Making Async Url Calls in Swift 5.5

Async is one of the most requested feature and it’s finally in swift. This simplifies the workflow greatly

Url call

let url = URL(string: "htts://api.github.com/users/hadley/orgs")!
let (data, _) = try await URLSession.shared.data(from: url)

Really its that easy

note that you will need to use this function in an async context only.

Wrapped into async function

func getId() async->Int? {
        do {
            let url:URL = URL(string: "https://api.github.com/users/hadley/orgs")!
            let (data, _) = try await URLSession.shared.data(from: url)
            let res:SampleJson = try JSONDecoder().decode([SampleJson].self, from: data)[0]
            return res.id
        } catch {
            debugPrint("\(error)")
            return nil
        }
    }

SwiftUI Example

import SwiftUI
struct ContentView: View {
    @State var id_:Int = 0
    @State var popUpPresented: Bool = false
    
    var body: some View {
        VStack {
            Text("\(self.id_)")
                .padding()
                .font(.title)
			// button to trigger refresh
            Button("fetch id", role: nil) {
				// call get id function
                let newId = await self.getId()
				// set id and show popup when done
                self.id_ = newId ?? 0
                self.popUpPresented.toggle()
            }
            .buttonStyle(.bordered)
        }
		// show popup if fetch is successful
        .popover(isPresented: self.$popUpPresented) {
            Text ("url is fetched, id is \(self.id_)")
            Button("dissmiss", role: .destructive,action: {self.popUpPresented = false})
                .buttonStyle(.bordered)
        }
        
    }
    
    
    func getId() async->Int? {
        do {
            let url:URL = URL(string: "https://api.github.com/users/hadley/orgs")!
            let (data, _) = try await URLSession.shared.data(from: url)
            let res:SampleJson = try JSONDecoder().decode([SampleJson].self, from: data)[0]
            return res.id
        } catch {
            debugPrint("\(error)")
            return nil
        }
    }
}


// for decoding the url payload
struct SampleJson: Codable{
    let login: String
    let id: Int
}

If you are getting ios15 error, just select ios15 target as seen below

Result

with this very simple demo, when you click “fetch id”, the url is fetched and id is displayed as in the picture