Basic explainer resource for beginners

URLSession+Codable.swift

import Foundation
import PlaygroundSupport

// Model

struct Character: Decodable {
    let name: String
}

// NW

let url = URL(string: "https://swapi.co/api/people/1/")!

URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: url) { data, res, error in
    guard
        let data = data,
        let string = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8),
        let character = try? JSONDecoder().decode(Character.self, from: data)
    else {
        let errorMessage = error?.localizedDescription ?? "Unknown error"
        print(errorMessage)
        return
    }

    print(res)
//    print(string)
//    print(character)
}.resume()

// Boring setting for Playgrounds

PlaygroundPage.current.needsIndefiniteExecution = true