How to handle API that returns plain text, one word per line, in Swift?

Question

I understand how to make REST requests and handle the returning JSON data, but now I need to work with an API that returns data as plain text, one word per line.

Assuming I can just make a standard GET request, how do I parse the plain text response into something I can use—an array of strings?

Any help greatly appreciated.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 25 '19 at 18:29

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Usually you receive the string as UTF8 encoded Data.

Create the string from the data and separate the paragraphs by the newlines CharacterSet which considers many different newline separators.

let paragraphs = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)!.components(separatedBy: .newlines)

answered Mar 25 '19 at 18:29

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Thanks, this was exactly the piece I was missing. – cmilr Mar 25 '19 at 18:37

How to handle API that returns plain text, one word per line, in Swift?

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