Swift – Download a video from distant URL and save it in an photo album

Update

Wanted to update the answer for Swift 3 using URLSession and figured out that the answer already exists in related topic here. Use it.

Original Answer

The code below saves a video file to Camera Roll. I reused your code with a minor change – I removed let fileName = videoImageUrl; because it leads to incorrect file path.

I tested this code and it saved the asset into camera roll. You asked what to place into creationRequestForAssetFromVideoAtFileURL – put a link to downloaded video file as in the example below.

let videoImageUrl = "http://www.sample-videos.com/video/mp4/720/big_buck_bunny_720p_1mb.mp4"

DispatchQueue.global(qos: .background).async {
    if let url = URL(string: urlString),
        let urlData = NSData(contentsOf: url) {
        let documentsPath = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(.documentDirectory, .userDomainMask, true)[0];
        let filePath="\(documentsPath)/tempFile.mp4"
        DispatchQueue.main.async {
            urlData.write(toFile: filePath, atomically: true)
            PHPhotoLibrary.shared().performChanges({
                PHAssetChangeRequest.creationRequestForAssetFromVideo(atFileURL: URL(fileURLWithPath: filePath))
            }) { completed, error in
                if completed {
                    print("Video is saved!")
                }
            }
        }
    }
}