Removing the file:/// prefix from URL path

Question

How do I remove the file:/// prefix from the URL filepath:

 NSLog(@"File downloaded to: %@", filePath);

Currently it prints as:

file:///Users/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/EF752245-9692-4607-B84C-6133202A846B/data/Containers/Data/Application/08686F05-C513-4BDF-A20C-EF3AE1201D54/Documents/2017-02-12_1476366438.zip

EDIT:

I guess I could have done:

NSLog(@"File downloaded to: %@", [[filePath absoluteString] stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"file:///" withString:@""]);

But isn't there anything build it to NSString that can remove that prefix?

Answer 1

filePath.path is what you're looking for. You don't want to "remove file:///." You just want the path part of the URL.

Note that this will leave the first /. I guess you could remove that, but it's unclear why that would be a good idea, since it's part of the path. (If you're gluing this together with other strings that might end in /, it's better to use path methods like stringByAppendingPathComponent: to get rid of doubled-slashes.)