Correctly Parsing JSON in Swift 3

Question

I\'m trying to fetch a JSON response and store the results in a variable. I\'ve had versions of this code work in previous releases of Swift, until the GM version of Xcode 8

Answer 1

let str = "{\"names\": [\"Bob\", \"Tim\", \"Tina\"]}"

let data = str.data(using: String.Encoding.utf8, allowLossyConversion: false)!

do {
    let json = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data, options: []) as! [String: AnyObject]
    if let names = json["names"] as? [String] 
{
        print(names)
}
} catch let error as NSError {
    print("Failed to load: \(error.localizedDescription)")
}