A snippet that makes working with JSON in Swift a little less painful using JS-like syntax.

json.swift

/**
 
 Handles JSON in an OO/JavaScript-y fashion
 
 # Example usage
 `let json: JSON = JSON(url: "https://me.com/me.json")`
 `print(JSON.parse(json.load()))`

 */
public struct JSON {
    var url: String
    /**
     Pulls JSON from the URL provided in the object instantiation
     
     - returns: A `Data` object containing the JSON data if load is successful; `nil` if not
     */
    func load() -> Data? {
        let urlT: URL = URL(string: url)!
        do {
            let data = try Data(contentsOf: urlT)
            return data
        } catch {
            print("Error: " + error.localizedDescription)
            return nil
        }
    }

    /**
     Static method for parsing a JSON Data object into an NSDictionary
     
     - parameter data: A Data object in JSON format (see [JSON formatting docs](http://www.json.org))
     - returns: An NSDictionary that can be used to extract data using object:forKey
     */
    static func parse(_ data: Data?) -> NSDictionary {
        if let inputData: Data = data {
            do {
                if let JSON: NSDictionary = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: inputData, options: JSONSerialization.ReadingOptions.mutableContainers) as? NSDictionary {
                    return JSON
                }
            } catch {
                print("Parse failed: \((error as NSError).localizedDescription)")
            }
        } else {
            print("Cannot parse invalid data")
        }
        return NSDictionary()
    }
}