ARTMessage.data is not converting into Dictionary

[gouravgupta72]

Hey folks,

Response in ARTMessage.data is coming as Any, when we try to convert it to Dictionary<String, Any> to get all payload information it is giving error.
Can u help us in solving this.

if msg.data != nil {
if let message = msg.data as! Dictionary <String, Any>
{
// Process message
}
}

[tcard]

Hi @gouravgupta72 . What's the error?

[gouravgupta72]

When trying to direct cast it's crashing and when doing above check it is saying
"initializer of conditional binding must have optional type"

[tcard]

Does casting to NSDictionary work? We use NSJSONSerialization and I'm not sure the resulting NSDictionary can be bridged to a Dictionary<String, Any>.

[gouravgupta72]

No casting not working,
What would be the solution for getting response in dictionary form ?

I try NSJSONSerialization as well

func convertToDictionary(text: String) -> [String: Any]? {
let data = text.data(using: String.Encoding.utf8, allowLossyConversion: false)!
do {
let json = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data, options: []) as! [String: AnyObject]
return json
} catch let error as NSError {
print("Failed to load: (error.localizedDescription)")
}
return nil
}

but it's also giving error that data is not in proper format.

[tcard]

OK, then it probably isn't being properly encoded as a JSON object. How are you publishing this? Can you share some code on the publishing end?

[gouravgupta72]

let messageForServer = ["intentName": "incoming_text",
"payload": [
"text": message
],
"user": [
"type": "customer"
]
] as [String : Any]

    self.channel?.publish(self.clientId, data: messageForServer, clientId: self.clientId) { error in
        guard error == nil else {
            self.signalError(error!)
            return
        }

[tcard]

This works for me:

self.channel.subscribe { (msg) in
    print("MESSAGE \((msg.data as! Dictionary<String, Any>)["hey"])")
}

self.channel.publish(nil, data: ["hey": 123])

Prints as expected:

MESSAGE Optional(123)

So I'm not sure what's going on with yours. Can you maybe print String(describing: msg.data) and type(of: msg.data), see what it tells?

Can you confirm you're using the latest version of the library (1.0.9)?

[funkyboy]

@gouravgupta72 closing this. Feel free to reopen if it's still an issue.
FYI, current version of the SDK is now 1.0.10.