struct XHR {

    enum Result<T> {
        case success(T)
        case failure(Error)
    }

    func urlSession<T>(method: String? = nil, file: String, data: Data? = nil, completionHandler: @escaping (Result<T>) -> Void) where T: Codable {

        let file = file.addingPercentEncoding(withAllowedCharacters: CharacterSet.urlQueryAllowed)!

        // Set up the URL request
        guard let url = URL.init(string: file) else {
            print("Error: cannot create URL")
            return
        }

        var urlRequest = URLRequest(url: url)

        if method == "POST" {
            urlRequest.httpMethod = "POST";
            urlRequest.addValue("application/x-www-form-urlencoded", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
            urlRequest.httpBody = data
            print(urlRequest.httpBody)
        }

        // set up the session
        let config = URLSessionConfiguration.default
        let session = URLSession(configuration: config)
        // vs let session = URLSession.shared

        // make the request
        let task = session.dataTask(with: urlRequest, completionHandler: {
            (data, response, error) in

            DispatchQueue.main.async { // Correct

                guard let responseData = data else {
                    print("Error: did not receive data")
                    return
                }

                let decoder = JSONDecoder()
                print(String(data: responseData, encoding: .utf8))
                do {
                    let todo = try decoder.decode(T.self, from: responseData)
                    completionHandler(.success(todo))
                } catch {
                    print("error trying to convert data to JSON")
                    //print(error)
                    completionHandler(.failure(error))
                }
            }
        })
        task.resume()
    }

}

func login(username: String, password: String, completionHandler: @escaping (Login) -> Void) {
    let thing = User(username: username, password: password)
    let dataThing = User.archive(w: thing)

    xhr.urlSession(method: "POST", file: "https://kida.al/login_register/", data: dataThing) { (result: XHR.Result<User>) in
        switch result {
        case .failure(let error):
            completionHandler(.failure(error))
        case .success(let user):
            //let convertedThing = User.unarchive(d: user)
            completionHandler(.success(user))
        }
    }
}

videoViewModel.login(username: "rexhin", password: "bonbon") { (result: VideoViewModel.Login) in
    switch result {
    case .failure(let error):
        print("error")

    case .success(let user):
        print(user)
    }
}