Cast from 'String?' to unrelated type '[String : String]' always fails

Question

I am trying to switch the LogInViewController to the homescreen by using a segue with an identifier after selecting a key from the json response I am getting back from my database. I get no errors however there is a warning that says

"Cast from 'String?' to unrelated type '[String : String]' always fails"

which I believe is the problem.

The log after clicking the login button says this:

"Result: SUCCESS
{"status":true,"message":"Successful Login"}  
{"user":{"userID":3,"email":"becky1","Final-Score":1,"Game-Reminder":1,"Stat-Update":0,"Game-Start":0}}"

My full code:

import UIKit
import Alamofire
import GoogleSignIn
import SwiftyJSON

class LogInViewController: UIViewController,GIDSignInUIDelegate, GIDSignInDelegate {
    @IBOutlet weak var lblTitle: UILabel!
    @IBOutlet weak var btnGoogleSignIn:UIButton!

    //you can get the ip using ifconfig command in terminal
    let URL_USER_LOGIN = "http://cgi.sice.indiana.edu/~team58/login.php"

    let defaultValues = UserDefaults.standard

    @IBOutlet weak var textFieldEmail: UITextField!
    @IBOutlet weak var textFieldPassword: UITextField!


    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        ///Google Sign in////
        btnGoogleSignIn.addTarget(self, action: #selector(signinUserUsingGoogle(_:)), for: .touchUpInside)
        // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.

    }

    @objc func signinUserUsingGoogle(_ sender: UIButton) {
        if btnGoogleSignIn.title(for: .normal) == "Sign Out" {
            GIDSignIn.sharedInstance().signOut()
            lblTitle.text = ""
            btnGoogleSignIn.setTitle("Sign in Google", for: .normal)
        } else {

            GIDSignIn.sharedInstance().delegate = self
            GIDSignIn.sharedInstance().uiDelegate = self
            GIDSignIn.sharedInstance().signIn()



        }

    }

    func sign(_ signIn: GIDSignIn!, didSignInFor user: GIDGoogleUser!, withError error: Error!) {
        if let error = error {
            print("We have error signing in user == \(error.localizedDescription)")
        } else {
            performSegue(withIdentifier: "popOutNoteExpanded", sender: self)
            if let gmailUser = user {
                lblTitle.text = "You are signed in using id \(gmailUser.profile.email)"
                btnGoogleSignIn.setTitle("Sign Out", for: .normal)

                /// end google sign in ///
            }
        }
    }


    @IBAction func LoginButton(_ sender: UIButton) {
        let parameters: Parameters=[
            "email":textFieldEmail.text!,
            "password":textFieldPassword.text!
        ]

        //making a post request
        Alamofire.request(URL_USER_LOGIN, method: .post, parameters: parameters).responseString
            {
                response in

//                print("Request: \(String(describing: response.request))")   // original url request
//                print("Response: \(String(describing: response.response))") // http url response
                print("Result: \(response.result)")
                print(response.result.value!)

//
//                //self.ResponseLabel.text = "Result: \(response.result)"

                if let result = response.result.value as? [String:String] {



                    //if there is no error

//                    if result["SUCCESS"] {

                    if result["message"] == "Succesful Login" {



                        //getting the user from response

                        //getting user values - not neccesary
                        if let userEmail = result["email"] {
                           self.defaultValues.set(userEmail, forKey: "email")
                        }
                        if let userPassword = result["password"] {
                          self.defaultValues.set(userPassword, forKey: "password")
                        }
                        self.performSegue(withIdentifier: "popOutNoteExpanded", sender: self)




//
                        } else  {
                        //error message in case of invalid credential
                      // original url request
//                        print("Response: \(String(describing: response.response))") // http url response

                        print("invalid credentials")

                    }



}
}
}



}

Don't create new accounts to repost about the same issue. Just edit the original question. — jscs
– jscs, Commented Mar 7, 2019 at 20:50
I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because duplicate : stackoverflow.com/questions/55033970/… — Book Of Zeus
– Book Of Zeus, Commented Mar 8, 2019 at 3:06
Since there's a reasonable answer here, @BookOfZeus, and this question is better-written, we should prefer closing in the other direction. (Not to endorse the reposting, though, which was wrong.) — jscs
– jscs, Commented Mar 8, 2019 at 18:12

Vyacheslav · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-07 20:30:26Z

1

The problem is that response.result.value has got optional String type. But you tries to cast is as Dictionary of [String: String] here

 if let result = response.result.value as? [String:String] {

This code checks it safely but the cast obviously fails. To resolve this issue you have to parse the incode string as json object in order to retrieve the data.

Swift 4 uses Codable to do this work. Documentation or use Alamofire API which does the same work: this method responseJSON

edited Mar 7, 2019 at 20:30

answered Mar 7, 2019 at 20:24

Vyacheslav

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Rawand Ahmed Shaswar · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-07 21:06:53Z

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There are plenty of ways to cast an optional string into a dictionary.

You can use the native JSONSerialization

guard let text = response.result.value as? String else { return } 
    if let data = text.data(using: String.Encoding.utf8) {
        do {
            let json = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data, options: .mutableContainers) as? [String:String]
            print(json) // safely use json
        } catch {
            print("Error")
        }
    }

answered Mar 7, 2019 at 21:06

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