances are not `nil`. Have you tried putting `NSLog(@"%@', dict);` in the `initWithDictionary:` method to see if you are getting all the values? If possible add the `dict` for one of the items. Actually, where are you getting your JSON data from? — Deepak Danduprolu, Jul 23 '11 at 06:59
http://www.krsconnect.no/community/api.html?method=bareListEventsByCategory&appid=620&category-selected=350&counties-selected=Vest-Agder,Aust-Agder — Ali, Jul 23 '11 at 07:01

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 09 '11 at 02:11

I'm guessing that your dictionary doesn't contain a "location", and that's consistent with what I see coming back from that web site. It sends back an array of dictionaries which contain arrays of dictionaries. You need to extract one of those inner dictionaries to find a "location".

[

    {
        "date":1320883200000,
        "events":[
            {
                "affectedDate":1320883200000,
                "event":{
                    "appId":620,
                    "eventId":20672,
                    "location":"Samsen Kulturhus",
                    "municipality":"Kristiansand",
                    "title":"AKKS kurs høsten 2011"
                }
            },
         ....

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 14 '12 at 11:12

Try:

- (id)initWithDictionary:(NSDictionary*) dict {
   self = [super init];
   if(self) {
      self.date = [dict valueForKey:@"date"];
      self.location =  [dict valueForKey:@"location"];
      self.municipality = [dict valueForKey:@"municipality"];
      self.title =  [dict valueForKey:@"title"];
   }
   return self;
}

Parsing JSON showing nil value

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