# 17.6: Accessing Bitcoind with Swift

> :information_source: **NOTE:** This is a draft in progress, so that I can get some feedback from early reviewers. It is not yet ready for learning.

This section explains how to interact with `bitcoind` using the Swift programming language.

## Setting Up Swift (Mac)

1. Call up the App Store and Select Xcode

Still on Mojave?
[may be safer methodology too]

Download the xip for 10.3.1:
https://developer.apple.com/download/more/

Click on XIP to attract
Move to Apps

## Setting Up Swift (Debian)

```
$ sudo apt-get install clang
$ sudo apt-get install libcurl4 libpython2.7 libpython2.7-dev
```
Debian 10 or higher:
```
$ sudo apt-get install libtinfo5 libncurses5
```
```
$ wget https://swift.org/builds/swift-5.1.3-release/ubuntu1804/swift-5.1.3-RELEASE/swift-5.1.3-RELEASE-ubuntu18.04.tar.gz
$ tar xzfv swift-5.1.3-RELEASE-ubuntu18.04.tar.gz 
$ sudo mv swift-5.1.3-RELEASE-ubuntu18.04 /usr/share/swift
```
```
$ echo "export PATH=/usr/share/swift/usr/bin:$PATH" >> ~/.bashrc
$ source ~/.bashrc
```
```
$ swift --version
Swift version 5.1.3 (swift-5.1.3-RELEASE)
Target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
```

### Creating a Project
```
$ mkdir swift-project
$ cd swift-project/
/swift-project$ swift package init --type executable
Creating executable package: swift-project
Creating Package.swift
Creating README.md
Creating .gitignore
Creating Sources/
Creating Sources/swift-project/main.swift
Creating Tests/
Creating Tests/LinuxMain.swift
Creating Tests/swift-projectTests/
Creating Tests/swift-projectTests/swift_projectTests.swift
Creating Tests/swift-projectTests/XCTestManifests.swift
```
```
$ swift build
[4/4] Linking swift-project
```
```
$ .build/debug/swift-project
Hello, world!
```