How do I check if a file exists on a web site? I am using NSURLConnection
with my NSURLRequest
and an NSMutableData
object to store what comes back in the didReceiveData:
delegate method. In the connectionDidFinishingLoading:
method I then save the NSMutableData
object to the file system. All good. Except: if the file does not exist at the website, my code still runs, gets data and saves a file.
How can I check the file is there before I make download request?
Implement connection:didReceiveResponse:
, which will be called before connection:didReceiveData:
.
The response should be an NSHTTPURLResponse
object — suppose you're issuing an HTTP request. You can therefore check [response statusCode] == 404
to determine if the file exists or not.
See also Check if NSURL returns 404.
1.File in your bundle
NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"image" ofType:@"png"];
BOOL fileExists = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:path];
if (fileExists) {
NSLog(@"file exists");
}
else
{
NSLog(@"file not exists");
}
2.File in your directory
NSString* path = [NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) objectAtIndex:0];
path = [path stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"image.png"];
BOOL fileExists = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:path];
if (fileExists) {
NSLog(@"file exists");
}
else
{
NSLog(@"file not exists");
}
3.File in web
NSString *urlString=@"http://eraser2.heidi.ie/wp-content/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack-pro/images/default-user-image.png";
NSURL *url=[NSURL URLWithString:urlString];
NSURLRequest *request=[NSURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
NSURLConnection *connection=[NSURLConnection connectionWithRequest:request delegate:self];
[connection start];
-(void)connection:(NSURLConnection *)connection didReceiveResponse:(NSURLResponse *)response
{
NSLog(@"%@",response);
[connection cancel];
NSHTTPURLResponse* httpResponse = (NSHTTPURLResponse*)response;
int code = (int)[httpResponse statusCode];
if (code == 200) {
NSLog(@"File exists");
}
else if(code == 404)
{
NSLog(@"File not exist");
}
}
-(void)connection:(NSURLConnection *)connection didFailWithError:(NSError *)error
{
NSLog(@"File not exist");
}