Get file from iCloud drive without downloading?

Question

How get file url from UIDocumentPickerController, for later upload to my server? Sending files as implemented Telegram. Now there is only the possibility to download a file from icloud and send later. But I want to learn how to implement in the telegram?

This is my code now:

func openPicker() {
    let documentPicker: UIDocumentPickerViewController = UIDocumentPickerViewController(documentTypes: ["public.data"], inMode: UIDocumentPickerMode.Open)
    documentPicker.delegate = self
    documentPicker.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationStyle.FullScreen
    self.presentViewController(documentPicker, animated: true, completion: nil)
}

func documentPicker(controller: UIDocumentPickerViewController, didPickDocumentAtURL url: NSURL) {
    if controller.documentPickerMode == UIDocumentPickerMode.Open {
        let fileManager = NSFileManager.defaultManager()
        print(fileManager.fileExistsAtPath(url.path!))
        let data = NSData(contentsOfFile: url.path!)
        let document = UIDocument(fileURL: url)
    }
}

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 29 '17 at 10:21

This worked for me, I was able to fetch the url of the file and read contents from it without having to download the file

let documentPickerController = UIDocumentPickerViewController(documentTypes: [ICLOUD_DOCUMENT_SEARCH_TYPE], inMode: UIDocumentPickerMode.Import)
        documentPickerController.delegate = self
        self.presentViewController(documentPickerController, animated: true, completion: nil)

func documentPicker(controller: UIDocumentPickerViewController, didPickDocumentAtURL url: NSURL) {
    print(url)
}

From the url, you can then use NSFileManager to read contents of the file.

Get file from iCloud drive without downloading?

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