---
title: "init(fileURLWithPath:)"
framework: foundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Initializer
path: "foundation/nsurl/init(fileurlwithpath:)"
---

# init(fileURLWithPath:)

Initializes a newly created NSURL referencing the local file or directory at path.

## Declaration

```swift
init(fileURLWithPath path: String)
```

## Parameters

- `path`: The path that the NSURL object will represent. path should be a valid system path, and must not be an empty path. If path begins with a tilde, it must first be expanded with doc://com.apple.foundation/documentation/Foundation/NSString/expandingTildeInPath. If path is a relative path, it is treated as being relative to the current working directory.

## Mentioned in

Improving performance and stability when accessing the file system

## Return Value

Return Value An NSURL object initialized with path.

## Discussion

Discussion Invoking this method is equivalent to invoking init(scheme:host:path:) with scheme NSURLFileScheme, a nil host, and path. This method assumes that path is a directory if it ends with a slash. If path does not end with a slash, the method examines the file system to determine if path is a file or a directory. If path exists in the file system and is a directory, the method appends a trailing slash. If path does not exist in the file system, the method assumes that it represents a file and does not append a trailing slash. As an alternative, consider using init(fileURLWithPath:isDirectory:), which allows you to explicitly specify whether the returned NSURL object represents a file or directory.

## See Also

### Creating a URL object

- [init(string:)](foundation/nsurl/init(string:).md)
- [init(string:encodingInvalidCharacters:)](foundation/nsurl/init(string:encodinginvalidcharacters:).md)
- [init(string:relativeTo:)](foundation/nsurl/init(string:relativeto:).md)
- [fileURL(withPath:isDirectory:)](foundation/nsurl/fileurl(withpath:isdirectory:).md)
- [init(fileURLWithPath:isDirectory:)](foundation/nsurl/init(fileurlwithpath:isdirectory:).md)
- [fileURL(withPath:relativeTo:)](foundation/nsurl/fileurl(withpath:relativeto:).md)
- [init(fileURLWithPath:relativeTo:)](foundation/nsurl/init(fileurlwithpath:relativeto:).md)
- [fileURL(withPath:isDirectory:relativeTo:)](foundation/nsurl/fileurl(withpath:isdirectory:relativeto:).md)
- [init(fileURLWithPath:isDirectory:relativeTo:)](foundation/nsurl/init(fileurlwithpath:isdirectory:relativeto:).md)
- [fileURL(withPath:)](foundation/nsurl/fileurl(withpath:).md)
- [fileURL(withPathComponents:)](foundation/nsurl/fileurl(withpathcomponents:).md)
- [init(resolvingAliasFileAt:options:)](foundation/nsurl/init(resolvingaliasfileat:options:).md)
- [init(resolvingBookmarkData:options:relativeTo:bookmarkDataIsStale:)](foundation/nsurl/init(resolvingbookmarkdata:options:relativeto:bookmarkdataisstale:).md)
- [fileURL(withFileSystemRepresentation:isDirectory:relativeTo:)](foundation/nsurl/fileurl(withfilesystemrepresentation:isdirectory:relativeto:).md)
- [getFileSystemRepresentation(_:maxLength:)](foundation/nsurl/getfilesystemrepresentation(_:maxlength:).md)