How do you acquire a JSON file?

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Hi,

I am writing some data apps and am wondering how to get the information.

Just say I want a movie database so I can fill in the fields of movies I own.

I would like the same for music also.

The list goes on…Capital cities…World leaders…Sports results…

Is there a way to get the JSON file for these?

I have written the code (Swift2) to put it into core data just need the data without having to enter it all in.

Thanks, Chris.

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Hi, Chris

here would be a good start
https://www.raywenderlich.com/120442/swift-json-tutorial

Cheers, G

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Getting good data is always a little difficult. A lot of the time it is viewed as valuable and so it is either offered for a price or not offered at all. You can find some good data through public APIs though. RottenTomatoes has an API available to developers but there is an application process.

There is also a huge amount of data available from the Stack Exchange API. What you get depends on the content of the site you are interested in and you may not get a huge firehose feed for every query but it’s worth a look.