You can create a function to do it for you as follow:
func html2String(html:String) -> String { return NSAttributedString(data: html.dataUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding)!, options:[NSDocumentTypeDocumentAttribute:NSHTMLTextDocumentType,NSCharacterEncodingDocumentAttribute:NSUTF8StringEncoding], documentAttributes: nil, error: nil)!.string }
or as an extension:
extension String { var html2String:String { return NSAttributedString(data: dataUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding)!, options: [NSDocumentTypeDocumentAttribute:NSHTMLTextDocumentType,NSCharacterEncodingDocumentAttribute:NSUTF8StringEncoding], documentAttributes: nil, error: nil)!.string } var html2NSAttributedString:NSAttributedString { return NSAttributedString(data: dataUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding)!, options: [NSDocumentTypeDocumentAttribute:NSHTMLTextDocumentType,NSCharacterEncodingDocumentAttribute:NSUTF8StringEncoding], documentAttributes: nil, error: nil)! } }
you might prefer as a NSData extension
extension NSData{ var htmlString:String { return NSAttributedString(data: self, options: [NSDocumentTypeDocumentAttribute:NSHTMLTextDocumentType,NSCharacterEncodingDocumentAttribute:NSUTF8StringEncoding], documentAttributes: nil, error: nil)!.string } }
or NSData as a function:
func html2String(html:NSData)-> String { return NSAttributedString(data: html, options: [NSDocumentTypeDocumentAttribute:NSHTMLTextDocumentType,NSCharacterEncodingDocumentAttribute:NSUTF8StringEncoding], documentAttributes: nil, error: nil)!.string }
Usage:
"<div>Testing<br></div><a href=\"http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27661722/removing-everything-between-a-certain-set-of-characters-with-swift/27662573#27662573\"><span> Hello World !!!</span>".html2String // "Testing\n Hello World !!!" let result = html2String("<div>Testing<br></div><a href=\"http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27661722/removing-everything-between-a-certain-set-of-characters-with-swift/27662573#27662573\"><span> Hello World !!!</span>") // "Testing\n Hello World !!!"
// lets load this html as String
import UIKit class ViewController: UIViewController { let questionLink = "http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27661722/removing-everything-between-a-certain-set-of-characters-with-swift/27662573#27662573" override func viewDidLoad() { super.viewDidLoad() // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib. if let questionUrl = NSURL(string: questionLink) { println("LOADING URL") if let myHtmlDataFromUrl = NSData(contentsOfURL: questionUrl){ println(myHtmlDataFromUrl.htmlString) } } } override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() { super.didReceiveMemoryWarning() // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated. } }
