// define url
let url = NSURL(string: "https://urlToGet.com")
//create a task to get data from a url
let task = NSURLSession.sharedSession().dataTaskWithURL(url!)
{
/*inside this block, we have access to NSData *data, NSURLResponse *response, and NSError *error returned by the dataTaskWithURL() function*/
(data, response, error) in
if error == nil
{
// Data from the request can be manipulated here
}
else
{
// An error occurred
}
}
//make the request
task.resume()