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Queries the device contacts database and returns one or more [Contact](Contact/contact.html) objects, each containing the fields specified.
navigator.contacts.find(contactFields, contactSuccess, contactError, contactFindOptions);
contacts.find is an asynchronous function that queries the device contacts database and returns an array of [Contact](Contact/contact.html) objects. The resulting objects are passed to the [contactSuccess](parameters/contactSuccess.html) callback function specified by the contactSuccess parameter.
Users must specify the contact fields to be used as a search qualifier in the contactFields parameter. Only the fields specified in the contactFields parameter will be returned as properties of the [Contact](Contact/contact.html) objects that are passed to the contactSuccess callback function. A zero-length contactFields parameter will result in an array of [Contact](Contact/contact.html) objects with only the id property populated. A contactFields value of [“*”] will return all contact fields.
The contactFindOptions.filter string can be used as a search filter when querying the contacts database. If provided, a case-insensitive, partial value match is applied to each field specified in the contactFields parameter. If a match is found in a comparison with any of the specified fields, the contact is returned.
[Contact](Contact/contact.html) objects. (DOMString[]) [Required]function onSuccess(contacts) {
alert('Found ' + contacts.length + ' contacts.');
};
function onError(contactError) {
alert('onError!');
};
// find all contacts with 'Bob' in any name field
var options = new ContactFindOptions();
options.filter="Bob";
options.multiple=true;
var fields = ["displayName", "name"];
navigator.contacts.find(fields, onSuccess, onError, options);
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Contact Example</title>
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="cordova-2.1.0.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
// Wait for Cordova to load
//
document.addEventListener("deviceready", onDeviceReady, false);
// Cordova is ready
//
function onDeviceReady() {
// find all contacts with 'Bob' in any name field
var options = new [ContactFindOptions](ContactFindOptions/contactfindoptions.html)();
options.filter="Bob";
var fields = ["displayName", "name"];
navigator.contacts.find(fields, onSuccess, onError, options);
}
// onSuccess: Get a snapshot of the current contacts
//
function onSuccess(contacts) {
for (var i=0; i<contacts.length; i++) {
console.log("Display Name = " + contacts[i].displayName);
}
}
// onError: Failed to get the contacts
//
function onError(contactError) {
alert('onError!');
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Example</h1>
<p>Find Contacts</p>
</body>
</html>