How to save a UIImage to documents directory?

Question

I\'m trying to save both a recorded video\'s file path, and a thumbnail from the video to the documents directory. Then, set those two values to an object using the file pat

Answer 1

One Suggestion: Save images to Library/Caches if that can be downloaded again as per apple's guide line.

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As simple as this:

func saveImageToDocumentDirectory(_ chosenImage: UIImage) -> String {
        let directoryPath =  NSHomeDirectory().appending("/Documents/")
        if !FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: directoryPath) {
            do {
                try FileManager.default.createDirectory(at: NSURL.fileURL(withPath: directoryPath), withIntermediateDirectories: true, attributes: nil)
            } catch {
                print(error)
            }
        }
        let filename = NSDate().string(withDateFormatter: yyyytoss).appending(".jpg")
        let filepath = directoryPath.appending(filename)
        let url = NSURL.fileURL(withPath: filepath)
        do {
            try UIImageJPEGRepresentation(chosenImage, 1.0)?.write(to: url, options: .atomic)
            return String.init("/Documents/\(filename)")

        } catch {
            print(error)
            print("file cant not be save at path \(filepath), with error : \(error)");
            return filepath
        }
    }

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Swift4:

func saveImageToDocumentDirectory(_ chosenImage: UIImage) -> String {
        let directoryPath =  NSHomeDirectory().appending("/Documents/")
        if !FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: directoryPath) {
            do {
                try FileManager.default.createDirectory(at: NSURL.fileURL(withPath: directoryPath), withIntermediateDirectories: true, attributes: nil)
            } catch {
                print(error)
            }
        }

        let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
        dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyyMMddhhmmss"

        let filename = dateFormatter.string(from: Date()).appending(".jpg")
        let filepath = directoryPath.appending(filename)
        let url = NSURL.fileURL(withPath: filepath)
        do {
            try chosenImage.jpegData(compressionQuality: 1.0)?.write(to: url, options: .atomic)
            return String.init("/Documents/\(filename)")

        } catch {
            print(error)
            print("file cant not be save at path \(filepath), with error : \(error)");
            return filepath
        }
    }