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uploadTask(with:fromFile:)

Creates a task that performs an HTTP request for uploading the specified file.

Declaration

func uploadTask(with request: URLRequest, fromFile fileURL: URL) -> URLSessionUploadTask

Parameters

  • request:

    A URL request object that provides the URL, cache policy, request type, and so on. The body stream and body data in this request object are ignored.

  • fileURL:

    The URL of the file to upload.

Return Value

The new session upload task.

Discussion

An HTTP upload request is any request that contains a request body, such as a POST or PUT request. Upload tasks require you to create a request object so that you can provide metadata for the upload, like HTTP request headers.

After you create the task, you must start it by calling its resume() method. The task calls methods on the session’s delegate to provide you with the upload’s progress, response metadata, response data, and so on.

See Also

Adding upload tasks to a session