Using AnyCodable instead of Any

[cbaker6]

There have been questions around Any in the past. As the compiler error states, Any isn’t Codable. The correct way to type erase a Codable typed is here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/71851227/4639041

[cbaker6]

@Project-Academy if you have questions about ParseSwift, I recommend you ask them here and use this repo instead as I don’t add features to the parse-community repo anymore, more details here: #7

your original question has been answered above.

[proj-sashido]

Thanks! Apologies as I tried but didn’t see anything on SO

[cbaker6]

I recommend looking at playgrounds for examples on how to use Config and the rest of the SDK https://github.com/netreconlab/Parse-Swift/blob/main/ParseSwift.playground/Pages/14%20-%20Config.xcplaygroundpage/Contents.swift

[proj-sashido]

Yep! That’s where my confusion came from 😅
It had info for String and Int, but not for JSON/Dictionary/‘Object'

My project is now using this repo!

Would be interesting to put in examples for AnyCodable into the SDK. As well as mentioning that config.save() will cause an exception unless the master key has been supplied.

[cbaker6]

The example above should help and AnyCodable has a number of examples on their site. I also provide ParseCloud examples with AnyCodable here https://community.parseplatform.org/t/how-to-return-from-parse-cloud-function-in-node-js/2303/11?u=cbaker6

[cbaker6]

Would be interesting to put in examples for AnyCodable into the SDK.

The SDK is built with zero dependencies meaning the Playgrounds has zero dependencies so examples using another framework won’t work there. AnyCodable is simply a type itself used for type erasing, so it works similarly as fundamental types like Int, String, Dictionary, etc. In addition, AnyCodable is just one framework that provides type erasure, there are many out there and it’s impossible to show examples for all.

As well as mentioning that config.save() will cause an exception unless the master key has been supplied.

A note can be added to the API docs, but the Parse Server docs for Config state that the masterKey is needed for updates. I would expect that if a developer is trying to use Config they will be familiar with the server docs: https://docs.parseplatform.org/rest/guide/#config. In most cases the Config shouldn't be updated from a client app and instead only be updated from Cloud Code by using ParseServerSwift or Cloud Code JS.

[proj-sashido]

Edit: I answered my own question!
Just saw this which states:

If developers want to use AnyCodable … they should create them or add AnyCodable manually using SPM

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(Disregard below)

Do I need to add AnyCodable as a dependency to my own project?
I can see it is being used inside the ParseSwift SDK but if I try to use it in my own project, I’m getting "Cannot find type 'AnyCodable' in scope”

When I add the Flight-School/AnyCodable repo as dependency, then it works fine, but I just wanted to make sure that it’s intentional that I can’t access it through ParseSwift SDK

[cbaker6]

This should help answer this parse-community#141