I know that Alamofire (iOS) allows the specification of a download destination, but the file stays in the temp directory until the download is complete. We want to be able to have the file sit in the Documents Directory during this process (and have the download remain there once it's complete).
Does anyone know if this is possible?
Thanks
I wasn't able to accomplish this with download tasks. Alamofire essentially wraps URLSession, and Alamofire.download wraps URLSessionDownloadTask, and I'd already tried using this outside of Alamofire. The file isn't placed in your download destination until it's complete.
To accomplish this for now, I've had to use a URLSessionDataTask, and write the data chunk by chunk to a file using am OutputStream/NSOutputStream that is opened and closed repeatedly, so that it gets flushed, and can be read before it is complete. That's what I was trying to accomplish, and it appears to work, and work more than fast enough.
Yes, specify the download location URL
let destination: DownloadRequest.DownloadFileDestination = { _, _ in
let documentsURL = FileManager.default.urls(for: .documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask)[0]
let fileURL = documentsURL.appendPathComponent("pig.png")
return (fileURL, [.removePreviousFile, .createIntermediateDirectories])
}
Alamofire.download(urlString, to: destination).response { response in
print(response)
if response.result.isSuccess, let imagePath = response.destinationURL?.path {
let image = UIImage(contentsOfFile: imagePath)
}
}
Change the document directory Path as you require.
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I'm using the Alamofire API to download content in my iOS project. It works great but I only want to download audio content and store it to my file directory as an mp3. Mp3 files download fine, but some audio content exists that I want to download and have no path extension. Audi content with no extension gets downloaded and can still be played from my AVAudioPlayer(), but I need to convert these files into mp3 as well.
Is there a way to convert these audio files with no extension to mp3? I tried simply adding the ".mp3" path extension, but I don't think it's that simple. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
// Download Destination
let dest: DownloadRequest.DownloadFileDestination = { _, _ in
let documentsURL:NSURL = FileManager.default.urls(for: .documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask).first! as NSURL
print("***documentURL: ",documentsURL)
let fileURL = documentsURL.appendingPathComponent(url.lastPathComponent)
print("***fileURL: ",fileURL ?? "")
return (fileURL!,[.removePreviousFile, .createIntermediateDirectories])
}
// Download Operation
Alamofire.download(url, to: dest)
.downloadProgress(closure: {(progress) in
print("Progress: \(progress.fractionCompleted)")
self.appDelegate.downloadProgressQueue[url] = Float(progress.fractionCompleted)
}).validate(contentType: ["audio/mpeg"])
.response(completionHandler: {(complete) in
if complete.error == nil, let filePath = complete.destinationURL?.path {
// Download Completed
}
else {
// Download Unsuccessful
}
})
adding the ".mp3" path extension
won't change file format.
You should convert your audio file. BUT you can't create .mp3 file on iOS Device.
hope you are doing good in development. I have a question regarding Zipping currently i am using Zip framework which I am using for zip the all captured image in device but the problem here is I do not want to save the Zip file in document directory instead I wanna save this memory itself. I am struggling since last week please let me know how can we achieve the zipping without saving it in local directory filepath
Also when I captured the image successfully I saved it to local directory using
let documentsDirectory = FileManager.default.urls(for:
.documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask).first!
let fileName = "image.jpg"
let fileURL = documentsDirectory.appendingPathComponent(fileName)
if let data = UIImageJPEGRepresentation(image, 1.0),
!FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: fileURL.path) {
do {
// writes the image data to disk
try data.write(to: fileURL)
print("file saved")
} catch {
print("error saving file:", error)
}
}
After when I am trying to send the image before our server I want to make it all one file so I have implemented the Zip (framework)
Here filpathArray meant all captured image in local path
do {
var urls = [URL]()
for i in 0..<(self.filePathArray.count)
{
urls.append(self.filePathArray[i] as! URL)
}
if self.filePathArray.count > 0 {
let zipFiles = try Zip.quickZipFiles(urls, fileName: "AllFiles")
}
}
Here zipping is done successfully but it saved in local path so when using app container I can able to see the images, I do not want to see the images in device like apple sandbox or Xcode container itself
I want to make zipping on the flow like without saving it document directory, Thanks in advance.
I'm trying to download a youtube video on the phone so the user can later play it offline. I hooked a button to where the user can download. The code of how I'm currently downloading the video is here below.
#objc func downloadSelectedVideo() {
if let audioUrl = URL(string: "http://freetone.org/ring/stan/iPhone_5-Alarm.mp3") {
// create your document folder url
let documentsUrl = try! FileManager.default.url(for: .documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask, appropriateFor: nil, create: true)
// your destination file url
let destination = documentsUrl.appendingPathComponent(audioUrl.lastPathComponent)
print(destination)
// check if it exists before downloading it
if FileManager().fileExists(atPath: destination.path) {
print("The file already exists at path")
} else {
// if the file doesn't exist
// just download the data from your url
URLSession.shared.downloadTask(with: audioUrl, completionHandler: { (location, response, error) in
// after downloading your data you need to save it to your destination url
guard
let httpURLResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse, httpURLResponse.statusCode == 200,
let mimeType = response?.mimeType, mimeType.hasPrefix("audio"),
let location = location, error == nil
else { return }
do {
try FileManager.default.moveItem(at: location, to: destination)
print("file saved")
} catch {
print(error)
}
}).resume()
}
}
}
as you can see I have hooked up the URL to a free music which is in mp3 and it works fine I can download the music and everything works just fine, however when I try to hook up a YouTube video then it never gets to the print statement file saved I tried this as the URL if let audioUrl = URL(string: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WSgJCYIewM")
but the print statement file saved never ran, but when I tried with the other I mentioned earlier it print file saved.
What URL should use to download the youtube videos, and do I have to use an mp3 or mp4 source to download the videos. I'm trying not to use any third-party sites if you can come up with any solution it would be great and helpful. Thanks
YouTube spells this out pretty specifically that you cannot do this.
YouTube API Services - Developer Policies
Found this under E. Handling YouTube Data and Content
You and your API Clients must not, and must not encourage, enable, or
require others to:
download, import, backup, cache, or store copies of YouTube
audiovisual content without YouTube's prior written approval,
IANAL, but I'd rather not go up against their legal team.
YouTube does not provide a simple URL that taps into the video or audio directly. Instead, you would have to extract thier link using some algorithm. If you'd like to achieve that I would recommend you use XCDYouTubeKit as it is well maintained and easy to use. However, If you'd like a ready made app, I have developed an open source application - YouTag - that you can simply install on your iOS device and use directly without having to go through developing one.
How would one programmatically save an image generated from a playground to the resources folder?
I have generated some photos through filters in my playground that I would like to save somehow. The resources folder seems like a good fit. What if I wanted to save the image to the desktop?
I've seen this done with saving images for apps, but I just want to save it to my desktop (or a specified folder in a specified location.)
Create folder first in 'Documents' with name 'Shared Playground Data' otherwise app will give error.
SWIFT 5:
let image = // your UIImage
let filepath = playgroundSharedDataDirectory.appendingPathComponent("export.jpg")
let imagedata = image.jpegData(compressionQuality: 1.0)
try! imagedata?.write(to: URL.init(fileURLWithPath: filepath.path))
print("write to \(filepath)")
In Xcode 11, the folder is not in ~/Documents anymore for iOS playgrounds but buried deep in ~/Library/Developer/. You have to print the path and create the Shared Playground Data folder manually to save a file from a playground:
import PlaygroundSupport
// ...
let url = playgroundSharedDataDirectory.appendingPathComponent("example.png")
print(url)
try! image.pngData()!.write(to: url)
Here's how to save it to the shared data directory:
Create a path to the image:
let path = XCPlaygroundSharedDataDirectoryURL.appendingPathComponent("export.jpg")!
(you may need to create the directory ~/Documents/Shared Playground Data/)
Then to save your output (in this case a CIImage from a filter)
let temp:CGImage = context.createCGImage(output, from: output.extent)!
let image = UIImage(cgImage: temp)
let data = UIImageJPEGRepresentation(image, 1.0)
try! data?.write(to: path)
While the first answer helped point me in the right direction, the lack of ability to validate the required playgroundSharedDataDirectory path exists, the requirement to create that directory in order for the path to work, as well as force unwrapping (using !) the try can lead to frustration as well as drag out the process.
Here is a safer, more convenient solution that checks the name you provide for extra safety:
func writeImage(_ image: UIImage, name: String) {
if name.isEmpty || name.count < 3 {
print("Name cannot be empty or less than 3 characters.")
return
}
guard let documentsDirectory = FileManager.default.urls(for: .documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask).first else {
print("No documents directory found.")
return
}
let imagePath = documentsDirectory.appendingPathComponent("\(name).png")
let imagedata = image.jpegData(compressionQuality: 1.0)
do {
try imagedata?.write(to: imagePath)
print("Image successfully written to path:\n\n \(documentsDirectory) \n\n")
} catch {
print("Error writing image: \(error)")
}
}
Call using:
writeImage(image, name: "MyNewImage")
A break down of what is happening:
The method writeImage checks to see if the documents directory exists.
If the documents directory does not exist (unlikely), stop process.
If the documents directory exists, carry on and write the image to the path.
I am caching CKRecord on client and fileUrl of CKAsset too. Can fileUrl change from time to time? Asset / data itself is not changing.
The fileURL of an asset will not change, but if this is an asset you downloaded from the server the data is only guaranteed to exist at that location until the completion block of the operation is called. After that point the asset's backing file may be cleaned up at any time to free up disk space.
After downloading an asset from the server you should move or copy the backing file to another location in your application's container if you'd like to keep it.
The archived URL is a full path, but since iOS 8 or so the container URL that your app uses to store its files changes everytime the app starts.
So the archived URL is wrong.
This seems like a bug in the way CKAssets are archived to me, they should be archiving and unarchiving the partial path relative to the app's container. Not the full path.
I guess I'll file a radar.
Edit: here's a solution:
extension CKAsset {
var url: URL? {
let path = fileURL.path
if FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: path) {
return fileURL
} else if let index = path.range(of: "/Library/Caches/") {
// archived CKAssets store full-path URLs but since iOS 8 or so
// the path of our container (home-dir) changes every time we are
// started. So the full path is useless. Try to mangle it.
let suffix = String(path.suffix(from: index.upperBound))
let adjustedUrl = URL.caches/suffix
if FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: adjustedUrl.path) {
return adjustedUrl
}
}
return nil
}
}
public extension URL {
static var caches: URL {
return FileManager.default.urls(for: .cachesDirectory, in: .userDomainMask).first ?? URL(fileURLWithPath: "")
}
}