saving swifty json array to user defaults

Question

i have a json data which gives the following information:

let data = [
  {
    "QuestionTitle" : "Entomology is the science that studies",
    "Id" : 205,
    "Options" : [
      { "Option" : "Insects", "Id" : 810 },
      { "Option" : "The origin and history of technical and scientific terms", "Id" : 811 },
      { "Option" : "The formation of rocks", "Id" : 812 },
      { "Option" : "Behavior of human beings", "Id" : 809 }
    ]
  },
  {
    "QuestionTitle" : "A train running at the speed of 60 km\/hr crosses a pole in 9 seconds. What is the length of the train?",
    "Id" : 199,
    "Options" : [
      { "Option" : "120 metres", "Id" : 785 },
      { "Option" : "324 metres", "Id" : 787 },
      { "Option" : "180 metres", "Id" : 786 },
      { "Option" : "150 metres", "Id" : 788 }
    ]
  }
]

I am using swiftyjson. I want to save the entire array using nsuserdefaults.

GlobalVar.defaults.set(json, forKey: "questionArray")
GlobalVar.defaults.synchronize()

However, I get an error

"[User Defaults] Attempt to set a non-property-list object".

Please assist i am new to swift. I have also checked other similar questions but seems to not work.

Answer 1

You cannot save SwiftyJSON's custom type JSON to UserDefaults but you can save the raw array because a deserialized JSON collection type is property list compliant.

Just call arrayObject on the JSON object:

GlobalVar.defaults.set(json.arrayObject, forKey: "questionArray")

Answer 2

Swift 3.0

You can save SwiftyJSON custom type data as like below.

guard let rawData = try? json.rawData() else { return }
UserDefaults.standard.setValue(rawData, forKey: "Your_key")

And, To retrieve JSON data from UserDefaults, you can do like this way.

guard let data = UserDefaults.standard.value(forKey: "Your_key") as? Data else { return }

let json = JSON(data)