Question

I am using RESTKIT to map the JSON returned from server.

The JSON result obtained from server is as follows

{"term":"Zh","results":{"users":[{"id":{"$oid":"4ebe59970a614e0019000055"},"term":"some text","score":1}]}

How can I convert the above JSON result to the below:

{"results":{"users":[{"uid":"4ebe59970a614e0019000055","text":"some text"}]}

Also, where can I do this so that the RESTKIT mapping will use the converted JSON instead of the initial one?

Below is the loader class that I am using to manage the JSON and mappings

-(void)getObjects
{
    RKObjectManager *sharedManager = [RKObjectManager sharedManager];
    [sharedManager loadObjectsAtResourcePath:self.resourcePath delegate:self];
}

- (void)request:(RKRequest*)request didLoadResponse:(RKResponse*)response {
    NSLog(@"Loaded PAYLOAD successfully for %@, with response %@", self.resourcePath , [response bodyAsString]  );
}


- (void)objectLoader:(RKObjectLoader*)objectLoader didLoadObjects:(NSArray*)objects 
{
}


+ (void)setManagerAndMappings
{
    RKObjectManager* manager = [RKObjectManager objectManagerWithBaseURL:SERVER_URL];
    RKObjectMappingProvider* provider = [[RKObjectMappingProvider new] autorelease];

    //User Object Mapping
    RKObjectMapping* userMapping = [RKObjectMapping mappingForClass:[User class]];
    [userMapping mapKeyPath:@"_id" toAttribute:@"uid"];

    [userMapping mapAttributes:@"avatar_url",@"created_at",@"email",@"name",@"nickname",@"follower_count",@"following_count",@"answer_count",@"new_notification_count",@"new_questions_count",@"is_following",@"facebook_configured",@"twitter_configured",@"description",@"approved",@"type", nil];
    [provider setMapping:userMapping forKeyPath:@"user"];

}

Answer 1

For me the only solution is to modify the returned object at the server level.
If you can’t,just map that returns the server.