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

This is the way to go in Swift 2:

let myURLString = "https://duckduckgo.com/"

if let myURL = NSURL(string: myURLString) {

    do {
        let myHTMLString = try String(contentsOfURL: myURL, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding)
        print("HTML : \(myHTMLString)")
    } catch {
        print("Error : \(error)")
    }
} else {
    print("Error: \(myURLString) doesn't  URL")
}

Also as an extra related to previous answers:
Note that Swift 2 introduces a new error handling approach that produces much clearer code for programmers to read, it does away with complexities like & to pass in NSErrors, and it gives you greater safety by ensuring you catch all errors.

Only use try! if you are 100% sure that the call won't fail.

Further reading: https://www.hackingwithswift.com/new-syntax-swift-2-error-handling-try-catch