How To Get HTML source from URL with Swift

Question

I need to look at the HTML of a page given by a certain URL. If I have this, what is the most efficient and synchronous way to get the HTML source for that URL using Swift?

Answer 1

Swift 3:

    if let url = URL(string: "https://www.google.com/trends/hottrends/atom/hourly") {
        do {
            let contents = try String(contentsOf: url)
            print(contents)
        } catch {
            // contents could not be loaded
        }
    } else {
        // the URL was bad!
    }