The file “ ” couldn’t be opened because you don’t have permission to view it

Question

I am downloading a file to a folder and I am validating that the file is indeed there in the code, but I am getting the above error. Can someone help me figure out why i dont have permissions to read this file?

let documentsURL = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains
(.DocumentDirectory, .UserDomainMask, true)[0]

let checkValidation = NSFileManager.defaultManager()

if (checkValidation.fileExistsAtPath(documentsURL))
{
    print("FILE AVAILABLE");
}
else
{
    print("FILE NOT AVAILABLE");
}

print(documentsURL)

do{
    let data = try String(contentsOfFile: documentsURL as String,
                          encoding: NSASCIIStringEncoding)
    print(data)
    
}
catch let error { print(error) }

Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=257 "The file “Documents” couldn't be opened because you don't have permission to view it." UserInfo={NSFilePath=/var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/7FA4D6A9-2149-4053-BF08-22E94A00AE34/Documents, NSUnderlyingError=0x137807200 {Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=13 "Permission denied"}}

Answer 1

Try

fileURL.startAccessingSecurityScopedResource()
//...
fileURL.stopAccessingSecurityScopedResource()

Answer 2

Your documentsURL is the address of the Documents FOLDER in your app. It is not a FILE that you can get the contents of:

/var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/7FA4D6A9-2149-4053-BF08-22E94A00AE34/Documents

Answer 3

I had same problem. You need to have at least one file inside your documents folder and you need to print that file.

I wrote

var filename = self.getDocumentsDirectory().appendingPathComponent(local[i])

You need to have a file at the end of the url because apple doesn't want people messing with document folders and not being able to get them back I would imagine