Return value from completion handler – Swift

Add a handler to your loadImage func:

Swift 3

 func loadImage(_ urlString: String, handler:@escaping (_ image:UIImage?)-> Void)
    {

        let imageURL: URL = URL(string: urlString)!

        URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: imageURL) { (data, _, _) in
            if let data = data{
                handler(UIImage(data: data))
            }
        }.resume()
    }

Call func like this:

loadImage("SomeURL") { (image) -> Void in
            if let image = image{
                DispatchQueue.main.async {
                    self.imageView.image = image
                }
            }
        }

Swift 2.3

func loadImage(urlString: String, handler: (image:UIImage?)-> Void)
    {

        let imageURL: NSURL = NSURL(string: urlString)!

        NSURLSession.sharedSession().dataTaskWithURL(imageURL) { (data, _, _) in
            if let data = data{
                handler(image: UIImage(data: data))
            }
            }.resume()
    }

Call func like this:

  loadImage("someURL") { (image) -> Void in
            if let image = image{
                dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue()) {
                    self.imageView.image = image
                }
            }
        }