JSON with Swift

json.swift

func getJSON(urlToRequest: String) -> NSData{
    return NSData(contentsOfURL: NSURL(string: urlToRequest))
}

func parseJSON(inputData: NSData) -> NSDictionary{
    var error: NSError?
    var boardsDictionary: NSDictionary = NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(inputData, options: NSJSONReadingOptions.MutableContainers, error: &error) as NSDictionary
    
    return boardsDictionary
}

var request = "http://date.jsontest.com"
var x = getJSON(request)
var y = parseJSON(x)
println(y)

from http://stackoverflow.com/a/24094777/2318064