It makes a preview from an url, grabbing all the information such as title, relevant texts and images.
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source 'https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs.git' platform :ios, '8.0' target 'Your Project Name' do use_frameworks! // ... pod 'SwiftLinkPreview', '~> 0.0.3' // ... end
// ... github "LeonardoCardoso/SwiftLinkPreview" ~> 0.0.3 // ...
Although it's not recommended, you just need to drop SwiftLinkPreview folder into Xcode project (make sure to enable "Copy items if needed" and "Create groups").
import SwiftLinkPreview // ... let slp = SwiftLinkPreview()
slp.preview( "Text containing url", onSuccess: { result in print("/(result)") }, onError: { error in print("/(error)") } )
resultis a dictionary [String: AnyObject]
like:
[ "url": "original URL", // NSURL "finalUrl": "final ~unshortened~ URL.", // NSURL "canonicalUrl": "canonical URL", // NSURL "title": "title", // String "description": "page description or relevant text", // String "images": ["array of URLs of the images"], // String array "image": "main image" // String ]
slp.cancel()
You need to set Allow Arbitrary Loads
to YES
on your project's Info.plist file.
Not all websites will have their info brought, you can treat the info that your implementation gets as you like. But here are two tips about posting a preview:
Developed by@LeonardoCardoso.
For more information, please visit http://ios.leocardz.com/swift-link-preview/ .
Contact me either by Twitter @leocardz or emailing me to contact@leocardz.com .
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