Loading/Downloading image from URL on Swift

Question

I\'d like to load an image from a URL in my application, so I first tried with Objective-C and it worked, however, with Swift, I\'ve a compilation error:

Answer 1

swift 5

extension UIImageView {
    func load(url: URL) {
        DispatchQueue.global().async { [weak self] in
            if let data = try? Data(contentsOf: url) {
                if let image = UIImage(data: data) {
                    DispatchQueue.main.async {
                        self?.image = image
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

for using

override func awakeFromNib() {
    super.awakeFromNib()
    imgView.load(url: "<imageURLHere>")
}

Answer 2

Image loading from server :-

func downloadImage(from url: URL , success:@escaping((_ image:UIImage)->()),failure:@escaping ((_ msg:String)->())){
    print("Download Started")
    getData(from: url) { data, response, error in
        guard let data = data, error == nil else {
            failure("Image cant download from G+ or fb server")
            return
        }

        print(response?.suggestedFilename ?? url.lastPathComponent)
        print("Download Finished")
        DispatchQueue.main.async() {
             if let _img = UIImage(data: data){
                  success(_img)
            }
        }
    }
}
func getData(from url: URL, completion: @escaping (Data?, URLResponse?, Error?) -> ()) {
    URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: url, completionHandler: completion).resume()
}

Usage :-

  if let url = URL(string: "http://www.apple.com/euro/ios/ios8/a/generic/images/og.png") {
                        self.downloadImage(from:url , success: { (image) in
                            print(image)

                        }, failure: { (failureReason) in
                            print(failureReason)
                        })
                    }

Answer 3

Swift 4

This method will download an image from a website asynchronously and cache it:

    func getImageFromWeb(_ urlString: String, closure: @escaping (UIImage?) -> ()) {
        guard let url = URL(string: urlString) else {
return closure(nil)
        }
        let task = URLSession(configuration: .default).dataTask(with: url) { (data, response, error) in
            guard error == nil else {
                print("error: \(String(describing: error))")
                return closure(nil)
            }
            guard response != nil else {
                print("no response")
                return closure(nil)
            }
            guard data != nil else {
                print("no data")
                return closure(nil)
            }
            DispatchQueue.main.async {
                closure(UIImage(data: data!))
            }
        }; task.resume()
    }

In use:

    getImageFromWeb("http://www.apple.com/euro/ios/ios8/a/generic/images/og.png") { (image) in
        if let image = image {
            let imageView = UIImageView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 200, height: 200))
            imageView.image = image
            self.view.addSubview(imageView)
        } // if you use an Else statement, it will be in background
    }

Answer 4

Xcode 8 • Swift 3

Leo Dabus's answer is awesome! I just wanted to provide an all-in-one function solution:

let url = URL(string: 
    "http://www.apple.com/euro/ios/ios8/a/generic/images/og.png")

let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: url!) { data, response, error in
    guard let data = data, error == nil else { return }

    DispatchQueue.main.async() {    // execute on main thread
        self.imageView.image = UIImage(data: data)
    }
}

task.resume()

Answer 5

You can use pod SDWebImage to achieve the same. Its easy to use. Yo can get documentaion here SDWebImage

Here is the sample code

self.yourImage.sd_setImage(with: NSURL(string: StrUrl as String ) as URL!, placeholderImage: placeholderImage, options: SDWebImageOptions(rawValue: 0), completed: { (image, error, cacheType, imageURL) in
                if( error != nil)
                {
                    print("Error while displaying image" , (error?.localizedDescription)! as String)
                }
            })

Answer 6

class func downloadImageFromUrl(with urlStr: String, andCompletionHandler:@escaping (_ result:Bool) -> Void) {
        guard let url = URL(string: urlStr) else {
            andCompletionHandler(false)
            return
        }
        DispatchQueue.global(qos: .background).async {
            URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: url, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
                if error == nil {
                    let httpURLResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
                    Utils.print( "status code ID : \(String(describing: httpURLResponse?.statusCode))")
                    if httpURLResponse?.statusCode == 200 {
                        if let data = data {
                            if let image = UIImage(data: data) {
                                ImageCaching.sharedInterface().setImage(image, withID: url.absoluteString as NSString)
                                DispatchQueue.main.async {
                                    andCompletionHandler(true)
                                }
                            }else {
                                andCompletionHandler(false)
                            }
                        }else {
                            andCompletionHandler(false)
                        }
                    }else {
                        andCompletionHandler(false)
                    }
                }else {
                    andCompletionHandler(false)
                }
            }).resume()
        }
    }

I have created a simple class function in my Utils.swift class for calling that method you can simply accesss by classname.methodname and your images are saved in NSCache using ImageCaching.swift class

Utils.downloadImageFromUrl(with: URL, andCompletionHandler: { (isDownloaded) in
                            if isDownloaded {
                                if  let image = ImageCaching.sharedInterface().getImage(URL as NSString) {
                                    self.btnTeam.setBackgroundImage(image, for: .normal)
                                }
                            }else {
                                DispatchQueue.main.async {
                                    self.btnTeam.setBackgroundImage(#imageLiteral(resourceName: "com"), for: .normal)
                                }
                            }
                        })

Happy Codding. Cheers:)