How do I make a custom initializer for a UIViewController subclass in Swift?

For those who write UI in code

class Your_ViewController : UIViewController {

    let your_property : String

    init(your_property: String) {
        self.your_property = your_property
        super.init(nibName: nil, bundle: nil)
    }

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

    }

    required init?(coder: NSCoder) {
        fatalError("init(coder:) is not supported")
    }
}

class ViewController: UIViewController {
        
    var imageURL: NSURL?
    
    // this is a convenient way to create this view controller without a imageURL
    convenience init() {
        self.init(imageURL: nil)
    }
    
    init(imageURL: NSURL?) {
        self.imageURL = imageURL
        super.init(nibName: nil, bundle: nil)
    }
    
    // if this view controller is loaded from a storyboard, imageURL will be nil
    
    required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
        super.init(coder: aDecoder)
    }
}