CODEWITHSUNDEEP
objective-cspotlight
user732274
user732274

Reputation: 1069

Obj-C equivalent for mdfind?

Is there a way to do a Spotlight query, in Obj-C, similar to what mdfind does? I need to write a method with the following signature:

-(NSString *)mdfind:(NSString *)theFileToLookFor

where the returned NSString is the first path found by the search.

Any help will be really appreciated.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 392

Answers (2)

justin
justin

Reputation: 104698

the apis are in CoreServices.framework. start with the ones which have the prefix MDQuery

Upvotes: 0

Dave DeLong
Dave DeLong

Reputation: 243156

NSMetadataQuery is the wrapper around the Carbon-level MDQuery API, which is how one interacts with the user's spotlight database.

Upvotes: 2

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