Anyway to remove the word 'Optional' from a website obtained from Google API?

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Created Apr ’21

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I'm trying to gather information from a place using Google API and the printed out value is: Optional("Website URL"). Is there anyway to remove the word optional and just use the URL of the place?

Code Block @IBAction func Info(_ sender: Any)
  {
    var website = "https://www.google.com/" 
//setting default website 
     
    let googlePlaceURLAPI = URLComponents(string: "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/details/json?place_id=\(placeArray[number])&fields=name,rating,formatted_phone_number,website&key=API_KEY")!
    
     
    print(googlePlaceURLAPI.url!)
     
     
    let placeID = placeArray[number]
  //An array that holds the placeIDs obtained from different place API to access this API 
    // Specify the place data types to return.
    let fields: GMSPlaceField = GMSPlaceField(rawValue: UInt(GMSPlaceField.website.rawValue))
    let placesClient = GMSPlacesClient()
     
    placesClient.fetchPlace(fromPlaceID: placeID, placeFields: fields, sessionToken: nil, callback: {
     (place: GMSPlace?, error: Error?) in
     if let error = error {
      print("An error occurred: \(error.localizedDescription)")
      return
     }
     if let place = place {
      print("The selected place is: \(String(describing: place.website ))")
 
      }
    })
     
         
    let vc = SFSafariViewController(url: URL(string: website)!)
    present(vc, animated: true)
     
     
     
  }

Answered by OOPer in 670795022

the printed out value is: Optional("Website URL").

Assuming you get this output from print("The selected place is: \(String(describing: place.website ))"),
you may need to unwrap Optional in a safe manner:

Code Block         if let place = place, let website = place.website {
            print("The selected place is: \(website)")
        }

This is not a critical issue, but you should better use error instead of error.localizedDescription to print debugging info.

Code Block         if let error = error {
            print("An error occurred: \(error)")
            return
        }

print("....\(error)") will give you more info than error.localizedDescription.

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Answer 1

Claude31 OP

Apr ’21

Is it print line 9 ?

How are placeArray and number defined ?

I do not see where you can get "Website URL"

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Answer 2

OOPer OP

Apr ’21

Accepted Answer

the printed out value is: Optional("Website URL").

Assuming you get this output from print("The selected place is: \(String(describing: place.website ))"),
you may need to unwrap Optional in a safe manner:

Code Block         if let place = place, let website = place.website {
            print("The selected place is: \(website)")
        }

This is not a critical issue, but you should better use error instead of error.localizedDescription to print debugging info.

Code Block         if let error = error {
            print("An error occurred: \(error)")
            return
        }

print("....\(error)") will give you more info than error.localizedDescription.

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