Helper methods that wrap the swift Codable protocol

Codable Helpers

extension Decodable {
    // Converts a dictionary to the desired type
    static func decode(dictionary: [String: Any]) throws -> Self {
        let data = try JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: dictionary, options: [])
        return (try JSONDecoder().decode(Self.self, from: data))
    }
}

extension Encodable {
    // Turns your object into Data
    func encode() throws -> Data {
        return try JSONEncoder().encode(self)
    }
}