How to make HTTP Post request with JSON body in Swift

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Try this,

// prepare json data
let json: [String: Any] = ["title": "ABC",
                           "dict": ["1":"First", "2":"Second"]]

let jsonData = try? JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: json)

// create post request
let url = URL(string: "http://httpbin.org/post")!
var request = URLRequest(url: url)
request.httpMethod = "POST"

// insert json data to the request
request.httpBody = jsonData

let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in
    guard let data = data, error == nil else {
        print(error?.localizedDescription ?? "No data")
        return
    }
    let responseJSON = try? JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data, options: [])
    if let responseJSON = responseJSON as? [String: Any] {
        print(responseJSON)
    }
}

task.resume()

or try a convenient way Alamofire

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