How to get the file path to my iphone's storage?

Question

I am doing a scanner app that scans a picture and converts it into a PDF. I want to be able to save it to "On My IPhone" but I do not know that path URL. Here is what I have so far:

let data = pdfDocument.dataRepresentation()
            let documentsDirectoryURL = FileManager.default.urls(for: .documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask).first!
            let currentTimeStamp = String(Int(NSDate().timeIntervalSince1970))
            let docURL = documentsDirectoryURL.appendingPathComponent("Scan\(currentTimeStamp).pdf")

            do{
            try data?.write(to: docURL)
            }catch(let error)
            {
                print("error is \(error.localizedDescription)")
            }

However, the I cannot find my file on my phone because I do not know what "Directory" URL is. How can I get my PDF to save to my iPhone Storage? What is the URL to my "On My IPhone" folder?

Thanks in advance.

You are only allowed to save files inside the sandbox folder assigned to your app without user's consent. — El Tomato, Jan 08 '20 at 21:26
[How to Integrate Your App with Files App in iOS 11](https://www.appcoda.com/files-app-integration/) might help — MadProgrammer, Jan 08 '20 at 21:27
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50128462/save-document-to-files-app-in-swift — Shehata Gamal, Jan 08 '20 at 21:29
How about with consent? Can this be done by adding a key to the info.plist file? — Galen BlueTalon, Jan 08 '20 at 21:47

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 08 '20 at 21:33

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In order to retrieve the urls of the files contained in documents directory, you can use the following code snippet.

guard let documentsDirectory = FileManager.default.urls(for: .documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask).first else { return }

do {
    let directoryContents = try FileManager.default.contentsOfDirectory(at: documentsDirectory, includingPropertiesForKeys: nil, options: [])

    // Print the urls of the files contained in the documents directory
    print(directoryContents)
} catch {
    print("Could not search for urls of files in documents directory: \(error)")
}

answered Jan 08 '20 at 21:33

user3233109

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Huh!? How do you go from 'On My IPhone' to the 'documents directory'? Have you read the question? – El Tomato Jan 08 '20 at 21:53
That's okay, this was helpful too. – Galen BlueTalon Jan 08 '20 at 22:05

How to get the file path to my iphone's storage?

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