NatParkSwiftKit

Swift library for the US National Park Service application program interface (NPS API). The API provides information about parks / monuments / historical sites throughout the US.

The required API key can be requested for free from NPS Developer website

Installation

Swift Package Manager

If you encounter any problem or have a question on adding package to an Xcode project, I suggest the Adding Package Dependencies to Your App guide article from Apple.

Carthage

Add the following to your Cartfile.

github "MarcoEidinger/npsapi-swift" "master"

Usage

Example to fetch information for a single park

import NatParkSwiftKit

let api = DataService(apiKey: "your-secret-API-key")
let cancellablePipeline = api.fetchParks()
	.replaceError(with: nil)
    .sink { (park) in
		guard let park = park else { return }
		print("Park \(park.parkCode) is a \(park.designation)")
    }

Parks and other entities of the National Park Service Data API can be fetched in bulks. The result type is a tuple containing

1. the data and
2. total count (of items matching your query)

import NatParkSwiftKit

let api = DataService(apiKey: "your-secret-API-key")
let cancellablePipeline = api.fetchParks()
    .sink(receiveCompletion: { _ in
        print("Park request completed (either failed or was successful)")
    }, receiveValue: { (results) in
		let (parks, allParksCount) = results
        parks.forEach {
            print("Park \($0.parkCode) is a \($0.designation)")
        }
    }
)

As a default, the result set is limited to 50 records. Hence, in the previous example, the following is true

// parks.count == 50
// allParksCount >= 497

The limit can be decreased or increased by setting limit in RequestOptions

Below is a more complex search

import NatParkSwiftKit

let api = DataService(apiKey: "your-secret-API-key")
let publisher = api.fetchParks(by: nil, in: [.california], RequestOptions.init(limit: 5, searchQuery: "Yosemite National Park", fields: [.images, .entranceFees, .entrancePasses]))

let subscription = publisher
    .sink(receiveCompletion:
        { (completion) in
            switch completion {
            case .finished:
                print("Finished successfully")
            case .failure(let error):
                print(error)
            }
    }
    ) { (results) in
		let (parks, _) = results
        print(parks.count) // 1
}

Analog to the HTTP API it is possible to use pagination by specifying start in conjunction with limit of RequestOptions. However, I discourage to use it as the NPS server implementation seems to be unreliable

Complete client-side API documentation is available here

Supported Types

• Parks
• Alerts
• NewsReleases
• VisitorCenters
• Places (a.k.a Assets)