How to convert NSURL to String in Swift

Question

How do you convert an NSURL to a String in Swift?

The following:

var directoryURL: NSURL var urlString: String = nsurlObject as String 

Throws the error:

Cannot convert value of type 'NSURL' to type 'String' in coercion

Answer 1

It turns out there are properties of NSURL you can access (see Swift Reference):

var directoryURL: NSURL var urlString: String = directoryURL.absoluteString // OR var urlString: String = directoryURL.relativeString // OR var urlString: String = directoryURL.relativePath // OR var urlString: String = directoryURL.path // etc.