That's because your JSON is an array. Look:
[ <--- BEGIN ARRAY
{
"id": "8e8tcssu4u2hn7a71tkveahjhn8xghqcfkwf1bzvtrw5nu0b89w",
"name": "Test name 0",
"country": "Test country 0",
"type": "Test type 0",
"situation": "Test situation 0",
"timestamp": "1546848000"
},
{
"id": "z69718a1a5z2y5czkwrhr1u37h7h768v05qr3pf1h4r4yrt5a68",
"name": "Test name 1",
"country": "Test country 1",
"type": "Test type 1",
"situation": "Test situation 1",
"timestamp": "1741351615"
},
{
"id": "fh974sv586nhyysbhg5nak444968h7hgcgh6yw0usbvcz9b0h69",
"name": "Test name 2",
"country": "Test country 2",
"type": "Test type 2",
"situation": "Test situation 2",
"timestamp": "1741351603"
},
{
"id": "347272052385993",
"name": "Test name 3",
"country": "Test country 3",
"type": "Test type 3",
"situation": "Test situation 3",
"timestamp": "1741351557"
}
] <--- END ARRAY
You should use something like this:
struct NewsFeed: Codable {
let id, name, country, type: String
let situation, timestamp: String
}
typealias TheFeed = [NewsFeed]
Or, you could consider how I do this in my own app:
{
"balance": {
"current": 342.15,
"saver": 1813.32
},
"date": "202503",
"data": [
{
"date": "20250313",
"items": [
{
"address": "1 High Street",
"time": "13:52",
"cost": 6.25
}
]
},
{
"date": "20250305",
"items": [
{
"address": "10 The Avenue",
"time": "13:19",
"cost": 6.99
},
{
"address": "25 Main Street",
"time": "07:21",
"cost": 3.75
},
{
"address": "50 The Street",
"time": "07:16",
"cost": 20.8
}
]
}
]
}
That JSON conforms to these structs:
struct Month: Codable {
let balance: Balance
let date: String
let data: [LineItem]
}
struct LineItem: Codable {
let date: String
let items: [Details]
}
struct Details: Codable {
let address: String?
let time: String
let cost: Double
}
struct Balance: Codable {
let current: Double
let saver: Double
}
I decode the data into the Month struct because a Month contains a balance of type Balance, a date String and an array of LineItems.
Each LineItem contains a date String and an array of Details.
Each Details contains an address String optional, a time String, and a cost Double.
I don't have a root array; I have a root Month so I have curly braces.
