get-instagram-data.swift

// sample code in the Swift class I'm teaching, on making network request to Instagram to get photos
var clientId = "Put your client id here"
// if you like to use Swift's Dictionary data type, you can use: `let photos = [Dictionary<String, AnyObject>]()`
let photos = [NSDictionary]()

var url = NSURL(string: "https://api.instagram.com/v1/media/popular?client_id=\(clientId)")!
let session = NSURLSession.sharedSession()

let task = session.dataTaskWithURL(url) { (data: NSData?, response: NSURLResponse?, error: NSError?) -> Void in
  guard error == nil else  {
    print("error loading from URL", error!)
    return
  }
    
  let json = try! NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(data!, options: .AllowFragments) as! NSDictionary
  self.photos = json["data"] as! [NSDictionary]
  print("photos", self.photos)
}

task.resume()