Getting path of file after picking/capturing in swift gives error domain=nscocoaerrordomain code=260

Question

I'm trying to upload file after picking it from gallery/capturing from camera but it gives error domain=nscocoaerrordomain code=260 for the file path, I'm not sure why I got this error and if it's related to really unfound file path, and if it is so what is the path we got then in

//from gallery

       self.selectedImageURL = "\(info[UIImagePickerController.InfoKey.imageURL]!)"

//from Camera

if let originalImage = info[UIImagePickerController.InfoKey.originalImage] as? UIImage{
            self.profileImage.image = originalImage

            let imgName = UUID().uuidString
            let documentDirectory = NSTemporaryDirectory()
            let localPath = documentDirectory.appending(imgName)

            let data = originalImage.jpegData(compressionQuality: 0.3)! as NSData
                                  data.write(toFile: localPath, atomically: true)
            let photoURL = URL.init(fileURLWithPath: localPath)


            selectedImageURL = "\(photoURL)"

            print("url is \(selectedImageURL)")


        }

Example for the getting URL: file:///private/var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/F0A1163F-B8E4-43CA-BE70-3FF0218FB328/tmp/61E3FCBA-1A45-4A53-8877-A9392DACEFD4.jpeg

code of uploading image:

    let parameters = [
      [
        "key": "avatar",
        "src": urlOfImage,
        "type": "file"
      ],
      [
        "key": "user_id",
        "value": UserDefaults.standard.getUserID(),
        "type": "text"
      ]] as [[String : Any]]

    let boundary = "Boundary-\(UUID().uuidString)"
    var body = ""
    var error: Error? = nil
    for param in parameters {
      if param["disabled"] == nil {
        let paramName = param["key"]!
        body += "--\(boundary)\r\n"
        body += "Content-Disposition:form-data; name=\"\(paramName)\""
        let paramType = param["type"] as! String
        if paramType == "text" {
          let paramValue = param["value"] as! String
          body += "\r\n\r\n\(paramValue)\r\n"
        } else {
          let paramSrc = param["src"] as! String

            do{
                let fileData = try NSData(contentsOfFile:paramSrc, options:[]) as Data

                let fileContent = String(data: fileData, encoding: .utf8)!
                body += "; filename=\"\(paramSrc)\"\r\n"
                  + "Content-Type: \"content-type header\"\r\n\r\n\(fileContent)\r\n"
            }catch
                {

                   //it gives error here for this file path doesn't exist
                    print(error)
            }

        }
      }
    }
    body += "--\(boundary)--\r\n";
    let postData = body.data(using: .utf8)

    var request = URLRequest(url: URL(string: my_url)!,timeoutInterval: Double.infinity)
    request.addValue(UserDefaults.standard.getUserToken(), forHTTPHeaderField: "x-access-token")

    request.addValue("application/x-www-form-urlencoded", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
    request.addValue("multipart/form-data; boundary=\(boundary)", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")

    request.httpMethod = "POST"
    request.httpBody = postData

    doParsingUpload(request: request)

I hope if anyone can help me to know the problem here, I searched somebody said this is cache path not local path but all codes just gives this way to get path!

Thanks for advance.

Answer 1

Reason: NSFileReadNoSuchFileError = 260, // Read error (no such file)

Solution: Make sure the file exists, run this on your terminal:

[ -e /{path-to-file}/{file-name}.{file-extension} ] && echo "File exists" || echo "File does not exist"

see if it returns File exists

Answer 2

I have faced the same issue and I found a solution for it in this SO post.

You need to change this:

let photoURL = URL.init(fileURLWithPath: localPath) 

to this:

let photoUrl = NSURL(fileURLWithPath: localPath!).path!

Also in in your PUT request you need to change this:

let fileContent = String(data: fileData, encoding: .utf8)

I hope it helps you out!