A Swift JSON parsing framework for creating simple, reliable, and composable parsers with full payload validation.
Elevate is a JSON parsing framework for Swift that enables developers to parse JSON data into strongly typed model objects with full validation. It solves the problem of error-prone manual JSON parsing by providing a declarative schema system that ensures data integrity and type safety. The framework supports complex object graphs, optional values, and custom decoders for flexible data transformation.
iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS developers building Swift applications that consume JSON APIs and need reliable, type-safe parsing with validation.
Developers choose Elevate for its robust validation, composable design, and error aggregation, which reduce bugs and simplify parsing logic compared to manual JSON handling or less structured libraries.
Elevate is a JSON parsing framework that leverages Swift to make parsing simple, reliable and composable.
Open-Awesome is built by the community, for the community. Submit a project, suggest an awesome list, or help improve the catalog on GitHub.
Elevate validates the entire JSON structure against a defined schema before parsing, ensuring data integrity and preventing runtime errors from malformed data, as highlighted in its key features.
It collects all validation errors across the entire object graph, making debugging easier by reporting multiple issues at once, which is a core feature mentioned in the README.
Allows property value transformers for dates or custom types, such as the DateDecoder example provided, enabling flexible data handling beyond primitive types.
Uses protocols and schemas to build reusable parsing logic, facilitating modular parsing of complex object graphs, as demonstrated in the Decodable implementation examples.
The README explicitly states Elevate should no longer be used for new development, recommending Apple's Codable instead, limiting its future viability and support.
Requires manual implementation of Decodable/Encodable protocols with custom schemas and operators, adding boilerplate compared to Codable's auto-synthesis, which can slow down development.
Relies on non-standard operators like `<-!` and `<-?` for property extraction, which can be confusing and less intuitive than native Swift syntax, increasing the learning curve.