How to avoiding file:// in URL.absoluteString in swift4

Question

I have an application where I need to keep an index over files in a directory and I need to be able to access these files. However, when I have a URL object and call the absoluteString to get the path to either folder or a file it prepends the String with file://. First of I am not sure why it does this and secondly, how to avoid this, without utilising string manipulation.

/Lars

Use `.path`, not `.absoluteString`. Compare https://stackoverflow.com/q/34135305/1187415. — Martin R, Jul 05 '18 at 09:04

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 05 '18 at 09:05

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You can use path: String? property of your URL instance

if url.isFileURL, let path = url.path {
    print(path)
} else {
    print("Not file URL")    
}

answered Jul 05 '18 at 09:05

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