Sharing Models Between iOS app and Vapor

[clever ore]

Is there a tutorial available that would illustrate how to share models between an iOS app and Vapor? I tried a while ago writing a Swift package but found it to be difficult to manage with docker (SSH keys access/setup.) Admittedly, I don’t know if my approach was the right one.

I’d love to revisit this now that I have some available time. If you’re on the same boat, how do you manage it?

[slender trout]

There's this article that should be helpful : https://www.kodeco.com/20029037-sharing-swift-code-between-ios-and-server-applications

[clever ore]

Thanks @slender trout !

[loud jewel]

@slender trout now has 12 !

[tidal marsh]

You can share your DTOs (not Fluent models), which you can abstract into a separate package or something. But depending on what you're building, might be easier to just copy paste them. You can check out my repo for some examples of DTOs https://github.com/petrpavlik/vapor-saas-backend-template

[clever ore]

I wrote a script to perform one-way copies of the DTOs from Vapor to the client. Works well, though one has to remember to always update the DTOs in Vapor first. Thanks @tidal marsh.