codable-patterns

What problem does it solve?

This Skill simplifies the process of encoding and decoding Swift data types to and from various external formats like JSON and Property Lists, making data handling robust and efficient.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Automatic Conformance: Easily make your Swift types Codable when their properties are also Codable.
• Custom Key Mapping: Rename JSON keys using CodingKeys to match API conventions.
• Complex Transformations: Handle custom decoding and encoding logic for intricate data structures.
• Nested & Flattened Data: Navigate and process deeply nested JSON objects.
• Date & Data Strategies: Configure how dates and binary data are encoded/decoded.
• Error Handling: Implement lossy decoding for arrays to gracefully handle malformed elements.
• Use Case: Parse complex API responses, save user preferences, and integrate with SwiftData or URLSession seamlessly.

Quick Start

Use the codable-patterns skill to decode a JSON string into a Swift User struct, handling custom key names and ISO8601 date formats.