How to get Items in a Directory in Swift?

Swift – Get Items (Files/Directories) in Directory

To get items in a directory in Swift, use contentsOfDirectory() function and pass the path of directory for atPath parameter.

The following code snippet shows how to call contentsOfDirectory() function.

FileManager.default.contentsOfDirectory(atPath: path)

where path is a String representing the directory location.

contentsOfDirectory() function returns a String array with all the items in the directory as items in String array.

Example

In the following Swift program, we will get the items present in the directory /Users/tutorialkart.

main.swift

import Foundation

let path = "/Users/tutorialkart"

do {
    let itemsInDirectory = try FileManager.default.contentsOfDirectory(atPath: path)
    print(itemsInDirectory)
} catch {
    print(error)
}

Here, contentsOfDirectory() function can throw an Error. So, we marked the function call with try.

Output

["Music", ".DS_Store", ".CFUserTextEncoding", "Pictures", "Desktop", "Library", "Public", "Movies", "Applications", ".Trash", "Documents", "Downloads"]

Conclusion

In this Swift Tutorial, we learned how to get the items in a specified directory.