Contacts API - Group Modification

osamu

@cvp @JonB
Thank you folks.
I'm just a Python beginner and I had no place to begin w/ Objective C stuff. Now I think I can begin to try.

osamu

Now I’m trying to modify and save ‘dates’ field of an existing contact. Though the following script doesn’t spit errors but nothing happens to the contact. Could anybody help?

from objc_util import *

# ObjectiveC contacts
CNContactStore = ObjCClass('CNContactStore').alloc().init()
CNContact = ObjCClass('CNContact')
Containers = CNContactStore.containersMatchingPredicate_error_(None,None)
for Container in Containers:
	id = Container.identifier()
	predicate = CNContact.predicateForContactsInContainerWithIdentifier_(id)
	# keys not exactly like in Apple doc
	predicate_contacts = CNContactStore.unifiedContactsMatchingPredicate_keysToFetch_error_(predicate, ['familyName', 'givenName', 'middleName', 'dates'], None)
	'''
	print('First name: ', end='')
	first_name = input()
	print('Last name: ', end='')
	last_name = input()
	'''
	first_name = 'Ludwig'
	last_name = 'Beethoven'
	for contact in predicate_contacts:
		if first_name == str(contact.givenName()) and last_name == str(contact.familyName()):
			break
	CNMutableContact = contact.mutableCopy()
	dateComponents = ObjCClass('NSDateComponents').alloc().init()
	label = 'passing'
	dateComponents.day = 26
	dateComponents.month = 3
	dateComponents.year = 1827
	'''
	print('Label: ', end='')
	label = input()
	print(label.capitalize()+' year: ', end='')
	dateComponents.year = int(input())
	print(label.capitalize()+' month: ', end='')
	dateComponents.month = int(input())
	print(label.capitalize()+' day: ', end='')
	dateComponents.day = int(input())
	'''
	CNLabeledValue=ObjCClass('CNLabeledValue')
	value=CNLabeledValue.alloc()
	value.initWithLabel_value_(label, dateComponents)
	CNMutableContact.dates=[value]

	CNSaveRequest = ObjCClass('CNSaveRequest').new().autorelease()
	CNSaveRequest.updateContainer_(CNMutableContact)
	CNContactStore.executeSaveRequest_error_(CNSaveRequest, None) ```

cvp

@osamu this works

# https://forum.omz-software.com/topic/2734/contacts-module-access-profile-picture/4
from objc_util import *
import photos
import time
	
# Load classes we need from Contacts.framework:
NSBundle.bundleWithPath_('/System/Library/Frameworks/Contacts.framework').load()

def main():
	CNContactStore = ObjCClass('CNContactStore').alloc().init().autorelease()
	
	Containers = CNContactStore.containersMatchingPredicate_error_(None,None)
	for Container in Containers:
		containerId = Container.identifier()
		break						# get first container
		
	all_assets =photos.get_assets()
	asset = photos.pick_asset(assets=all_assets)
	img_data_bytes = asset.get_image_data().getvalue()
	
	CNMutableContact = ObjCClass('CNMutableContact').alloc().init()
	CNMutableContact.firstName = 'aaTest'	# just to be the first
	CNMutableContact.imageData = img_data_bytes
	#CNMutableContact.phoneNumbers = ['123','456']
	#print(dir(CNMutableContact))
	#return
		
	dateComponents = ObjCClass('NSDateComponents').alloc().init()
	dateComponents.day = 4
	dateComponents.month = 5
	dateComponents.year = 2017

	CNLabeledValue=ObjCClass('CNLabeledValue')
	value=CNLabeledValue.alloc()
	value.initWithLabel_value_('passing',dateComponents)
	print(dir(CNLabeledValue))
	CNMutableContact.dates=[value]
	
	CNSaveRequest = ObjCClass('CNSaveRequest').new().autorelease()
	CNSaveRequest.addContact_toContainerWithIdentifier_(CNMutableContact, containerId)
	CNContactStore.executeSaveRequest_error_(CNSaveRequest, None)

if __name__ == '__main__':
	main()

osamu

Wrong: CNSaveRequest.updateContainer_(CNMutableContact)
Correct: CNSaveRequest.updateContact(CNMutableContact)

Console:
First name: Ludwig
Last name: Beethoven
Label: passing
Passing year: 1827
Passing month: 3
Passing day: 26

Final code:

from objc_util import *

# ObjectiveC contacts
CNContactStore = ObjCClass('CNContactStore').alloc().init()
CNContact = ObjCClass('CNContact')
Containers = CNContactStore.containersMatchingPredicate_error_(None,None)
for Container in Containers:
	id = Container.identifier()
	predicate = CNContact.predicateForContactsInContainerWithIdentifier_(id)
	# keys not exactly like in Apple doc
	predicate_contacts = CNContactStore.unifiedContactsMatchingPredicate_keysToFetch_error_(predicate, ['familyName', 'givenName', 'middleName', 'dates'], None)
	print('First name: ', end='')
	first_name = input()
	print('Last name: ', end='')
	last_name = input()
	for contact in predicate_contacts:
		if first_name == str(contact.givenName()) and last_name == str(contact.familyName()):
			break

CNMutableContact = contact.mutableCopy()
dateComponents = ObjCClass('NSDateComponents').alloc().init()
print('Label: ', end='')
label = input()
print(label.capitalize()+' year: ', end='')
dateComponents.year = int(input())
print(label.capitalize()+' month: ', end='')
dateComponents.month = int(input())
print(label.capitalize()+' day: ', end='')
dateComponents.day = int(input())
CNLabeledValue=ObjCClass('CNLabeledValue')
value=CNLabeledValue.alloc()
value.initWithLabel_value_(label, dateComponents)
CNMutableContact.dates=[value]
CNSaveRequest = ObjCClass('CNSaveRequest').new().autorelease()
CNSaveRequest.updateContact(CNMutableContact)
CNContactStore.executeSaveRequest_error_(CNSaveRequest, None)

I couldn’t attach the capture 😣

cvp

@osamu you can also see this

# add a date field with custom label to an existing contact
#   of course extensible to all fields
from objc_util import *
	
def main():
	
	CNContactStore = ObjCClass('CNContactStore').alloc().init().autorelease()

	# get a particular contact	
	contact_name = 'aaTest'
	date_label   = 'my own label'
	date_ymd     = '20200201'
	CNContact = ObjCClass('CNContact')	
	predicate = CNContact.predicateForContactsMatchingName_(contact_name)
	predicate_contacts = CNContactStore.unifiedContactsMatchingPredicate_keysToFetch_error_(predicate, ['dates'], None)
	
	for contact in predicate_contacts:
		# Create a CNMutableContact by copy of an existing contact
		CNMutableContact = ObjCClass('CNMutableContact').alloc().init()
		CNMutableContact = contact.mutableCopy()

		# Create a date 		
		NSDateComponents = ObjCClass('NSDateComponents').alloc().init()
		NSDateComponents.setDay_  (int(date_ymd[6:8]))
		NSDateComponents.setMonth_(int(date_ymd[4:6]))
		NSDateComponents.setYear_ (int(date_ymd[0:4]))

		# create a custom label
		CNLabeledValue = ObjCClass('CNLabeledValue').alloc()
		CNLabeledValue.initWithLabel_value_(date_label, NSDateComponents)

		# create a date with custom label		
		CNMutableContact.setDates_(ns([CNLabeledValue]))

		# save modified contact		
		CNSaveRequest = ObjCClass('CNSaveRequest').new().autorelease()
		CNSaveRequest.updateContact_(CNMutableContact)
		CNContactStore.executeSaveRequest_error_(CNSaveRequest, None)

if __name__ == '__main__':
	main()

osamu

Got it. For loop was no use.

cvp

@osamu 👍

cvp

@osamu said:

I couldn’t attach the capture 😣

See here

osamu

Thanks ❣️🙏
Beethoven

cvp

@osamu do you have his phone number ? 😂

osamu

Well, call him up and ask him to write Symphony No.10? 😂