Getting alias path of file in swift

Question

I\'m having trouble resolving the alias link on mac. I\'m checking if the file is an alias and then I would want to receive the original path. Instead I\'m only getting a Fi

Answer 1

URL variant I need to return nil (not an alias or error) else original - Swift4

func resolvedFinderAlias() -> URL? {
    if (self.fileReferenceURL() != nil) { // item exists
        do {
            // Get information about the file alias.
            // If the file is not an alias files, an exception is thrown
            // and execution continues in the catch clause.
            let data = try NSURL.bookmarkData(withContentsOf: self as URL)
            // NSURLPathKey contains the target path.
            let rv = NSURL.resourceValues(forKeys: [ URLResourceKey.pathKey ], fromBookmarkData: data)
            var urlString = rv![URLResourceKey.pathKey] as! String
            if !urlString.hasPrefix("file://") {
                urlString = "file://" + urlString
            }
            return URL.init(string: urlString)
        } catch {
            // We know that the input path exists, but treating it as an alias
            // file failed, so we assume it's not an alias file so return nil.
            return nil
        }
    }
    return nil
}