Initializes an NSURL object with a provided URL string.
SDKs
- iOS 2.0+
- macOS 10.0+
- Mac Catalyst 13.0+
- tvOS 9.0+
- watchOS 2.0+
Framework
- Foundation
Declaration
- (instancetype)initWithString:(NSString *)URLString;
Parameters
URLStringThe URL string with which to initialize the NSURL object. This URL string must conform to URL format as described in RFC 2396, and must not be
nil. This method parsesURLStringaccording to RFCs 1738 and 1808.
Return Value
An NSURL object initialized with URLString. If the URL string was malformed, returns nil.
Discussion
This method expects URLString to contain only characters that are allowed in a properly formed URL. All other characters must be properly percent escaped. Any percent-escaped characters are interpreted using UTF-8 encoding.