Simple GET request

// 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()