How do I load an image from parse in swift?

ios, parse-platform, swift

Solution

`anotherPhoto` would be an instance of your `postString` (`userPhoto` in your upload example). The file downloading example that would work for you is like this:

let userImageFile = userPhoto["imageFile"] as PFFile
userImageFile.getDataInBackgroundWithBlock {
    (imageData: NSData!, error: NSError!) -> Void in
    if !error {
        let image = UIImage(data:imageData)
    }
}

Any PFFile must be referenced from a normal PFObject or it cannot be retrieved. PFFile objects themselves will not show up in the data browser.

Problem

I was wondering if anyone can help me, I'm new to app developing I am uploading images from my app to parse with no problem with help from parse documentation. ``` let imageData = UIImagePNGRepresentation(scaledImage) let imageFile: PFFile = PFFile(data: imageData) var userPhoto = PFObject(className: "postString") userPhoto["imageFile"] = imageFile userPhoto.saveInBackground() ``` but when i add the code to retrieve the image back, I'm a bit lost :/ ``` let userImageFile = anotherPhoto["imageFile"] as PFFile userImageFile.getDataInBackgroundWithBlock { (imageData: NSData!, error: NSError!) -> Void in if !error { let image = UIImage(data:imageData) } } ``` where is the "anotherPhoto" coming from ? Parse did say "Here we retrieve the image file off another UserPhoto named anotherPhoto:"

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