Decode a base64 data to image

Swift 4.1:

Sometimes string has prefix data:image/png;base64 will make base64Encoded return nil, for this situation:

extension String {
    func base64ToImage() -> UIImage? {
        if let url = URL(string: self),let data = try? Data(contentsOf: url),let image = UIImage(data: data) {
            return image
        }
        return nil
    }
}

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Demo code:

let results = text.matches(for: "data:image\\/([a-zA-Z]*);base64,([^\\\"]*)")
for imageString in results {
    autoreleasepool {
        let image = imageString.base64ToImage()
    }
}

extension String {
    func matches(for regex: String) -> [String] {
        do {
            let regex = try NSRegularExpression(pattern: regex)
            let results = regex.matches(in: self, range:  NSRange(self.startIndex..., in: self))
            return results.map {
                //self.substring(with: Range($0.range, in: self)!)
                String(self[Range($0.range, in: self)!])
            }
        } catch let error {
            print("invalid regex: \(error.localizedDescription)")
            return []
        }
    }
}

PS: For more about data uri:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_URI_scheme

https://github.com/nodes-vapor/data-uri

Swift

Swift 3.0 does not recommend to use NS any more and the same case with NSData as well

 if let decodedImageData = Data(base64Encoded: mediaFile, options: .ignoreUnknownCharacters) {
        let image = UIImage(data: decodedImageData)
    }

In Objective-C

NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:base64String];    
NSData *decodedImageData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:url];
UIImage *image = [UIImage imageWithData:decodedImageData];

Instead of using NSData use directly Swift 3 native Data.

if let decodedData = Data(base64Encoded: mediaFile, options: .ignoreUnknownCharacters) {
    let image = UIImage(data: decodedData)
}