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Component: Contacts
The newer Apple API for Addressbook access
For 64-bit MacOS and iOS to work with addressbook and multiple accounts.
Replaces older deprecated Addressbook functions.
| Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
| 8.4 / 14.0 | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No | ❌ No | ✅ 86% |
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| CNContact.AddEmailAddress Adds an email address to a contact. | Mac/iOS 8.4 |
| CNContact.AddInstantMessage Adds an instant message account to a contact. | Mac/iOS 8.4 |
| CNContact.AddInstantMessageJSON Adds an instant message account to a contact with JSON. | Mac/iOS 8.4 |
| CNContact.AddPhoneNumber Adds an phone number to a contact. | Mac/iOS 8.4 |
| CNContact.AddPostalAddress Adds an postal address to a contact. | Mac/iOS 8.4 |
| CNContact.AddPostalAddressJSON Adds an postal address to a contact with JSON. | Mac/iOS 8.4 |
| CNContact.AddRelation Adds an relation to a contact. | Mac/iOS 8.4 |
| CNContact.AddSocialProfile Adds an social profile to a contact. | Mac/iOS 8.4 |
| CNContact.AddSocialProfileJSON Adds an social profile to a contact with JSON. | Mac/iOS 8.4 |
| CNContact.AddURLAddress Adds an URL address to a contact. | Mac/iOS 8.4 |
| CNContact.DeleteValue Deletes a value of a contact. | Mac/iOS 10.1 |
| CNContact.EditInAddressbook Launches Contacts application to edit this person. | Mac only 8.4 |
| CNContact.HasValue Checks whether a value is available in the loaded contact. | Mac/iOS 12.1 |
| CNContact.IsUnifiedWithContact Checks if the contact is unified based on other contact. | Mac/iOS 8.5 |
| CNContact.JSON Queries contact as JSON. | Mac/iOS 8.4 |
| CNContact.MailingAddress Queries mailing address for contact. | Mac/iOS 8.4 |
| CNContact.Name Queries display name of contact. | Mac/iOS 8.4 |
| CNContact.SetValue Sets the value of a contact. | Mac/iOS 8.4 |
| CNContact.Show Shows a contact as sheet. | Mac/iOS 10.1 |
| CNContact.ShowInAddressbook Launches Contacts application to show this person. | Mac only 8.4 |
| CNContact.UnifiedContacts Queries which contacts an unified contact is based upon. | Mac/iOS 8.5 |
| CNContact.Value Queries the value of contact. | Mac/iOS 8.4 |
| CNContactPicker.Close Closes the picker. | Mac/iOS 10.1 |
| CNContactPicker.Current Queries the current contact. | Mac/iOS 10.1 |
| CNContactPicker.SetTrigger Sets the script trigger. | Mac/iOS 10.1 |
| CNContactPicker.Show Shows the contact picker to select a contact. | Mac/iOS 10.1 |
| CNContactStore.AddContact Adds a new contact to the database. | Mac/iOS 8.4 |
| CNContactStore.AddGroup Adds a new group. | Mac/iOS 8.4 |
| CNContactStore.AddMember Add a new member to a group. | Mac/iOS 8.4 |
| CNContactStore.AddSubgroup Adds a group to an existing group. | Mac only 8.4 |
| CNContactStore.AuthorizationError Queries error message. | Mac/iOS 8.4 |
| CNContactStore.AuthorizationStatus Queries authorization status. | Mac/iOS 8.4 |
| CNContactStore.Contacts Queries all contacts. | Mac/iOS 8.5 |
| CNContactStore.ContactsInContainer Queries list of contacts in a container. | Mac/iOS 8.4 |
| CNContactStore.ContactsInGroup Queries contacts in the group. | Mac/iOS 8.4 |
| CNContactStore.ContactsMatchingEmailAddress Find the contacts whose email address matches the specified value. | Mac/iOS 10.5 |
| CNContactStore.ContactsMatchingName Queries matching contacts for a name. | Mac/iOS 8.4 |
| CNContactStore.ContactsMatchingPhoneNumber Find the contacts whose phone number matches the specified value. | Mac/iOS 10.5 |
| CNContactStore.ContactsMatchingURL Find the contacts whose URL matches the specified value. | Mac/iOS 14.0 |
| CNContactStore.ContactsWithData Creates contacts for vCard data. | Mac/iOS 8.4 |
| CNContactStore.ContainerForContact Queries container for a contact. | Mac/iOS 8.4 |
| CNContactStore.ContainerForGroup Queries container for a group. | Mac/iOS 8.4 |
| CNContactStore.Containers Queries identifiers of all containers. | Mac/iOS 8.4 |
| CNContactStore.Country Returns ISO code for users country. | Mac/iOS 8.4 |
| CNContactStore.DataWithContacts Queries data for contacts. | Mac/iOS 8.4 |
| CNContactStore.DefaultContainerIdentifier The identifier of the default container. | Mac/iOS 8.4 |
| CNContactStore.DeleteContact Delete a contact from the contact store. | Mac/iOS 8.4 |
| CNContactStore.DeleteGroup Deletes a group. | Mac/iOS 8.4 |
| CNContactStore.FetchContact Fetches a fresh copy of this contact. | Mac/iOS 12.1 |
| CNContactStore.GroupHierarchy Queries group hierarchy as JSON. | Mac/iOS 8.5 |
| CNContactStore.Groups Queries list of all groups. | Mac/iOS 8.4 |
| CNContactStore.GroupsByName Looks for groups with matching names. | Mac only 8.4 |
| CNContactStore.GroupsForContact Searches all groups for a given contact. | Mac only 8.4 |
| CNContactStore.GroupsInContainer Queries all groups in a given container. | Mac only 8.4 |
| CNContactStore.NewContact Creates new empty contact. | Mac/iOS 8.4 |
| CNContactStore.RemoveMember Remove a member from a group. | Mac/iOS 8.4 |
| CNContactStore.RemoveSubgroup Removes a subgroup from a group. | Mac only 8.4 |
| CNContactStore.RenameGroup Renames the group. | Mac/iOS 8.4 |
| CNContactStore.RequestAccesss Request access to the user's contacts. | Mac/iOS 8.4 |
| CNContactStore.SetChangeScript Sets the script to trigger on changes by other applications. | Mac/iOS 8.4 |
| CNContactStore.Subgroups Queries subgroups of a group. | Mac only 8.4 |
| CNContactStore.UnifiedMeContact Queries ID of the your contact. | Mac only 8.4 |
| CNContactStore.UpdateContact Updates a contact. | Mac/iOS 8.4 |
| CNContainer.Name The name of the container. | Mac/iOS 8.4 |
| CNContainer.Type Queries type of container. | Mac/iOS 8.4 |
| CNGroup.Name Queries group name. | Mac/iOS 8.4 |
66 functions shown.
These functions require a license (68%).
Release notes
- Version 10.3
- Deprecated Addressbook functions in favor of Contacts functions.
- Version 8.4
- Added Contacts functions.
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