Synchronous Request for Loading images from URL String in Swift

loadimagesSynchronouslyFromURLString.swift

    func loadImageSynchronouslyFromURLString(_ urlString: String) -> UIImage? {
        if let url = URL(string: urlString) {
            let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: url)
            request.timeoutInterval = 30.0
            var response: URLResponse?
            let error: NSErrorPointer? = nil
            var data: Data?
            do {
                data = try NSURLConnection.sendSynchronousRequest(request as URLRequest, returning: &response)
            } catch let error1 as NSError {
                error??.pointee = error1
                data = nil
            }
            if (data != nil) {
                return UIImage(data: data!)
            }
        }
        return nil
    }