HTTP Request in swift not working

Question

I\'m trying to learn about working with APIs in Swift. As a good first test, I figured I\'d hit the itunes API and just return some search results. I\'m in playground using the

Answer 1

For Swift 3/Xcode 8.2.1, combining a couple of the answers (rv1331, Wouter van Zuilen) gave the best results with no errors in Playground. I'm using this Swift 3 REST example:

http://mrgott.com/swift-programing/30-work-with-rest-api-in-swift-3-and-xcode-8-using-urlsession-and-jsonserialization

import PlaygroundSupport
import Foundation

PlaygroundPage.current.needsIndefiniteExecution = true
URLCache.shared = URLCache(memoryCapacity: 0, diskCapacity: 0, diskPath: nil)