Moya: How do I provide sample data for each endpoint if the sample response is big?

[SaketGupte1mg]

I have large sample response for each endpoint in my app. However, I am afraid that if I directly paste the response inside each switch case my code will start looking ugly. I was wondering what are the other was to do this:

Please find below part of my switch statement with sample response for the smallest case.

 var sampleData: Data {
    switch self {
    case .movieDetails(_):
      return "{\"adult\": false,\"backdrop_path\": \"/wSJPjqp2AZWQ6REaqkMuXsCIs64.jpg\",\"belongs_to_collection\": null,\"budget\": 63000000,\"genres\": [{\"id\": 18,\"name\": \"Drama\"}],\"homepage\": \"http://www.foxmovies.com/movies/fight-club\",\"id\": 550,\"imdb_id\": \"tt0137523\",\"original_language\": \"en\",\"original_title\": \"Fight Club\",\"overview\": \"A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground \"fight clubs\" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.\",\"popularity\": 6.868575,\"poster_path\": \"/adw6Lq9FiC9zjYEpOqfq03ituwp.jpg\",\"production_companies\": [{\"name\": \"Regency Enterprises\",\"id\": 508},{\"name\": \"Fox 2000 Pictures\",\"id\": 711},{\"name\": \"Taurus Film\",\"id\": 20555},{\"name\": \"Linson Films\",\"id\": 54050},{\"name\": \"Atman Entertainment\",\"id\": 54051},{\"name\": \"Knickerbocker Films\",\"id\": 54052}],\"production_countries\": [{\"iso_3166_1\": \"DE\",\"name\": \"Germany\"},{\"iso_3166_1\": \"US\",\"name\": \"United States of America\"}],\"release_date\": \"1999-10-14\",\"revenue\": 100853753,\"runtime\": 139,\"spoken_languages\": [{\"iso_639_1\": \"en\",\"name\": \"English\"}],\"status\": \"Released\",\"tagline\": \"How much can you know about yourself if you've never been in a fight?\",\"title\": \"Fight Club\",\"video\": false,\"vote_average\": 8.1,\"vote_count\": 5863}".data(using: String.Encoding.utf8)!
    case .similarMovies(_):

[scottrhoyt]

I agree it can get ungainly fast. I would recommend loading the data from files instead of including it directly in your TargetType. I'm going to work on including some helper functions in TargetType for this.

[scottrhoyt]

Another option you have right now is to put the sampleData into a separate file.

For instance, create a GitHub+SampleData.swift that contains just this:

extension GitHub {
  var sampleData: Data {
    // put your sample data here
  }
}

That file would still be pretty ugly, but it would clean up the main API code.

[ashfurrow]

Agreed, it can get pretty wild. I store sample response data (JSON mostly) in files and return the contents of those files instead of hard-coding things. Here's an example: https://github.com/artsy/eidolon/blob/bbaa513cc50e6bdfe0aad317ffca1372ecbc8323/Kiosk/App/Networking/ArtsyAPI.swift#L182-L238 Let us know how it goes 👍

[SaketGupte1mg]

Thanks @scottrhoyt @ashfurrow . This is indeed a great idea. @ashfurrow your implementation is really elegant. Planning to implement it in the same way

[BasThomas]

Closing this now then, let us know if you encounter any issues!