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

My answer is not correct, it's really only the in the playgound indefinitite page execution. The session type does not matter.

Run into the same issue recently and found a solution.

The error is caused by using URLSession.shared() which apparently is not allowed in a playground sandbox.

Create and use your own ephemeral URL session instead:

let session = URLSession(configuration: URLSessionConfiguration.ephemeral)