Using codable with value that is sometimes an Int and other times a String

by 
struct GeneralProduct: Codable {
    var price: Double?
    var id: String?
    var name: String?
    private enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
        case price = "p", id = "i", name = "n"
    }
    init(price: Double? = nil, id: String? = nil, name: String? = nil) {
        self.price = price
        self.id = id
        self.name = name
    }
    init(from decoder: Decoder) throws {
        let container = try decoder.container(keyedBy: CodingKeys.self)
        price = try container.decode(Double.self, forKey: .price)
        name = try container.decode(String.self, forKey: .name)
        do {
            id = try String(container.decode(Int.self, forKey: .id))
        } catch DecodingError.typeMismatch {
            id = try container.decode(String.self, forKey: .id)
        }
    }
}

let json1 = """
{
"p":2.12,
"i":"3k3mkfnk3",
"n":"Blue Shirt"
}
"""

let json2 = """
{
"p":2.12,
"i":0,
"n":"Blue Shirt"
}
"""

do {
    let product = try JSONDecoder().decode(GeneralProduct.self, from: Data(json2.utf8))
    print(product.price ?? "nil")
    print(product.id ?? "nil")
    print(product.name ?? "nil")
} catch {
    print(error)
}

edit/update:

You can also simply assign nil to your id when your api returns 0:

do {
    let value = try container.decode(Int.self, forKey: .id)
    id = value == 0 ? nil : String(value)
} catch DecodingError.typeMismatch {
    id = try container.decode(String.self, forKey: .id)
}

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