How to check if a file exists in the Documents directory in Swift?

Question

How to check if a file exists in the Documents directory in Swift?

I am using [ .writeFilePath ] method to save an image into the Documents

Answer 1

Swift 4 example:

var filePath: String {
    //manager lets you examine contents of a files and folders in your app.
    let manager = FileManager.default

    //returns an array of urls from our documentDirectory and we take the first
    let url = manager.urls(for: .documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask).first
    //print("this is the url path in the document directory \(String(describing: url))")

    //creates a new path component and creates a new file called "Data" where we store our data array
    return(url!.appendingPathComponent("Data").path)
}

I put the check in my loadData function which I called in viewDidLoad.

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    loadData()
}

Then I defined loadData below.

func loadData() {
    let manager = FileManager.default

    if manager.fileExists(atPath: filePath) {
        print("The file exists!")

        //Do what you need with the file. 
        ourData = NSKeyedUnarchiver.unarchiveObject(withFile: filePath) as! Array         
    } else {
        print("The file DOES NOT exist! Mournful trumpets sound...")
    }
}