Example downloader class without Alamofire:
class Downloader {
class func load(URL: NSURL) {
let sessionConfig = NSURLSessionConfiguration.defaultSessionConfiguration()
let session = NSURLSession(configuration: sessionConfig, delegate: nil, delegateQueue: nil)
let request = NSMutableURLRequest(URL: URL)
request.HTTPMethod = "GET"
let task = session.dataTaskWithRequest(request, completionHandler: { (data: NSData!, response: NSURLResponse!, error: NSError!) -> Void in
if (error == nil) {
// Success
let statusCode = (response as NSHTTPURLResponse).statusCode
println("Success: \(statusCode)")
// This is your file-variable:
// data
}
else {
// Failure
println("Failure: %@", error.localizedDescription);
}
})
task.resume()
}
}
This is how to use it in your own code:
class Foo {
func bar() {
if var URL = NSURL(string: "http://www.mywebsite.com/myfile.pdf") {
Downloader.load(URL)
}
}
}
Swift 3 Version
Also note to download large files on disk instead instead in memory. see `downloadTask:
class Downloader {
class func load(url: URL, to localUrl: URL, completion: @escaping () -> ()) {
let sessionConfig = URLSessionConfiguration.default
let session = URLSession(configuration: sessionConfig)
let request = try! URLRequest(url: url, method: .get)
let task = session.downloadTask(with: request) { (tempLocalUrl, response, error) in
if let tempLocalUrl = tempLocalUrl, error == nil {
// Success
if let statusCode = (response as? HTTPURLResponse)?.statusCode {
print("Success: \(statusCode)")
}
do {
try FileManager.default.copyItem(at: tempLocalUrl, to: localUrl)
completion()
} catch (let writeError) {
print("error writing file \(localUrl) : \(writeError)")
}
} else {
print("Failure: %@", error?.localizedDescription);
}
}
task.resume()
}
}