Swift convert NSError to String

Question

Is there a way to convert an error of type NSError in swift to a string?

For example for something like this:

do {
    try response.status(.OK).send(fileName: "html/index.html")
} catch {
    response.status(.FAIL).send(error.CONVERT_TO_STRING)
}

.send() expects a string by default.

Answer 1

If your error is of type NSError, you can use error.localizedDescription to get the string.

Answer 2

error.localizedDescription doesn't always contain all the information you need. In that instance you do have the option of converting the whole object to a string...

let description = "\(error)"