Converting a short URL to a full url in swift 5 - xcode

Hello I'm trying to convert a short URL like https://goo.gl/maps/MoaZNS825rpixfKu5 to its original URL https://www.google.com/maps/place/WhirlyBall+Twin+Cities/#44.8508658,-93.2389179,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x87f62f7bd688277b:0xc0ec9f7b1ccd0da8!8m2!3d44.8510743!4d-93.2366811?hl=en-US
I found some solutions in similar old posts but they are not working with Xcode 12.4
I tried using the below code but it didn't return any value when I try to print expandedURL
let shortURL = "https://goo.gl/maps/MoaZNS825rpixfKu5"
func performRequest(urlString: String){
let urlString = shortURL
let url = URL(string: urlString)!
var urlRequest = URLRequest(url: url)
urlRequest.httpMethod = "HEAD"
URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: urlRequest) { (data, urlResponse, error) in
let expandedURL = urlResponse?.url?.absoluteString
print("expandedURL HEAD: \(expandedURL ?? "Oops, not URL")")
}
.resume()
}

I managed to get it to work with the below code
I know it's somehow a primitive way but it just worked with me :)
let shortURL = //"https://goo.gl/maps/MoaZNS825rpixfKu5"
"https://goo.gl/maps/xNdKp1Q1KqFeWQv99"
performRequest (urlString: shortURL)
func performRequest(urlString: String){
if let url = URL(string: urlString){
let session = URLSession(configuration: .default)
var urlRequest = URLRequest(url: url)
urlRequest.httpMethod = "HEAD"
let task = session.dataTask(with: urlRequest, completionHandler: handle(data:response:error:))
task.resume()
}
}
func handle (data: Data?, response: URLResponse?, error: Error?){
if error != nil {
print (error)
return
}
if let safeData = data {
let dataString = String(data: safeData, encoding: .utf8)
let expandedURL = response?.url?.absoluteString
print(expandedURL!)
}
}

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This question already has answers here:
Swift 3 URLSession.shared() Ambiguous reference to member 'dataTask(with:completionHandler:) error (bug)
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Closed 6 years ago.
I have a swift 2.3 project I just updated to swift 3.0 and the following code broke.
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}
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}
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