Beginning Networking with URLSession

Sep 13 2022 · Swift 5.6, iOS 15, Xcode 13.4.1

Part 1: Introduction to URLSession & Concurrency

06. Get Data from a Session

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Welcome back! The URLSession API has many moving part, centered on the URLSession class itself.

import SwiftUI
let configuration = URLSessionConfiguration.default
let session = URLSession(configuration: configuration)
guard let url = URL(string: "https://itunes.apple.com/search?media=music&entity=song&term=starlight") else {
  fatalError("Could not create the URL.")
}
let (data, response) = try await session.data(from: url)
Task {
  let (data, response) = try await session.data(from: url)
}
guard let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse,
      (200..<300).contains(httpResponse.statusCode)
else {
  return
}
guard let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse,
      (200..<300).contains(httpResponse.statusCode),
      let dataString = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)
else {
  return
}
print(dataString)