I am trying to do a simple JSON string to Object conversion. Here is the code:

```
let u = "somehost.com/api/1/ipa/2"
let url = NSURL(string: u )!

let data = NSData(contentsOfURL: url)!

let parsed: AnyObject? = try NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(data, options: NSJSONReadingOptions.AllowFragments) 

if let json = parsed as? [String: AnyObject]{
    // never enters this if statement.
}

```

But it will not unwrap correctly. Seems to me that this should be much simpler. Could someone please help? Also using "Xcode 7.3 and swift 2.2".

I want to avoid using a third party library.