class JSONParserClass { func parseResponse(data: NSData?, response: NSURLResponse?,error: NSError?,completionHandler: (parsedData: [Repository],error: NSError?) -> ()) throws { guard let data = data else { throw JSONError.NoData } guard let json = try NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(data, options:.AllowFragments) as? [[String: AnyObject]] else { throw JSONError.ConversionFailed } var jsonRepos:[Repository] = Array() for a in json { let temp:Repository = Repository(id: (a["id"] as? Int)!,name: (a["name"] as? String), size: (a["size"] as? Int)!, watchers: (a["watchers"] as? Int), created_at: (a["created_at"] as? String)!, descr: (a["description"] as? String)!) jsonRepos.append(temp) } completionHandler(parsedData: jsonRepos, error: nil) } } func jsonParser() { let queue = NSOperationQueue() let o = JSONParserClass() let blockOperation:NSBlockOperation = NSBlockOperation( block: { let urlPath = "https://api.github.com/users/\(self.githubName)/repos" guard let endpoint = NSURL(string: urlPath) else { let alert = UIAlertController(title: "Error occured when trying to connect to a ressource.", message: "Error creating endpoint", preferredStyle: UIAlertControllerStyle.Alert) let okAction = UIAlertAction(title: "OK", style: UIAlertActionStyle.Default) { UIAlertAction in self.navigationController?.popToRootViewControllerAnimated(true) } alert.addAction(okAction) self.presentViewController(alert, animated: true, completion: nil); return } let request = NSMutableURLRequest(URL:endpoint) NSURLSession.sharedSession().dataTaskWithRequest(request) { (data, response, error) in do { try o.parseResponse(data, response: response, error: error, completionHandler: { (parsedData, error) in self.allRepos.removeAll() for p in parsedData { self.allRepos.append(p) } self.tableRefresh(self.allRepos) }) } catch let error as JSONError { let alert = UIAlertController(title: "Error Github Name Request", message: "\(error.rawValue)", preferredStyle: UIAlertControllerStyle.Alert) let okAction = UIAlertAction(title: "OK", style: UIAlertActionStyle.Default) { UIAlertAction in self.navigationController?.popToRootViewControllerAnimated(true) } alert.addAction(okAction) self.presentViewController(alert, animated: true, completion: nil); } catch let error as NSError { let alert = UIAlertController(title: "Error occurred", message: "\(error.description)", preferredStyle: UIAlertControllerStyle.Alert) let okAction = UIAlertAction(title: "OK", style: UIAlertActionStyle.Default) { UIAlertAction in self.navigationController?.popToRootViewControllerAnimated(true) } alert.addAction(okAction) self.presentViewController(alert, animated: true, completion: nil); } }.resume() }) queue.addOperation(blockOperation) }