Write JSON Response to .plist File

Question

Frustration on the Top !!!

I am getting some JSON Response from the Service and I want to store it in the .plist file

Answer 1

I build my file urls this way:

NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSCachesDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *path = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
NSString *filename = @"FinalResult.plist";
NSString *pathFilename = [path stringByAppendingPathComponent:filename];

Then see if this writes:

BOOL success = [dictResult writeToFile:pathFilename atomically:YES];
NSLog(@"success? %d", success);

Edit - Funny, I just recently confronted this problem and then forgot all about it. Some JSON parsers will use [NSNull null] as placeholders for nil values. I wrote this (seriously, just about two weeks ago and then spaced on it) to clean up the parse result...

- (NSDictionary *)compact:(NSDictionary *)aDictionary {

    NSDictionary *answer = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];

    for (NSString *key in [aDictionary allKeys]) {
        id value = [self.dictionary valueForKey:key];
        if (value && value != [NSNull null]) {
            [answer setValue:value forKey:key];
        }
    }
    return [NSDictionary dictionaryWithDictionary:answer];
}

This could be made into a NSDictionary category addition if you wanted.