Swift 3: Display Image from URL

Question

In Swift 3, I am trying to capture an image from the internet, and have these lines of code:

var catPictureURL = NSURL(fileURLWithPath: "http://i.imgur.com/w5rkSIj.jpg")
var catPictureData = NSData(contentsOf: catPictureURL as URL) // nil
var catPicture = UIImage(data: catPictureData as! Data)

What am I doing wrong here?

Answer 1

Use this extension and download image faster.

extension UIImageView {
    public func imageFromURL(urlString: String) {

        let activityIndicator = UIActivityIndicatorView(activityIndicatorStyle: .gray)
        activityIndicator.frame = CGRect.init(x: 0, y: 0, width: self.frame.size.width, height: self.frame.size.height)
        activityIndicator.startAnimating()
        if self.image == nil{
            self.addSubview(activityIndicator)
        }

        URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: NSURL(string: urlString)! as URL, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in

            if error != nil {
                print(error ?? "No Error")
                return
            }
            DispatchQueue.main.async(execute: { () -> Void in
                let image = UIImage(data: data!)
                activityIndicator.removeFromSuperview()
                self.image = image
            })

        }).resume()
    }
}

Answer 2

let url = URL(string: "http://i.imgur.com/w5rkSIj.jpg")
let data = try? Data(contentsOf: url)

if let imageData = data {
    let image = UIImage(data: imageData)
}