Swift package to interact with Xcode Code Snippets
XCodeSnippets
Swift package to provide type-safe interaction with (user-defined) Xcode Code Snippets
Overview
let directory = PersistentCodeSnippetDirectory() // points to ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/UserData/CodeSnippets// CREATE (or override)let newSnippet = XCodeSnippet(title: "MyFirstCodeSnippet", content: "print(\"Hello World\")")try directory.write(contents: [newSnippet]) // alternative: try newSnippet.write(to: URL.codeSnippetsUserDirectoryURL)// READlet existingSnippets: [XCodeSnippet] = try dir.readContents()// DELETEtry dir.delete(contents: existingSnippets) // alternative:try dir.delete(contentWithId: newSnippet.id)
Example how to copy a remote .codesnippet file to your local machine
try await URLSession.shared.data(from: URL(string: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/burczyk/XcodeSwiftSnippets/master/swift-forin.codesnippet")!) .0 .toXCodeSnippet() .write(to: .codeSnippetsUserDirectoryURL)
Note: programmatic changes in file directory ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/UserData/CodeSnippets will be ignored by a running Xcode application. You need to restart Xcode to see changes in the Snippets library.