How to decode a nested JSON struct with Swift Decodable protocol?

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Another approach is to create an intermediate model that closely matches the JSON (with the help of a tool like quicktype.io), let Swift generate the methods to decode it, and then pick off the pieces that you want in your final data model:

// snake_case to match the JSON and hence no need to write CodingKey enums
fileprivate struct RawServerResponse: Decodable {
    struct User: Decodable {
        var user_name: String
        var real_info: UserRealInfo
    }

    struct UserRealInfo: Decodable {
        var full_name: String
    }

    struct Review: Decodable {
        var count: Int
    }

    var id: Int
    var user: User
    var reviews_count: [Review]
}

struct ServerResponse: Decodable {
    var id: String
    var username: String
    var fullName: String
    var reviewCount: Int

    init(from decoder: Decoder) throws {
        let rawResponse = try RawServerResponse(from: decoder)
        
        // Now you can pick items that are important to your data model,
        // conveniently decoded into a Swift structure
        id = String(rawResponse.id)
        username = rawResponse.user.user_name
        fullName = rawResponse.user.real_info.full_name
        reviewCount = rawResponse.reviews_count.first!.count
    }
}

This also allows you to easily iterate through reviews_count, should it contain more than 1 value in the future.

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