How to convert NSURL to String in Swift

Question

How do you convert an NSURL to a String in Swift?

The following:

var directoryURL: NSURL
var urlString: String = nsurlObject as String

Throws the error:

Cannot convert value of type 'NSURL' to type 'String' in coercion

JBaczuk · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-04 01:09:05Z

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It turns out there are properties of NSURL you can access (see Swift Reference):

var directoryURL: NSURL
var urlString: String = directoryURL.absoluteString
// OR
var urlString: String = directoryURL.relativeString
// OR
var urlString: String = directoryURL.relativePath
// OR
var urlString: String = directoryURL.path
// etc.

edited Nov 4, 2015 at 1:09

answered Nov 3, 2015 at 22:47

JBaczuk

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Leo Dabus Over a year ago

You've missed the one you will probably need most directoryURL.path!

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