JSON

JSON

SYCRONOUS

var currencyList = Dictionary<String, String>()

currencyList = ["EUR":"European Euro" ,
    "GPB":"British Pounds",
    "USD":"US Dollar",
    "JPY":"Japanese Yen",
    "RMB":"Chinese Renminbi",
    "HKD":"Hong Kong Dollar",
    "CAD":"Canadian Dollar",
    "MXN":"Mexican Peso",
    "CHF":"Swiss Franc",
    "IND":"Indian Rupee"
]


    let query="JPY_HKD"
    let baseURL = NSURL(string: "http://www.freecurrencyconverterapi.com/api/v2/")
    let forecastURL = NSURL(string: "convert?q="+query, relativeToURL: baseURL)
    
    
    //use a session object to manage.//like the sun
    let sharedSession = NSURLSession.sharedSession()
var error: NSError?
let url: NSURL = NSURL.URLWithString("http://sophisticatedignorance.net/api/get_recent_summary/")

let data = NSData.dataWithContentsOfURL(url, options:.DataReadingMappedIfSafe , error: nil)
/* get your json data */

let jsonDict = NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(data, options: nil, error: &error) as NSDictionary

println(jsonDict)