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CFURLCopyStrictPath(_:_:)

Returns the path portion of a given URL.

Declaration

func CFURLCopyStrictPath(_ anURL: CFURL!, _ isAbsolute: UnsafeMutablePointer<DarwinBoolean>!) -> CFString!

Parameters

  • anURL:

    The CFURL object to examine.

  • isAbsolute:

    On return, indicates whether the path of anURL is absolute.

Return Value

The path of anURL, or NULL if the URL cannot be decomposed (doesn’t conform to RFC 1808). Ownership follows the create rule. See The Create Rule.

Discussion

This function does not resolve the URL against its base, nor does it replace percent escape sequences. This function’s return value does not include a leading slash and uses isAbsolute to report whether the URL’s path is absolute. If this behavior is not appropriate, use the CFURLCopyPath(_:) function whose return value includes the leading slash (giving the path the normal POSIX appearance). You may also want to use the CFURLCopyFileSystemPath(_:_:) function, which returns the URL’s path as a file system path for the given path style. If the path is to be passed to file system calls, you may also want to use the function CFURLGetFileSystemRepresentation(_:_:_:_:), which returns a C string.

See Also

Accessing the Parts of a URL