How to Create a Text File in Swift

Swift Create Text File

To create a text file in Swift, call createFile() function on the file manager object, and pass the file path and contents to the function.

Syntax

The syntax of createFile() function is

func createFile(atPath: String, contents: Data?, attributes: [FileAttributeKey : Any]?) -> Bool

where

Parameter	Description
atPath	Path of the text file, we would like to create.
contents	Content to write to the Text File.
attributes	A dictionary containing the attributes to associate with the new file.

createFile() function returns a boolean value. The function returns true if the file is created successfully. If there is any issue while creating the file, and if the file could not be created, then the function returns false.

Example

In the following example, we will create a text file with the name test.txt in the current user home directory.

main.swift

import Foundation

let filePath = NSHomeDirectory() + "/test.txt"
if (FileManager.default.createFile(atPath: filePath, contents: nil, attributes: nil)) {
    print("File created successfully.")
} else {
    print("File not created.")
}

Output

File created successfully.

Conclusion

We have successfully created text file using createFile() function of File Manager in Swift.