NSJSONSerialization doesn't parse this JSON

Question

I'm trying to parse this JSON that looks to me like well written, but NSJSONSerialization doesn't think the same AFAIK since it's returning an NSArray.

This is my code:

NSData* gamesData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:
                        [NSURL URLWithString:@"http://s42sport.com/polarice/json/games.json"]
                        ];

    NSDictionary* json = nil;
    if (gamesData) {
        json = [NSJSONSerialization
                JSONObjectWithData:gamesData
                options:kNilOptions
                error:nil];
        NSLog(@"%d",json.count);
    }

The questions are,

What's wrong with the JSON? Why NSSerialization doesn't return me the NSDictionary?

Edit: Yes, I just learned about the [...] vs {...}. Thank You.

Answer 1

Parse your json by this way.

NSURL * url=[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://s42sport.com/polarice/json/games.json"];

NSData * data=[NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:url];

NSError * error;

NSMutableDictionary * json=[NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:data options:NSJSONReadingMutableLeaves error:&error];

NSLog(@"%@",json);

NSArray * array1=[json valueForKey:@"c"];

NSLog(@"%@",array1);

Try this code. this will surely work for you.

Answer 2

NSDictionnary should be used for Object whereas NSArray is use for JSON array

NSArray* json = nil;
if (gamesData) {
    json = [NSJSONSerialization
            JSONObjectWithData:gamesData
            options:kNilOptions
            error:nil];
    NSLog(@"%d",json.count);
}

Answer 3

The JSON file you listed is an array (it starts and ends with a square bracket) so Objective-C reflects that with an NSArray root object.