How to save UIImage directory in documents?

Question

I am trying to save both the recorded path to the video file and the thumbnail from the video to the document directory. Then set these two values ​​to the object using the file paths so that I can use the object to populate the collection view. With the code that I currently have (below), after recording the video, the path to the video is saved in the document directory, and the path to the video and thumbnail is set to my object Post, and the thumbnail is displayed correctly in my collection view. Everything is fine so far .

However, only the video path is saved between application restarts, since it is in the directory, but the thumbnail is not. I would also like to save the sketch, but I do not know how to do this, since it seems that you can only write URLs to a directory.

This is my first experience using a document catalog, so any help would be appreciated! How can I write a thumbnail (UIImage) in a document directory with a video?

Here is my code:

func imagePickerController(_ picker: UIImagePickerController, didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo info: [String : Any]) {

    let mediaType = info[UIImagePickerControllerMediaType] as! NSString
    dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)

    if mediaType == kUTTypeMovie {
        // Componenets for a unique ID for the video
        var uniqueVideoID = ""
        var videoURL:NSURL? = NSURL()
        var uniqueID = ""
        uniqueID = NSUUID().uuidString

        // Get the path as URL
        videoURL = info[UIImagePickerControllerMediaURL] as? URL as NSURL?
        let myVideoVarData = try! Data(contentsOf: videoURL! as URL)

        // Write the video to the Document Directory at myVideoVarData (and set the video unique ID)
        let docPaths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(FileManager.SearchPathDirectory.documentDirectory, FileManager.SearchPathDomainMask.userDomainMask, true)
        let documentsDirectory: AnyObject = docPaths[0] as AnyObject
        uniqueVideoID = uniqueID  + "VIDEO.MOV"
        let docDataPath = documentsDirectory.appendingPathComponent(uniqueVideoID) as String
        try? myVideoVarData.write(to: URL(fileURLWithPath: docDataPath), options: [])
        print("docDataPath under picker ", docDataPath)
        print("Video saved to documents directory")

        // Create a thumbnail image from the video (first frame)
        let asset = AVAsset(url: URL(fileURLWithPath: docDataPath))
        let assetImageGenerate = AVAssetImageGenerator(asset: asset)
        assetImageGenerate.appliesPreferredTrackTransform = true
        let time = CMTimeMake(asset.duration.value / 3, asset.duration.timescale)
        if let videoImage = try? assetImageGenerate.copyCGImage(at: time, actualTime: nil) {
            // Add thumbnail & video path to Post object
            let video = Post(pathToVideo: URL(fileURLWithPath: docDataPath), thumbnail: UIImage(cgImage: videoImage))
            posts.append(video)
            print("Video saved to Post object")
        }
    }
}

Answer 1

One suggestion: save images to the library / caches if they can be downloaded again in accordance with Apple recommendations.

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As simple as this:

func saveImageToDocumentDirectory(_ chosenImage: UIImage) -> String {
        let directoryPath =  NSHomeDirectory().appending("/Documents/")
        if !FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: directoryPath) {
            do {
                try FileManager.default.createDirectory(at: NSURL.fileURL(withPath: directoryPath), withIntermediateDirectories: true, attributes: nil)
            } catch {
                print(error)
            }
        }
        let filename = NSDate().string(withDateFormatter: yyyytoss).appending(".jpg")
        let filepath = directoryPath.appending(filename)
        let url = NSURL.fileURL(withPath: filepath)
        do {
            try UIImageJPEGRepresentation(chosenImage, 1.0)?.write(to: url, options: .atomic)
            return String.init("/Documents/\(filename)")

        } catch {
            print(error)
            print("file cant not be save at path \(filepath), with error : \(error)");
            return filepath
        }
    }

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Swift4:

func saveImageToDocumentDirectory(_ chosenImage: UIImage) -> String {
        let directoryPath =  NSHomeDirectory().appending("/Documents/")
        if !FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: directoryPath) {
            do {
                try FileManager.default.createDirectory(at: NSURL.fileURL(withPath: directoryPath), withIntermediateDirectories: true, attributes: nil)
            } catch {
                print(error)
            }
        }

        let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
        dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyyMMddhhmmss"

        let filename = dateFormatter.string(from: Date()).appending(".jpg")
        let filepath = directoryPath.appending(filename)
        let url = NSURL.fileURL(withPath: filepath)
        do {
            try chosenImage.jpegData(compressionQuality: 1.0)?.write(to: url, options: .atomic)
            return String.init("/Documents/\(filename)")

        } catch {
            print(error)
            print("file cant not be save at path \(filepath), with error : \(error)");
            return filepath
        }
    }

Answer 2

Save Image to Swift 4 Document Catalog

import Foundation
import UIKit

extension UIImage {

    func saveToDocuments(filename:String) {
        let documentsDirectory = FileManager.default.urls(for: .documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask).first!
        let fileURL = documentsDirectory.appendingPathComponent(filename)
        if let data = self.jpegData(compressionQuality: 1.0) {
            do {
                try data.write(to: fileURL)
            } catch {
                print("error saving file to documents:", error)
            }
        }
    }

}